- Layer2 Financial:
- Funding: $10.7 million Series A.
- Investors: Led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Accomplice.
- Purpose: To drive market expansion, product development, and talent acquisition.
- Company: Canadian payments infrastructure start-up founded in 2021.
- Rich Data Co (RDC):
- Funding: $9 million extension to its Series B round.
- Investors: Acorn Capital.
- Purpose: Support expansion into North America and continued AI product development.
- Company: Australian start-up focused on explainable AI for risk decisioning in banks.
- Mintos:
- Funding: €3.1 million ($3.4 million) via Crowdcube crowdfunding campaign.
- Investors: 3,300 investors from over 55 countries.
- Purpose: Drive growth initiatives, platform upgrades, and EU expansion.
- Company: Latvian multi-asset investment platform serving over 500,000 users.
- Qardy:
- Funding: Unspecified “seven-figure” pre-seed investment.
- Investors: Vastly Valuable Ventures, White Field Ventures, and angel investors.
- Purpose: Enhance services and accelerate expansion in KSA and the MENA region.
- Company: Egyptian fintech start-up providing digital lending marketplace for MSMEs.
- United Fintech:
- Funding: Undisclosed amount from Standard Chartered.
- Additional Details: Standard Chartered gains board observer rights and a rotational board seat.
- Company: London-based global acquisition platform focusing on B2B fintech businesses
