Fundraising

CVC sets out fundraising plans for 2025

Progress across secondaries, infrastructure, credit and private wealth revealed in latest market update

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Small funds are a big problem if we are to revive London flotations

The asset managers that help most of the companies that list in the UK are struggling

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Aurelius plots €750m+ target for fund V

The private equity firm is set to come to market with European Opportunities V towards the end of this year

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Stripe has topped IPO watchlists in recent years

Stripe valuation jumps to $65bn in employee share-sale deal

Fintech giant’s employees will get a chance to cash out over $1bn of stock

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The world's largest privately owned litigation funder has already forged tie-ups with the likes of Mishcon de Reya in a bid to profit from case wins

Litigation funder Harbour targets $400m war chest to invest in legal cases

Harbour wants to bulk up again after funding lawsuits against RBS, Hiscox and the Bank of Asia

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High levels of inflation and rising interest rates have already hit investment globally

Venture capital funding to dry up amid ‘red flags’ in first half of 2022

Deal volumes in the last quarter were down to their lowest level since 2018, according to research

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SoftBank-backed fintech giant Klarna looks for new funds at lower valuation

Buy-now-pay-later startup, valued last year at $46bn, could see its valuation fall by one-third in a tough environment for tech companies

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Revolut plans to use the funding to power its global expansion effort, which has seen it open up in the US and India as its most recent markets

Revolut valued at $33bn after SoftBank injection as UK’s most valuable fintech

Funding to be used for global expansion and development of new bets in crypto and digital wealth management

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Shane Happach, CEO of Mollie, tells Financial News about the firm's bold expansion plans in Europe after a bumper capital injection

Blackstone backs Stripe rival with €665m fundraise

Asset management giant gets behind Mollie as it takes on the European payments space

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Mullen, who launched Atom Bank in 2014, said the bank’s primary strategy for going public is “still the orthodox IPO”

Atom Bank mulls listing via Spac ahead of IPO plans

A Spac would speed up Atom’s 2022/23 listing timeline

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City fintech startup TrueLayer raises $70m from Coinbase exec, Lee Fixel’s Addition

Investors known for early bets on Spotify, Peloton and Flipkart

Co-founder Zach Perret said the deal was no longer in Plaid’s best interest

Plaid raises $425m following flopped merger with Visa

Plaid's sale to Visa was called off earlier this year following regulatory concerns

The SEC has sent letters to US banks asking for information on their dealings with Spacs

Wall Street Spac mania may be on US watchdog’s probe list

The SEC has reportedly written to banks for more information on their Spac dealings

PensionBee's chief executive, Romi Sarvova

City fintech PensionBee to go public in London float

More than 8,000 customers have expressed an interest in participating in the float

UK fintech funding slips 23% as tech sector breaks records despite Brexit

Revolut raised the UK’s largest tech venture capital round of 2020, raking in $580m

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Anne Boden, CEO of Starling Bank has been adamant that the bank will not entertain offers of being acquired itself, after it was reported that JPMorgan and Lloyds Banking Group had made their interest in the scaleup known

Starling Bank nets £272m in late-stage funding led by Fidelity and Qatari investor

Starling says it’s still profitable, having exceeded £1.5m in net income every month since October

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Klarna has said it plans to donate 1% of the financing from its most recent round to sustainability causes

Klarna valued at $31bn after Swedish fintech raises $1bn from funding round

The round makes Klarna the second most valuable fintech company worldwide, the Swedish firm said

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Moonpig has benefitted from lockdowns as card shops closed and consumers looked online to send greeting cards

Moonpig shares soar on London IPO

Shares were priced at 350p each; the stock traded at around 426p on its debut, with a high of 440p by 9:30am

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Silicon Roundabout in London. The capital generates 90% of the UK's fintech funding

The UK is still the top fintech hub in Europe with $4.1bn in funding

Companies based in London accounted for more than 90% of the UK's total fintech investment

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