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Carefull lands $16.5M to shield seniors from financial fraud

From TechCrunch

By Kyle Wiggers

October 11, 2023

Carefull lands $16.5M to shield seniors from financial fraud

Carefull, a fintech platform that aims to help banks protect older customers from fraud, scams and “money mistakes,” today announced that it raised $16.5 million in a Series A round led by Fin Capital with participation from TTV Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Commerce Ventures, Montage Ventures and Northwestern Mutual. Bringing the company’s total funding to […]

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