#Fintech

BBVA’s dedicated venture banking unit BBVA Spark is exhibiting tangible growth in startup financing, committing nearly €1 billion in financing and signing over 30 financing deals with growth-oriented companies in 2025 alone.

DivTax, a German financial technology company focused on automating withholding tax refunds for cross-border dividend income, announced a €1 million pre-seed financing round to support product development and partnerships.

Decentralized finance participants Resolv Labs and Centrifuge announce a structured deployment of up to $100 million of tokenized institutional credit (JAAA) into Aave Horizon lending markets.

Indian B2B cross-border payments fintech Xflow closes a $16.6 million Series A round led by General Catalyst and secures a full Payment Aggregator-Cross Border (PA-CB) licence from the RBI.

Morocco-based retail fintech WafR has closed an oversubscribed $4 million seed round to expand its network of neighborhood merchants acting as last-mile financial access points across the region.

Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup ToneTag secures $3.8 million from Qualcomm Ventures to accelerate its edge AI-enabled, sound-based proximity commerce technologies.

Kolkata and Gurugram-based fintech startup Roopya raises ₹4 crore in seed funding led by Inflection Point Ventures to scale its no-code lending infrastructure and expand its market footprint.

Indian fintech startup Olyv secures $23 million in a Series B round led by The Fundamentum Partnership to broaden its financial product suite and scale operations for India’s underbanked population.

New York-based fintech Vestwell secures $385 million in a Series E round co-led by Blue Owl Capital and Sixth Street Growth, doubling its valuation to $2 billion to expand its digital savings infrastructure.

Capital One acquires Brex for $5.15B, marking a major consolidation in business payments and reflecting a recalibration of fintech valuations.

Bengaluru‑headquartered Mysa raises $3.4 million in a Pre‑Series A round co‑led by Blume Ventures and Piper Serica to scale AI-powered finance operations.

Synthesia secures $200M Series E led by GV, doubling its valuation and introducing a structured employee liquidity program.