Freetrade raises crowdfunding at £650m valuation

Encompass Corporation, the global leader in Corporate Digital Identity solutions, announced details of a financing round led by BNP Paribas

Finance leaders know they should be spending more time guiding business decisions, yet their teams spend most of their time shuffling data between systems and fixing spreadsheets. Maximor wants to change that. The company today announced a $9 million seed round to expand its finance automation platform — AI agents that plug into ERPs, payroll, billing, and bank systems to take on the repetitive accounting work and produce audit-ready outputs by default.

Simply Asset Finance has announced a major milestone in Scotland, having now delivered £150 million of funding to SMEs in the region since first opening its Scottish office in 2022.

Datavault AI Inc. (Nasdaq: DVLT), a leader in AI-driven data visualization, valuation, and monetization, today announced the execution of a securities purchase agreement for a $150 million strategic investment from Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX). As described below, the investment will be made in two tranches, with an initial tranche of $8,067,000, expected to close on September 26, 2025, and a second tranche of $141,933,000 expected to close following receipt of stockholder approval as described below. The transaction, executed in Bitcoin (BTC) at the spot exchange rate published by Coinbase.com, is expected to strengthen Datavault AI’s balance sheet and provide growth capital to accelerate its supercomputing infrastructure, expand independent data exchanges, and unlock new revenue streams.

Alfa, the leading provider of technology for asset finance, has announced the release of its Syndication module for Alfa Systems, delivering automated support for syndicating leases, loans and revolving credit facilities.

Wildwood, NJ-based Crest Savings Bank has selected Vine’s AI-powered commercial lending platform to support its commercial lending business.