Francisco Partners Closes $21 Billion Across Flagship and Agility Funds
Largest fundraise in the firm’s history brings total capital raised to more than $75 billion
Nubank strengthens its brazil operation with Banco Porto Real deal
Latin America's largest fintech is buying a tiny, decades-old bank not to grow, but to keep the word "bank" in its name under a new Brazilian rule, and that distinction reveals how much brand equity now hinges on regulatory fine print.
BlackRock raises US$12B in bonds for Meta
BlackRock is selling more than US$12B in bonds to build a Meta data center it owns 80% of, and it matters because the structure keeps most of the cost off Meta's balance sheet, a financing playbook now spreading across the entire AI buildout.
Trump gives two years before 100% generics tariff
Trump has set a phased tariff of 100% in 2028 and 200% in 2029 on imported generic drugs, and it matters because generics fill roughly 90% of U.S. prescriptions while about 70% come from abroad, putting a low-cost, high-volume supply chain on notice.
OpenAI taps David Vélez of Nubank and Robin Vince of BNY for its board
OpenAI has appointed David Vélez, founder and Global CEO of Nubank, and Robin Vince, CEO of BNY, to its boards, in a clear signal that the company behind ChatGPT is adding more financial and institutional weight to its governance.
Ant International raises $1.2B in Series A to scale global payments
A US$1.2B Series A into a company already at US$10B valuation and eight straight profitable quarters matters because it signals cross-border payments, not consumer super-apps, is where the next fintech scale story gets written.
Cashea raises $100M to boost Venezuela’s Consumer Economy
A Venezuelan fintech pulling in nine figures matters because it proves credit demand survives even when the entire formal banking system does not.
SpaceX hits record low: US$124 and a Pentagon bet
The world's most valuable IPO is now trading below its debut price, and it matters because SpaceX's rebound story rests on unproven AI compute revenue rather than the rockets that built it.
YPF Luz: top pure generator bets on Wall Street
Argentina's largest pure-play power generator has filed for a dual New York and Buenos Aires listing, and it matters because it tests whether foreign equity investors, not just bond buyers, will pay up for the Milei reform trade.
Adecoagro buys mill for US$148M: profit from day one
The Tether-controlled agribusiness is buying a distressed rival's sugar mill next door to its own, and it matters because the deal shows how balance-sheet strength turns a competitor's crisis into cheap, immediately accretive growth.
