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Fintech startup funding, August 2026: Moove's $250M Series C leads 32 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 September 2026Updated 15 October 2026

We read 32 equity rounds in Fintech announced in August 2026, raising $1.2B between them: 15% of all the rounds we read that month and 5% of the money. The largest was Moove's $250M Series C, led by Tiger Global Management and Mubadala. The median seed round was $2.6M, against $5.0M over the last twelve months in Fintech; at Series A it was $18M.

Equity rounds32in Fintech, 31 with an amount
Raised$1.2Bacross those rounds
Lead named75%of rounds say who led
Share of the month15%of rounds; 5% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1MooveSeries C · Nigeria · led by Tiger Global Management, Mubadala$250M
  2. 2CAISSeries D · United States · led by Vista Equity Partners$170M
  3. 3SocureGrowth · United States$156M
  4. 4DecadeSeed · Brazil · led by Benchmark, Greenoaks$85M
  5. 5FFassetSeries C · Bangladesh · led by SBI Group$68M
  6. 6FayeSeries C · United States · led by Madrona Venture Group$50M
  7. 7YYunoSeries B · Colombia · led by Global PayTech Ventures$45M
  8. 8Yellow CardSeries C · Nigeria · led by Convergence Partners$40M
  9. 9HelcimSeries C · Canada · led by BDC's Growth Venture Fund, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)'s Growth Venture Fund$39M
  10. 10VelocitySeries A · United Kingdom · led by FirstMark, Dragonfly Capital Partners$38M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Fintech announced each day of August. The busiest day was 4 August, with 6.

1 August31 August

By stage, against the year

Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: the sector's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the one across all sectors.

Pre-seed1$1.2Mthis month$2.4M12 months here
Seed9$2.6Mthis month$5.0M12 months here
Series A8$18Mthis month$16M12 months here
Series B5$30Mthis month$40M12 months here
Series C6$45Mthis month$68M12 months here
Series D1$170Mthis month$150M12 months, all sectors
Growth1$156Mthis month$56M12 months here

Where

United States had the most Fintech rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, Fintech32
  • Rounds, all sectors220
  • Raised, Fintech$1.2B
  • Raised, all sectors$25B

The whole of August 2026

Other sectors in August

117 roundsAI→24 roundsRobotics→21 roundsConstruction→18 roundsHealthcare→18 roundsSoftware→17 roundsEnergy→14 roundsLogistics→14 roundsBig Data & Analytics→13 roundsDefence Tech→12 roundsEnterprise Software→12 roundsCloud→11 roundsCleantech→11 roundsBiotech→11 roundsCybersecurity→10 roundsClimate Tech→