Channel Facilitates $150m Financing for Global Diamond Dealer Rosy Blue

Tidalwave, an agentic AI-powered mortgage point-of-sale (POS) platform, today announced a $22 million Series A funding round led by Permanent Capital, with participation from D.R. Horton, Inc., the nation’s largest homebuilder, and a follow-on from Engineering Capital. This brings Tidalwave’s total funding to $24 million.

Barker, a pioneering Fintech firm that transforms illiquid asset valuations into insurance-backed instruments, secured $3.5 million in funding led by Walkabout VC. The new capital will accelerate expansion of Barker’s agentic valuation system, delivering real-time, enforceable hard asset valuations across asset-backed finance.

Capital on Tap announced the successful closing of "London Cards 3," its third ABS, a £500 million funding package

New research from Creditspring reveals that the average Brit has spent hundreds of pounds in the past year on unplanned expenses - from car repairs and broken appliances to vet bills and home emergencies - with millions now worried that the upcoming Autumn Budget will make life even more expensive.

Maxima, the agentic AI platform for accounting automation, today announced $41 million in Seed and Series A funding from Redpoint Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Audacious Ventures, joined by industry leaders and operators including former BlackLine CMO & Chief Strategy Officer Andres Botero, former BlackLine SVP of Operations Eric Borrmann, Rubrik CFO Kiran Choudary, Vanta CFO David Eckstein, and NFL Super Bowl Champion and Liquid 2 Managing Partner Joe Montana. Maxima is redefining the month-end accounting close process with AI agents that co-prepare financial reports alongside accounting teams, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and auditability.

Ramp, the leading financial operations platform, is now valued at $32B following a $300 million primary financing round