Citi Ventures says it has invested in stablecoin infrastructure platform BVNK. The investment, announced in a Thursday (Oct. 9) news release, follows other recent deals between BVNK and backers such as Visa, Haun Ventures, Tiger Global amid an ongoing shift to digital asset-based infrastructure. “Stablecoins are seeing increased interest...
Artificial intelligence (AI) agent startup n8n has raised $180 million in new funding. The company’s Series C round, which included participation from Nvidia’s investment arm, values n8n at $2.5 billion, according to a Thursday (Oct. 9) announcement. Based in Germany, n8n helps companies develop and deploy agentic AI automations....
European classifieds company Adevinta reportedly could launch an initial public offering for its German auto marketplace, Mobile.de, in Frankfurt around the middle of 2026. Adevinta, which is owned by Permira and Blackstone, is pursuing a “dual track process” in which both an IPO and a...
The FinTech initial public offering (IPO) market has roared back to life in 2025 after several quiet years. However, it’s not the same speculative surge that defined the last cycle. Early offerings from Klarna, Figure Technology Solutions, Circle and Chime have largely been met with...
Names across the FinTech IPO Index were broadly lower, giving up 2.6% as a group. Katapult shares dove by more than 29%. The company announced in an SEC filing that it had entered into a limited waiver with its lenders including Midtown Madison Management for failure...
OpenAI has reportedly become the world’s most valuable startup following a share sale. The artificial intelligence (AI) company allowed current and former employees to sell roughly $6.6 billion in shares, the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday (Oct. 2), citing a person close to the company. ...
Wealth management platform Wealthfront filed for a proposed initial public offering Monday (Sept. 29). The company filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed IPO and applied to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Global...
The fall season has begun with turbulence for publicly listed FinTechs. The FinTech IPO Index declined 3.5% this past week, erasing some of its recent gains. Circle Mulls Fraud Refunds PYMNTS reported that Circle is reportedly exploring ways to reverse transactions involving its stablecoins. In...
Cross-border payments company Ebury is reportedly considering launching its initial public offering (IPO) in London in the spring of 2026. The company’s board and bankers are discussing that as a potential launch date, Sky News reported Thursday (Sept. 25), citing unnamed sources. Ebury aims to...