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

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

FNZ, the leading global end-to-end technology platform serving wealth and asset management businesses, today announces it has secured US$500 million in new equity funding.

As a key player from the outset in the reform of electronic invoicing, which will come into force in 2026 in France, Pennylane has established itself as a key reference in this field.

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided a £16.1m loan to support a joint venture between Valpre Capital and CKC Properties. The joint venture was represented by Voltaire Financial acting as exclusive debt advisor.

Fuse is developing the foundational infrastructure for cross-border payments in the MENA and GCC regions and has raised $6.6 million in a funding round led by Northzone, with participation from Flourish Ventures, Alter Global, and prominent angel investors, including the founder of Flutterwave.

Two African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org)-supported projects have garnered top honours at the 2025 Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards (https://apo-opa.co/4lvavcK) conference. A $500 million sustainable term loan facility in Senegal (https://apo-opa.co/4i1gUt8) was named Sovereign Syndicated Loan Deal of the Year, while Rwanda’s €200 million ESG loan (https://apo-opa.co/3RxvfTd) was awarded ESG Loan Deal of the Year. Both projects were supported by partial credit guarantees from the African Development Bank Group.

TaxZap, the viral Tinder-inspired tax app has raised £2.2 million in a seed funding round led by Affinity Ventures, whose partners were early investors in Europe’s fastest-growing unicorn fintech, Zilch. The fintech app, which has millions of views on TikTok, replaces the headache of tax returns by gamifying the process. Investors in the round include the likes of Aidan Corbett, CEO of Wayflyer, Nick Mullen from Happy Stack Ventures, and Henry De Zoete, former AI advisor to the UK Prime Minister.

BC Bank Uzbekistan (TBC UZ), the country’s largest digital bank, announces today it has secured $20 million in debt financing from a fund managed by Switzerland-based impact investor BlueOrchard Finance Ltd (BlueOrchard).

Zepz,has secured a total of $165 million in revolving and term facilities led by HSBC Innovation Banking

WeeFin, the sustainable fintech that helps financial institutions manage their sustainability strategies, has announced a new round of financing totalling €25 million

Mendel, Latin America’s leading enterprise spend management platform, announced today the closing of a $35 million Series B round led by Base10 Partners with participation from PayPal Ventures, and support from existing investors Infinity Ventures, Industry Ventures, Hi.vc. Endeavor Catalyst is also investing.