Lendscape is pleased to announce that DF Capital, a specialist bank, has successfully gone live with Lendscape's asset finance platform. This milestone has enabled DF Capital to launch its asset finance offering to market; providing additional financing solutions to SMEs, as well as its first consumer finance products.

Glassbox, a leading provider of digital experience analytics for financial institutions, today announced a minority investment from Poalim Equity, the investment arm of Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest financial group. The investment marks a new chapter in the partnership between the two companies and will fuel Glassbox’s next phase of innovation, accelerating the development of advanced analytics and AI solutions purpose-built for financial institutions. Bank Hapoalim has been a long-standing Glassbox customer, using its platform to optimize digital engagement and better serve its clients.

Approov Limited (“Approov”), a mobile app security software business, has secured a £1.2m investment from the Investment Fund for Scotland, managed by Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”). This is part of a £5 million funding round with participation from Souter Investments, and existing investors Lanza techVentures and Scottish Enterprise.

Triple Point’s Private Credit team supported the provision of a senior loan to enable Private Equity firm Pelican Capital’s investment into Capacitas, a leading UK-based cloud optimisation consultancy.

Uzum, Uzbekistan’s leading digital ecosystem, has secured nearly $70 million in equity financing from Tencent and VR Capital, with participation from FinSight Ventures – a U.S. fund focused on AI, fintech and super-app investments, and lead investor in Uzum’s first equity round completed in March 2024.

Blue J, a leading GenAI tax research platform, today announced it has raised $122 million in U.S. dollars in a Series D funding round led by Oak HC/FT and Sapphire Ventures, with participation from Intrepid Growth Partners, and previous investors Ten Coves Capital and CPA.com. Coming seven months after Blue J’s Series C round, this investment signals a clear market consensus that Blue J is the breakout winner in its category.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a loan of $144.27 million to Niger for the first phase of a program that will reform energy sector laws and address the country's critical power shortage.

InTick, the listed derivatives blocking network, today announced that it has secured £2 million in funding from a diverse range of angel investors. This investment follows the company's successful launch in October 2024, the strategic appointment of key advisors to its board earlier this year, and the go-live of its listed derivatives block matching platform last month.

Vennre, a digital wealth creation platform enabling access to private market investments, has announced the launch of Venture Capital Co-Investments, a first of its kind offering that opens the door to high growth startup deals for qualified individual investors, with entry starting at just $5,000.

ZA Global, a leading force in Asia’s digital finance landscape, has led a US$40 million Series A2 financing round for RD Technologies (“RD”). This strategic milestone accelerates the development of a regulated stablecoin ecosystem and next-generation Web3 financial infrastructure in Hong Kong.

TaskMaster Resources Ltd, a leading workforce solutions provider headquartered in Leeds, has secured a £15 million funding facility from independent SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS). The funding package includes a £13 million Confidential Invoice Discounting (CID) facility and a £2 million cashflow loan to support the business’s ambitious growth plans.

Trustfull, the leading provider of frictionless fraud prevention technology, today announced the closing of a €6 million investment round led by Seaya Ventures and Elevator Ventures, with the participation of existing investor United Ventures. The funding will support Trustfull’s European expansion by strengthening its sales and marketing team and diversifying its product offering to help clients address emerging types of fraud.

London-based cyber risk management firm DynaRisk has today announced a $4.7million funding round led by YFM Equity Partners (YFM) to accelerate product innovation and fuel international expansion.

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) officially launched its 2025 Country Report on Cameroon in Yaoundé on 22 July 2025. The launch ceremony featured frank and wide-ranging discussions on the country's economic challenges.

The British Business Bank has agreed an ENABLE Guarantee with agricultural lender, Rural Asset Finance. The transaction is anticipated to support a portfolio of up to c.£120m to smaller rural businesses across the agricultural sector in the UK through a combination of asset finance and term lending.