Numou, ADGM’s SME growth platform, has partnered with Abhi, the region’s neo bank of the future, providing embedded finance and working capital solutions to enhance access to finance for small and medium enterprises across the region.

Africa's private capital leaders convened last week at the third annual Africa Prosperity Summit (APS), hosted by Ventures Platform, to chart the path for a new era of verifiable, scalable growth on the continent. The Summit, which was held from November 12th to 14th, 2025, with the theme “Growing the Pie: Building the Pathways for Liquidity, Scale, and Enduring Returns”, the Summit provided a forum for investors, operators, and other ecosystem players to explore the dynamics shaping Africa’s next decade of capital formation and liquidity.

Beehive Fintech, a leading digital SME lending platform, has transformed its underwriting process with Perfios's AI-powered automation solutions. By deploying Perfios Nexus, Beehive Fintech has accelerated loan underwriting by 48%, improving risk accuracy and decision speed.

The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development equity impact investment arm of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com), is pleased to announce a US$300 million strategic investment in the Africa Minerals and Metals Processing Platform (A2MP).

South Africa’s frontline workers are under mounting financial pressure. These are the people who keep our shops stocked, streets clean and buildings safe.

Anzen, the AI-powered platform redefining how commercial insurance is distributed, today announced a $16 million Series A led by Madrona, with participation from Sandbox Industries, SNR, Andreessen Horowitz, and other leading investors. The round brings Anzen's total capital raised to $26 million.

FALKIN, a digital safety company that helps people stop scams before payments happen, has today announced it has secured $2 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by TriplePoint Ventures, with participation from Notion Capital, BackFuture Ventures, Aviva/Founders Factory, Haatch, Found Capital, and Founders Capital. The round also included leading fintech and cyber investors such as Pierre Decote, Group Chief Risk Officer at Revolut and Ben Enckevort, CTO and Co-Founder of Metomic. The investment comes amid rising regulatory and consumer pressure for proactive scam-prevention measures as AI-powered fraud grows globally.

European venture capital firm 3VC has completed the migration of its flagship Luxembourg-domiciled fund, 3VC II SCSp (the “Fund”), to the digital-native fund operations platform provided by fundcraft, who will now act as the central administrator and the external AIFM of the Fund.

HLPartnership (HLP) has announced the addition of Handelsbanken to its lender panel as part of the network’s ongoing commitment to supporting advisers in delivering good consumer outcomes.

ColCap Financial Limited (ColCap Financial) and Molo Tech Limited (Molo), the specialist mortgage lender for UK and overseas borrowers, are pleased to announce the completion of the second securitisation in the Molossus programme, Molossus BTL 2025-1, which follows the success of the inaugural Molossus BTL 2024-1 securitisation in May 2024.

DealMaker, North America’s largest retail capital-raising platform, has raised $20 million USD in financing of equity and debt by new investor Information Venture Partners and existing partner CIBC Innovation Banking. This funding round is a testament to DealMaker’s industry leadership and rapid growth in the $2.4 trillion1 retail capital markets. This funding round follows major milestones including: DealMaker’s recent acquisition of Rally On Media, expansion of its U.S. presence and new headquarters in New York City, the launch of DealMaker Sports, and record breaking volumes in the first half of 2025.

Ventures Platform, Africa’s leading seed-stage fund, has announced the $64 million first close of its second fund, VP Pan-African fund II, aimed at deepening seed investments, catalysing Series A rounds, and driving its pan-African expansion to power the continent’s next tech wave. The fund is targeting a final close of $75 million.

As part of efforts to strengthen the partnership between the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the Republic of Congo, and to advance preparations for the Bank Group's Annual Meetings scheduled to take place in the capital Brazzaville in May 2026, a high-level delegation from the Bank visited the country from 26 to 28 October 2025.

Seven in ten (69%) of Londoners are planning on investing in the next year as they seek higher returns than are on offer through cash savings, according to research from new personalised wealth management platform, Stratiphy.

Stream, the Saudi-born platform streamlining modern billing and payments for businesses in the MENA region; starting with Saudi Arabia, has announced a $4M seed funding to scale its mission to remove friction from getting paid. The round was led by early-stage investment firm Outliers VC and amassed a strong investor base, adding to a cap table that includes BYLD Ventures and prominent angel investors such as Abdullah Elyas, Co-founder of Careem.