SolvaPay, an AI payments platform based in Stockholm, today announces €2.4 million ($2.8M) in pre-seed funding to build out its new payment infrastructure platform, built to power the emerging era of agentic commerce.

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided a £28.5m loan to D2 PropCo, a specialist provider of short-term supportive housing across England and Wales.

To counter the severe economic shocks triggered by the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has approved a US$10 billion Gulf Crisis Response Programme (GCRP) to insulate African and Caribbean economies, financial institutions and corporates from the impact of the ongoing Gulf crisis.

INXY has raised $4 million in a new funding round led by Flashpoint, following a $3 million raise in 2025, bringing its total seed funding to $7 million. The capital will be used to expand its product offerings, obtain new regulatory licences, and grow its presence in key international markets.

Keyrock, a neo investment group built for digital assets, is accelerating its growth trajectory after securing significant Series C funding, valuing the company at $1.1 billion.

Startale Group today announced the second close of its Series A round, securing $50 million from SBI Group, Inc. ("SBI Group"). Combined with the first close of $13 million from Sony Innovation Fund announced in January 2026, Startale has completed a $63 million Series A round.

Payy Network, the only stablecoin blockchain where transactions are private by default, announced today it has raised $6 million in a seed round led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures and DBA Crypto. The new funding will support continued product development, team expansion and growth as Payy scales its privacy-preserving infrastructure for institutional stablecoin payments.

ING and UniCredit have structured a €375 million mini-perm project financing for Retelit Datacentre, the data centre arm of leading Italian telecommunications and ICT operator Retelit.

Allegro Finance Limited (“Allegro”), an alternative lending platform for the media sector, today announced a strategic joint venture and senior funding line with entities advised by Elliott Advisors UK Limited (“Elliott”), a leading global investment manager. The partnership establishes a new institutional-scale credit platform for the global film and television industry.

London based, FCA regulated travel fintech Vuelo, (https://getvuelo.com) has raised £56 million in seed funding to expand its AI-native travel booking platform, enabling customers to discover, book, finance, and plan through a single intelligent experience.

Theo, a tokenization platform built by former traders from Optiver and IMC, today announced the successful close of its Genesis Vault, raising over $100 million within 24 hours. The capital will back thUSD, a yield-bearing stablecoin powered by thGOLD – Theo's tokenized gold product backed by the world's deepest and most liquid commodity market.

SuperSeed Fund III has secured a cornerstone commitment of up to £50 million from the British Business Bank to invest in B2B AI and SaaS startups. The Bank has made its commitment through the Enterprise Capital Funds programme, with the fund also having the benefit of being accredited by the UK's National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF) as was SuperSeed’s prior fund.

TransFi Inc., a global payments infrastructure company on stablecoin rails,, focused on emerging markets, today announced the closing of a $19.2 million financing round, comprising $14.2 million in Series A equity and a $5 million committed liquidity facility.

Pan African Multilateral Bank, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com), has announced a major expansion of its engagement with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), increasing its regional financing limit from US$3 billion over the next four years. The enhanced commitment builds on more than $750 million already disbursed across the region and a robust pipeline of over $2 billion in transactions currently under execution, signaling a decisive scale-up of support to governments and the private sector.

Vivox AI, a UK-based technology company building regulator-ready, atomic AI agents for AML, KYB/KYC and financial crime, has raised £1.3 million ($1.6 million) in its first funding round to accelerate product development and scale its enterprise platform.