Hello Fintech Friends,
This week, Pliant raised $80 million for B2B payments, and Kalepa secured $75 million at a $470 million valuation for AI insurance underwriting and other workflows. Snaplii followed with $15 million for prepaid wallets for AI agents, while Clark and Finpilot raised funds for AI tools serving auditors and investment teams.
Lenders also secured fresh capital: NFS Capital landed a $250 million warehouse facility for equipment finance, and Billd secured a $100 million credit facility for construction subcontractors. Synctera raised $24.5 million for its banking-as-a-service business, split between approximately $9.5 million in equity and $15 million in venture debt.
Revolut’s secondary share sale valued the digital bank at $115 billion, while Hoxton Wealth secured a $135 million minority investment. Among venture firms, Creandum closed a $750 million early-stage fund, and Evertrue Capital raised $17 million for its debut fund targeting AI and fintech.
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Stat of the Week
More than half (57%) of US adults are comfortable with an AI assistant flagging or freezing a suspicious charge without asking first, according to FIS’s 2026 Consumer Pulse Survey. But half want to give their approval each time an AI assistant makes a payment on their behalf.
Equity Funding
Pliant, a German B2B payments platform, raised $80 million in Series C funding.
Kalepa, an AI platform for insurance underwriting and other workflows, raised $75 million in Series B funding at a $470 million valuation.
Snaplii, a Canadian provider of prepaid wallets for AI agents, raised $15 million.
Guava, a developer platform for AI voice agents serving industries including insurance, raised $12.5 million in seed funding.
Lo:Tech, a British capital markets firm focused on digital assets and onchain markets, raised $12 million in Series A funding.
Kabilio, a Spanish AI accounting platform, secured €10 million ($11.2 million).
Clark, a provider of AI tools for audit and assurance firms, raised $11 million in seed funding.
Finpilot, an AI platform for institutional investment teams, raised $10 million in Series A funding.
PowerUp Money, an Indian wealth management platform, secured $10 million in an extension of its previous funding round.
Conlio, a German platform that automates freight document checks before payments, raised €6.4 million ($7.2 million).
Takenos, an Argentine stablecoin payments platform, raised $7 million in a seed extension.
SPORTA, a British provider of financial infrastructure for the sports industry, secured £5 million ($6.7 million) in follow-on funding.
enza, a payments infrastructure provider serving African banks and fintechs, raised $6 million in seed extension funding.
Shackleton AI, a construction management software provider, raised $5 million in seed funding.
Tallia, a British AI research and drafting platform for tax advisers, raised €4 million ($4.5 million) in seed funding.
Lombard Systems, a provider of financing infrastructure for tokenized securities, raised $4 million across pre-seed and seed rounds.
mamun, an Omani trade finance platform, raised $3 million in seed funding.
Crediflow AI, a British platform that automates commercial lending analysis, secured £1.5 million ($2 million).
Multipolitan, a global mobility and residency services platform, raised $2 million in seed funding.
OneStack, an Indian provider of banking and payments technology for cooperative banks, raised ₹12.5 crore ($1.3 million).
Pay2o, a Japanese platform for recurring bank-account payments, raised ¥170 million ($1.1 million) in seed funding.
Unitoq, a Latvian fractional real estate investment platform, raised €155,000 ($173,000) in pre-seed funding.
PropHub, a Brazilian trading technology provider for brokerages and proprietary trading firms, secured an undisclosed strategic venture investment.
Soter Insure, a digital asset insurer, added Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures and SBI Group in an undisclosed second close of its Series B.
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Debt and Mixed Financing
NFS Capital, an equipment finance provider, secured a $250 million warehouse credit facility.
Billd, a financing platform for commercial construction subcontractors, secured a $100 million credit facility.
Supa, a British property management company, raised £21 million ($28.3 million) in seed funding and debt financing.
Synctera, a banking-as-a-service provider, raised $24.5 million in a Series A extension comprising approximately $9.5 million in equity and $15 million in venture debt.
Numica, an AI accounting platform that acquires accounting practices, raised $21 million in combined equity and debt financing.
Private Equity and Secondary Transactions
Hoxton Wealth, an international wealth management platform, secured a $135 million minority investment from private equity firm Aspirity Partners.
Revolut, the British digital bank, completed a secondary share sale at a $115 billion valuation.
Novel Financial Holdings, an insurance underwriting and services platform, secured an undisclosed investment from private equity firm Crestview Partners.
Venture Funds
Creandum, a European venture firm that has backed Klarna, closed a $750 million fund to invest in early-stage technology companies.
Flashpoint Capital closed a $25.5 million growth debt co-investment vehicle that has backed companies including fintechs ANNA Money, Fintech Farm and Numica.
Evertrue Capital, a British venture firm founded by Yvonne Bajela, closed a $17 million debut fund focused on early-stage AI and fintech companies.
IA Capital Group announced the initial close of an undisclosed fund targeting later-stage fintech and insurtech companies.
