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In funding news this week, Mesh is raising a funding round that Binance is set to lead, valuing the crypto payments and settlement company at up to $2 billion, Axios reports.
AI-native risk and infrastructure led the rest of the deal sheet. Quantifind, Addi, and Venice pulled in nine-figure and high eight-figure checks across risk intelligence, BNPL and consumer credit. Meanwhile, Jota, Nebex, and MDOTM landed growth rounds that brought AI into conversational banking, capital markets infrastructure, and the desks that run institutional portfolios.
Credit facilities shifted toward digital lenders, regenerative agriculture, and Sharia-compliant property finance. In venture capital news, fresh funds from Framework Ventures, Daybreak, and 3one4 backed frontier tech, AI, and overlooked founders. Also, Ashton Kutcher departed Sound Ventures to launch a new early-stage firm.
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Stat of the Week
Mobile money transaction volumes grew nearly 20% in 2025, crossing $2.1 trillion, according to the GSMA's State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2026.
Venture Financing
Quantifind, a Palo Alto‑based AI‑native risk intelligence company serving financial crime and national security teams, announced $200 million growth funding to scale its platform and governed agentic middleware for risk operations.
Addi, a Colombia‑based buy‑now‑pay‑later and consumer credit fintech, raised $85 million Series D funding to scale its credit platform for consumers and merchants.
Venice AI, a privacy‑focused AI platform, raised $65 million.
Jota, a Brazil‑based AI‑powered conversational banking platform for entrepreneurs, raised $30 million Series A funding.
Nebex, a New York‑based space fintech startup building market and financial infrastructure for the global space economy, raised $30 million seed funding.
MDOTM, a provider of AI‑driven investment technology for asset and wealth managers, raised $27 million growth equity funding.
LinqAlpha, a New York‑based AI‑native platform that turns institutional investors’ research into multi‑agent “alpha intelligence” for public markets, raised $22 million Series A funding.
Niural, a New York–based AI‑native platform for global payroll and benefits, raised $21 million in new Series A funding to build long‑horizon AI agents for high‑stakes finance and HR workflows.
BR‑DGE, an Edinburgh‑based payments orchestration platform for enterprise merchants, raised £10 million ($12.7 million) funding to support international expansion and enhance its payment performance and intelligence platform.
GrailPay, a New York‑based B2B payments risk network, raised $10.5 million Series A funding.
Wultra, a Prague‑based startup providing authentication and digital identity solutions for banks and fintechs, raised €6.8 million ($7.4 million) in Series A funding.
KredosAi, a Seattle‑area AI‑powered collections platform helping enterprises recover late consumer payments, raised $7 million Series A funding.
Qashier, a Singapore‑based unified merchant operating system and POS and payments provider for SMEs across Southeast Asia, raised $6.125 million Series A+ funding.
Pints AI, a Singapore‑based agent orchestration startup for regulated financial institutions, raised $5.6 million pre‑Series A funding to scale its platform for auditable AI underwriting, claims, and onboarding across banks and insurers.
HousApp, a Dutch SaaS platform that uses automation and AI to help real estate agents manage viewings and leads, raised a €4.3 million ($4.6 million) seed round to accelerate product development and expand across European brokerage markets.
Orthogonal, a San Francisco‑based platform for discovering, orchestrating, and paying AI agents across the internet, raised $4.3 million seed funding to build out its agent service discovery, orchestration, and payments infrastructure.
Maalexi, a UAE‑based agritech and fintech startup building a regulated tokenized agricultural commodities exchange, raised $2.8 million funding.
Adjacent, a prediction market index provider that builds independent event contract and election indices, raised $2.5 million pre‑seed funding.
Daya, a Nigeria‑based fintech startup building a stablecoin‑based payment and treasury platform for African businesses, raised $2.4 million pre‑seed funding to help companies collect, convert, and settle cross‑border payments.
Rentify, a UAE‑based proptech and fintech startup, raised $2 million seed funding to launch Earn AI, an AI‑powered rental revenue management platform for landlords and property managers.
Nomerra, a Berlin‑based fintech startup building AI‑native operational infrastructure for private markets, raised $2 million pre‑seed funding.
Finnovate Financial Services, an India‑based advisory‑led wealth management and financial planning platform, raised $2 million pre‑Series A funding.
Polysights, an AI‑powered data and analytics platform for prediction markets like Polymarket, raised $1.5 million pre‑seed funding to build automation and intelligence infrastructure that helps traders and institutions detect suspicious activity and optimize prediction market strategies.
Januar, a Danish fintech offering crypto‑friendly IBAN accounts and stablecoin payments, raised €1 million ($1.1 million).
Axon, a UAE‑based fintech infrastructure startup for cross‑border payments, raised $1 million seed funding.
EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague‑based AI lab founded by former DeepMind researchers, raised an undisclosed Series A round.
Debt Financing
InSoil, a Lithuanian lender focused on regenerative agriculture, raised a €120 million ($129 million) senior secured credit facility from Pollen Street Capital to expand lending to small and medium‑sized farms across Europe
Digitt, a Mexico‑based fintech focused on credit card debt refinancing for prime borrowers, secured a $50 million debt financing facility to expand its refinancing and consumer lending platform and help more customers move off predatory credit card debt.
Baubap, a Mexico‑based digital microlending fintech serving underbanked consumers, secured a $23 million credit facility from BBVA Spark and SixPoint Capital.
Offa, a U.K.-based Sharia-compliant property finance and bridging lender, secured £6.5 million ($8.3 million) in sukuk financing to fuel its next phase of growth.
Venture Funds
Framework Ventures closed its $400 million fourth fund to invest in frontier technologies spanning blockchain infrastructure, decentralized finance, AI and robotics, reflecting the firm's broader thesis beyond crypto.
Daybreak closed $100 million across a $75 million flagship fund and a $25 million opportunity fund to back pre-seed and seed-stage AI startups.
3one4 Capital, alongside British International Investment, launched a $15 million fund to invest in women founders, entrepreneurs outside India's major cities, and startups tackling underserved development challenges.
Ashton Kutcher left Sound Ventures to launch a new early-stage venture firm with former NFX investor Morgan Beller focused on investing in a post-AGI world.




