We may have missed an alum or two. But with the second quarter of 2022 in the books, here’s a look at our Finovate alumni funding for April, May, and June of this year.
As of our current count, eight Finovate alums have raised more than $984 million in Q2 of 2022. Of the eight alums that received funding in the quarter just ended, two – Allied Payment Network and Chekk – did not disclose the total amount of their investments.
Two of the quarter’s biggest investments were received in June, giving that month the lion’s share of capital raised by Finovate alums in the second quarter of the year.
Previous quarterly comparisons
- Q2 2021: More than $2.8 billion raised by 14 alums
- Q2 2020: More than $975 million raised by 15 alums
- Q2 2019: More than $1.8 billion raised by 29 alums
- Q2 2018: More than $1.5 billion raised by 25 alums
- Q2 2017: More than $726 million raised by 25 alums
As we noted last year around this time, it is not unusual for second quarters to produce more moderate funding numbers compared to other quarters. And, as with last year, April proved to be an especially “cruel” month for fintech funding – at least as measured by our alums – with only FinovateEurope alum and relative newcomer Crowdz reporting funding that month.
That said, this year’s Q2 haul surpassed that of two of the previous five second quarters – and with significantly fewer alums participating.
Top Equity Investments
- SumUp: $624 million
- ThoughtMachine: $160 million
- Backbase: $122 million
The top equity investment for the quarter was far and away the $624 million raised by London-based e-commerce innovator SumUp. In fact, all three of the top equity investments in Q2 of 2022 were greater than the largest investment in the previous quarter. SumUp’s massive capital infusion rivals all Finovate alum investments since NuBank raised $750 million in the second quarter of 2021.
Backbase’s fundraising of $122 million was notable because it was the first time the company had sought outside capital in its nearly 20 years of existence.
Here is our detailed alum funding report for Q2 2022.
April: $10 million raised by one alum
May: More than $178 million raised by three alums
June: More than $796 million raised by four alums
- Allied Payment Network: undisclosed – news
- Autobooks: $50 million – post
- Backbase: $122 million – news
- SumUp: $624 million – post
If you are a Finovate alum that raised money in the second quarter of 2022 and do not see your company listed, please drop us a note at research@finovate.com. We would love to share the good news! Funding received prior to becoming an alum not included.