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Fintech venture has never been more bifurcated. Our coverage of Index, Sequoia, Ribbit, Nyca, Valar, QED, Accel, a16z and the rest tracks the funds, the partners, the thesis pivots, and the specific rounds that signal where the capital consensus is moving this quarter.

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Scoop UK · 8 MIN READ · 26 APR 2026

Inside Monzo’s S-1: $1.6B revenue, 12% take-rate on premium, and the chart no neobank wanted to publish.

Fintechly has obtained a near-final draft of Monzo’s registration statement ahead of its expected May filing. The numbers are stronger than the market expected — and the cohort chart is the most interesting page in the document.

BY FELIX VANDENBERG

News EU · 5 MIN

Index Ventures closes $2.3B fund, half earmarked for European fintech infra.

BY FELIX VANDENBERG · 24 APR 2026

Scoop EU · 6 MIN

Klarna runs a quiet $300M secondary tender at $7.6B — half last year’s mark.

BY MARCUS CHEN · 22 APR 2026

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News US · 4 MIN

Ramp closes $200M Series F at $22.5B — Founders Fund and Khosla lead.

The corporate-card and spend-management firm is now the highest-valued private fintech in the United States outside Stripe — and is on the cusp of crossing $1B in net revenue.

BY MARCUS CHEN · 20 APR 2026

Analysis GLOBAL · 11 MIN

The fintech IPO window is open — but only six companies are credibly through it.

Bankers are pitching, founders are scrubbing data rooms, and the market is finally listening. We look at the shortlist that actually matters between now and Q1 2027.

BY HELENA MARQUES · 18 APR 2026

Analysis MENA · 9 MIN

Sovereigns are quietly becoming the largest LPs in fintech. The implications are not just financial.

Mubadala, PIF, Temasek and ADIA are now anchor LPs in seven of the ten largest fintech-focused funds raised since 2024. What it means for who gets funded — and where they get told to set up.

BY LéA BERTRAND · 15 APR 2026

News US · 4 MIN

Stripe’s tender lifts mark to $91B — quietly above the 2021 high.

The latest employee-liquidity round has closed at a 19% premium to last year’s mark, putting the payments company within reach of its peak private valuation without an IPO in sight.

BY MARCUS CHEN · 13 APR 2026

Explainer UK · 7 MIN

Wise has quietly bought back 4% of its float — and the chart explains why.

The cross-border payments group is doing what every mature fintech eventually does: returning capital. We look at the buyback math and what it implies for the rest of the listed neobank cohort.

BY FELIX VANDENBERG · 10 APR 2026

WHAT FINTECHLY IS TRACKING

Five capital stories we're reporting next.

UK

Final pricing on Monzo's IPO and the cohort chart insiders are obsessing over.
GLOBAL

The next four credible fintech IPO filings we expect before Q1 2027.
MENA

Inside the largest sovereign LP cheque written into a fintech fund this year.
US

Stripe's secondary tender at $91B - who sold, who held, who is buying.

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