ID Finance arranges €545m in debt and equity for credit platform Plazo
HQ: ES
Founded: 2015
Series Unknown
Sector: Financial Services, FinTech, Legal Tech
Investment Raised: EUR 545m €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: The round was led by international investors Spice Expeditions, WashU, Kingsway Capital, and i80 Group. The exact split between equity and debt in this round has not been disclosed. Repeat investor i80 Group is known to have provided asset-based financing in this round, after providing $150 million (then around €138.21 million) in debt in 2024.
Investors: The USD 90 million Series B round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from Index Ventures, Bpifrance, Speedinvest, Flourish Ventures, White Star Capital, and other investors.
9fin Series C: 9fin raises $170M at $1.3B valuation to scale AI platform for debt markets
HQ: UK
Founded: 2016
Series C
Sector: AI, Analytics, FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 170m €
USD 1.3b
Valuation
Investors: The round was led by HarbourVest, with participation from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and earlier investors Redalpine, Highland Europe, Spark Capital, and Seedcamp.
Moniepoint tops up Series C with fresh $90m funding
HQ: UK
Founded: 2015
Series C
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 90m €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: LeapFrog Investments, The initial raise was led by Development Partners International, through the African Development Partners III Fund. Lightrock, Alder Tree Investments, Visa, Proparco, Swedfund, Verod Capital Management, the International Finance Corporation, and Google, through its Africa Investment Fund, also participated in the Series C raise.
Investors: QED Investors, IFC (International Finance Corporation), HSG (formerly Sequoia China), QuantumLight (founded by Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky), Spice Expeditions LP, and George Rzepecki. The round was also joined by existing backers: Spark Capital, Portage Ventures, Bek Ventures, and Nigel Morris
London regtech GSS raises $47M to help banks screen for global sanctions
HQ: UK
Founded: 2021
Series A
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 47M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Alix Partners (http://www.alixpartners.com/) Commonwealth Bank of Australia (http://www.commbank.com.au/) Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (http://www.mufg.jp/) The Cynosure Group (https://cynosuregroup.com/)
kennek bags £10.2m to revolutionise alternative lending space
HQ: UK
Founded: 2021
Seed
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: GBP 10,2M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: AlbionVC (https://albion.vc/) DFF (Dutch Founders Fund) (https://www.dutchfoundersfund.com/) ff Venture Capital (https://ffvc.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Plug and Play Ventures (https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/ventures/) Syndicate One (https://www.syndicate.one/)
