A new player has entered the UK’s mid-market lending space. CAPEDGE has officially launched, offering loans from £500,000 to £3,000,000 to mid-sized UK businesses seeking capital for growth, acquisitions, refinancing, bridging, and other strategic initiatives.

Cinch operates on a circular subscription model designed to maximize device longevity while minimizing environmental impact. Manufacturing accounts for 70-90% of the environmental impact of mobile phones.

Ryft announced today a successful £5.7 million Series A round to fund the development of technology that will empower acquiring banks

Octane today announced it has secured $6.75M in a Seed funding round co-led by Archetype and Winklevoss Capital. The round also included participation from Gemini, Circle, Legion Capital, Druid Ventures, Duke Capital Partners and strategic angels including Balaji Srinivasan, Sina Habibian, and many others.

Rain announced it has raised $75 million in Series B equity funding led by Prosus

Optise has secured $2.2M in pre-seed funding to accelerate the development of its high-performance AI website insights platform

NatWest has today announced a minority investment in Yonder, a fast-growing credit card platform

Sipay has announced a $78 million Series B funding round, achieving a valuation in excess of $875 million.

Hawk, the leading provider of AI-powered AML, screening and fraud prevention solutions, has today announced its $56 million Series C round of funding

Félix announced its $75 million Series B in equity and growth financing led by QED Investors,

Launched in 2021 by Luca Colciago, Jack Diamond and Matteo Avramov Giulivi, pan-European growth debt platform, Atempo Growth has announced the first close of its Second Fund, Atempo Growth II. This close increases the firms AuM to over €700M.

Vistra, a leading provider of essential business services, is proud to announce the launch of Vistra Fund Solutions. This new strategic business proposition is laser-focused on supporting Vistra’s existing fund manager clients with dedicated end-to-end services delivered by specialist teams, and on realising its full potential for growth with new customers across the globe.

The British Business Bank today announces it has made a cornerstone commitment of up to £36m to Osney Capital’s Fund 1 through its Enterprise Capital Funds programme. The Fund, which is oversubscribed from its original target of £50m, is the first UK-focused cyber specialist seed fund to focus exclusively on early-stage UK cyber security.

Juspay, a global leader in payment infrastructure for enterprises and banks, has secured $60 million as part of its Series D funding round