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September 17, 2025

Citi Ventures and La Maison lead €16m funding round for French fintech Defacto

The fintech is looking to increase its lending volume tenfold to €10bn

Tom Matsuda

3 min read

Defacto has raised a €16m funding round as the French lending fintech seeks to increase its lending volume tenfold amid a sea change in the SME lending space. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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