Capital raising stories

Wise posts higher transfer volumes and customer balances as it targets a Nasdaq primary listing in May 2026 while keeping London.

OpenAI secures USD $122 billion in funding as Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank back a rapid expansion in compute, enterprise tools and product plans.

KPMG says Irish fintech funding climbed 9% in 2025, led by Teybridge Capital Europe, NomuPay and Wayflyer, as investor confidence returned.

Yaspa hires former Shieldpay executive Cameron Flood as Head of Product for UK and Europe to drive expansion in payments and data services.

Brickflow powers 20 specialist bridging deals for Loans Warehouse, delivering total lending above GBP £4.5m amid rising short-term finance demand.

Robinhood Ventures Fund I adds Stripe and ElevenLabs stakes to give retail investors listed access to late-stage private tech firms.

Oracle Q3 revenue jumps 22% to USD $17.2 billion as AI-fuelled cloud demand soars and contracted backlog swells to USD $553 billion.

Sentinel Global rebuilds its AI-driven venture team around GIC veteran Jeremy Kranz and expands Sentinel Labs, targeting a 2026 fundraise.

Carta acquires ListAlpha and launches Carta CRM, unifying front-office relationship tools with back-office fund data for private capital firms.

UK online parcels jumped 17% in late 2025 as pet care and beauty surged, even as fashion and homewares shipments slid, Scurri data shows.

Juspay raises USD $50m in follow-on funding led by WestBridge Capital, lifting the payments firm to a USD $1.2bn valuation.

Scurri processes 180m shipments in 2025 as eCommerce GMV hits EUR €19.2bn and its platform annualises at over 200m parcels into 2026.

London start-up Fuse Energy hits $5bn valuation after $70m raise to scale its vertically integrated clean power model abroad.

Bovonic secures funding from Cultivate Ventures to launch its QuadSense mastitis screening device in UK and Ireland, expanding beyond New Zealand farms.

Xampla has raised $14 million to scale its plant-based Morro materials, aiming to replace over 10 billion single-use plastic items within five years.

Cloudsmith has secured $23 million in a Series B funding round, aiming to expand its global presence and enhance software supply chain security.

Young British entrepreneurs Charlie Gray and Ben O'Nion have launched Echo AI, an AI-driven note-taking assistant, with a GBP £2 million investment to boost productivity.

Fresho has completed a Series B funding round, securing AUD $17 million to strengthen its AI capabilities and expand across multiple international markets.

Purple Transform raises GBP £4.5 million to expand AI data analytics in the West Midlands, led by Mercia Ventures. The funding will support new sectors and job creation.

Michael Harrison, having vast experience in global banks and tech firms, joins Accelerated Payments as UK Sales Director.