Gatehouse Bank, a Shariah-compliant ethical bank, has published its annual results for the year ending 31 December 2024.

Red Dot Capital Partners, an Israel based early growth venture capital firm, announced the closing of its third flagship fund, securing $320 million in commitments and bringing the firm’s total assets under management to $750 million. The partnership includes Yoram Oron and Yaniv Stern (Founding Partners), Barak Salomon (Managing Partner), Atad Peled, and Danielle Ardon Baratz.

Lloyds Banking Group and Peabody have today announced a £60m loan agreement to fund the sustainable retrofit of thousands of social homes across London and the Southeast.

Sydney based AI and data Insights provider MOGOPLUS has raised AU$1.5m in funding from London based New Model Venture Capital Group.

Lloyds has acted as Global Coordinator on the successful issuance of a £250 million 8-year Blue Bond for Tideway (Bazalgette Finance Plc), marking a milestone in the evolution of sustainable finance with this being the first-ever Blue Bond issued by a UK corporate in sterling.

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.