Accion announced the final close of a $61.6 million fund that will invest in early-stage fintech companies

Despite record numbers of active businesses in the UK, hundreds of thousands of startups are being locked out of funding because traditional credit scoring models fail to reflect how modern companies operate, according to Andrea Reynolds, CEO and founder of fintech platform Swoop Funding.

Pave Finance today announced it has raised $14 million in an oversubscribed seed financing

Lead Bank announced the close of its $70 million Series B fundraising round

Cato Networks, the SASE leader, announced today that it acquired Aim Security, a visionary leader of AI security. This is Cato’s first-ever acquisition and will further expand the Cato SASE Cloud Platform, enabling secure enterprise adoption of AI agents and public and private AI applications.

Juniper Square, a fund operations partner to more than 2,000 private markets GPs, today announced a strategic investment from Nasdaq Ventures to further accelerate innovation in private markets technology.

Pointsville, a pioneering platform for digital asset infrastructure, announced the successful completion of its Series A funding round

Kaleidofin Capital Private Limited (KCPL), an NBFC and a subsidiary of Kaleidofin Private Limited, today announced a debt raise of USD 3 million from Triodos Investment Management, Netherlands. The funding facility has a tenure of 3 years with an option to extend it by further 3 years. The funds are to be utilised for KCPL’s target segment informal sector enterprises including and Agriculture and Dairy segments

Tandem Bank has hit a major milestone in its mission to support and finance the UK’s green transition, surpassing £800 million in cumulative home improvement lending, with over 165,000 benefitting from green and sustainable home improvement loans since 2019.

ICICI Bank today announced the launch of a branch in Bengaluru, aimed at catering to the distinct banking needs of startups through a comprehensive suite of digital and physical offerings. Located at 19th Main Road, Sector 3, HSR Layout, the branch is designed to serve as a one-stop destination for emerging businesses at various stages of the journey of startups.

ModernFi, the leading technology provider for deposit management, today announced a $30 million Series B funding round. Led by Canapi Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Curql, Remarkable Ventures, and new investor Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), the round brings ModernFi’s total funding to over $60 million. This investment reflects growing institutional recognition of ModernFi’s role as critical infrastructure for deposit stability and liquidity management in the post-2023 banking landscape.

Admiral Car Finance, part of Admiral Group, continues expanding its presence in the dealer finance market, having signed up over 450 dealers so far. A key factor in this success is the business’s focus on customer pre-approval and a strong commitment to transparency and digitalisation, aimed at helping car buyers to make informed financing choices through their preferred dealer.

Kite, a company building the foundational trust infrastructure for the agentic web, today announced that it has raised $18 million in Series A funding, bringing total cumulative funding to $33 million.

Fiinu Plc (AIM: BANK), the London-listed fintech behind the Plugin Overdraft® platform, has entered into subscription agreements for it to raise up to £1.41 million in gross proceeds through the issue of 9.4 million new ordinary shares at 15 pence per share.

As UK children prepare to head back to school, a new survey from PensionBee, a leader in the consumer retirement market, reveals the stark financial trade-offs parents are being forced to make – with saving for retirement often one of the first casualties.