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Lumina Markets has launched a US prediction market app backed by Thomas Peterffy, with no sports contracts. It routes to one exchange, ForecastEx, where Robinhood uses four venues.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 21, 2026
CarbonAI raised $12 million to sell AI agents that underwrite commercial real estate loans. Fintechbits' Q2 data puts the average US fintech deal near $36 million, so this is a modest bet on a hard market.
Marvin EvansOctober 19, 2026
Investors priced Ramp at roughly 40 times its June revenue run rate. The round sells about 3% of the company and looks like a war chest for acquisitions and the UK push.
Marvin EvansOctober 11, 2026
Mike Cagney's new company has raised $19 million and named Figure, the lender he chairs, as its first blockchain partner. The custody claim at the centre of the pitch has no named custodian yet.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 9, 2026
Mike Cagney's new company has $19 million from Figure's early backers to bring retail and institutional money onchain. So far its only blockchain partner is Figure, which he chairs.
Marvin EvansOctober 9, 2026
NEA has led a $90 million round in Spiko, the Paris and London issuer of onchain money market funds. Distribution through other platforms' APIs matters more than the tokens.
Marvin EvansOctober 8, 2026
Elio Mortgage has raised $5.1 million to run a licensed, AI-native mortgage brokerage rather than sell software to lenders. The bet is that owning the operation is the only way to prove the economics.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 1, 2026
Angle Health raised $600 million at a $2.7 billion valuation, but two thirds is a tender offer. Only $200 million is primary capital for the business.
Marvin EvansSeptember 22, 2026
Spectrum Equity led Xapien's $56 million round. The company's AI builds due-diligence reports from web, filing, sanctions and media data, and it plans to push further into the US.
Marvin EvansSeptember 13, 2026
Parafin and Tekion launch a B2B BNPL product for auto dealership invoices, underwritten on cash flow instead of a personal credit score.
Charitarth SindhuSeptember 11, 2026
The OCC turned down bunq on capital planning, credit risk modelling and management experience, the second high-profile fintech charter denial of 2026 after Wise.
Charitarth SindhuSeptember 8, 2026
An unnamed New York alternative asset manager will buy up to $300 million of loans originated through Parafin, whose platform lends inside Amazon, Walmart, DoorDash and Gusto.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 4, 2026
