Propel Finance completed a £1.5bn funding round to provide finance solutions for thousands more SMEs across the UK

Yaspa has received investment in a funding round led by Discerning Capital to fuel expansion in the United States

Today, Fair Finance and Vanquis launch a first-of-its-kind decline referral scheme that aims to support over 100,000 financially underserved people across the UK over the next two years. The scheme will direct Vanquis customers who are not yet eligible for its products to Fair Finance, where they can apply for an affordable loan and automatically be assessed for benefit entitlements.

MetaWealth, a leading platform for tokenized real estate investment, today announced it has surpassed a major milestone, distributing $1 million in yield income to its global community of investors. This landmark achievement highlights not only the rental income generated by MetaWealth’s income-producing assets but also the strength of its real estate portfolio and long-term commitment to capital growth.

Monit, Indonesia’s leading spend management platform, has raised US$2.5 million in a funding round led by Cento Ventures, with strategic participation from Sansan, a Japanese leader in B2B digital transformation. Existing backers 1982 Ventures and Init 6 also joined the round, reaffirming their continued support.

London-based Zango has raised $4.8m, in a round led by Nexus Venture Partners, a leading global venture capital firm with over $2.6 billion capital under management. Other participants in the latest round include South Park Commons, Richard Davies, CEO of Allica Bank, Alan Morgan, former head of Financial Services at McKinsey (EMEA), Mark Ransford, Notion Capital, No Label Ventures and Start Ventures.

Natech announced the successful completion of its Series B capital increase, securing over $33 million in growth funding

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.

Clearspeed announced it has secured $60 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $110 million

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.

Veda, the leading DeFi vault platform enabling crypto applications, asset issuers, and protocols to build enterprise-grade cross chain yield products, today announced it raised $18M in funding.