Leading regional private equity firm, NorthEdge, has announced its investment in employee engagement software platform Oak Engage.

Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s most active private equity firms, has successfully exited its investment in Oak Engage Limited (“Oak”), a developer and provider of an employee engagement and intranet SaaS platform. The sale to UK private equity firm NorthEdge has generated a strong return for investors.

Cato Networks, the SASE leader, today announced its Series G funding round, raising $359 million led by new investors including Vitruvian Partners and ION Crossover Partners as well as existing investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Acrew Capital, and Adams Street Partners. The investment brings Cato’s valuation to more than $4.8 billion and total funding to more than $1 billion, a significant milestone in the company’s mission to redefine enterprise security for the digital and AI era.

RDC.AI (formerly Rich Data Co), a global leading explainable AI decisioning platform for business and commercial lenders, today announced its collaboration with Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) to launch the Merchant Flexi Loan, an innovative cashflow-based, unsecured lending solution that enables small businesses to receive tailored offers and loan approval in minutes.

Wealth Club is pleased to announce it has successfully raised £1.4 million for Rise & Fall, the fast-growing online retailer redefining affordable luxury. The investment forms part of a £4 million funding round led by Guinness Ventures.

CIBC Innovation Banking today announced that it has provided debt financing to support Norvestor’s acquisition of Wint, a Swedish technology company offering an automated accounting and payroll solution for micro and small businesses.

Finom, the European digital financial services platform for entrepreneurs and SMEs, today announced it has closed a €115 million Series C funding round led by AVP (previously AXA Venture Partners), with participation from new investor Headline Growth and existing investors General Catalyst, Northzone, and Cogito Capital.

OpenFX, the FX infrastructure company revolutionizing cross-border payments, today announced its emergence from stealth with $23 million in funding led by Accel, with participation from NFX, Lightspeed Faction, Castle Island Ventures, Flybridge, Hash3 and strategic fintech investors. This milestone follows the company's unprecedented growth from $0 to $10 billion in annualized transaction volume in under 12 months since its stealth launch in early 2024.

Vistra, a leading global provider of essential business services, today announced three new VP appointments to its U.S. Funds Solutions team – Alex McGillivary, Ira Schnell, and Vincent Rupp.

On Thursday 5 June, Aubrey Capital Management (“Aubrey”) and LarrainVial hosted a high-level investment seminar in London, bringing together investment professionals, economists, policymakers and clients to examine how shifting global power dynamics are reshaping the investment opportunity in Emerging Markets.

The future of global finance is being rewritten. Today, Noah announces a $22 million Seed funding round to build the definitive infrastructure for the burgeoning Stablecoin Revolution. Its mission: to forge a truly global, payment network so intuitive and inclusive that sending money across borders is as easy as sending a text.

Nova, the global professional network where access is based on merit and talent, has raised €3.2 million in a funding round led by CDP Venture Capital, through the ServiceTech segment of its Corporate Partners I Fund. The round also saw participation from BY Venture Partners and angel investors from the Doha Tech Angels network. This fund will support Nova’s international expansion and growth, strengthen its operations in Italy and abroad, and accelerate the development of its technology, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence.

Teal, the payroll data platform building financial data solutions for the credit industry, has raised £1.4 million in pre-seed funding led by Passion Capital, with participation from ACF Investors, K Fund and prominent angel investors from notable fintechs such as Plaid and Checkout. The funding will be used to bring instant income and employment verification to millions across the UK.

Japfa Ltd (“Japfa” or, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a leading industrialised agri-food company, has successfully closed a USD 150 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL) facilitated by DBS Bank and Rabobank as joint sustainability coordinators. This milestone highlights Japfa's steadfast commitment to sustainable business practices and further cements the Group’s track-record in sustainability financing transactions. This marks the first time Japfa has included social key performance indicators (KPIs) in a sustainable finance instrument, reflecting its holistic approach to sustainability.

CurveBlock, a UK-based proptech start-up pioneering sustainable real estate investment, has secured a $400,000 grant (approximately £298,000 GBP) from Kadena, a leading Proof-of-Work L1 blockchain, as part of its $25 million RWA grant program. Launched earlier this year alongside Kadena’s RWA Token Standard, this grant program is dedicated to accelerating the adoption of compliant asset tokenization on Kadena’s blockchain infrastructure.