| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.08.2026 | +++ Unicorn +++ Pliant +++ Planet A Ventures +++ Tobias Seikel +++ Ananda Impact Ventures +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Dienstag, 11. August). #STARTUPLAND: NUR DER FRÜHE VOGEL SPART!
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| 02.07.2026 | Straiker Secures $64M to Fortify Enterprise AI Against Emerging Threats | Straiker, an innovator in AI-native security, announced a significant $64 million Series A funding round. This brings its total capital raised to $85 million. The investment fuels Straiker's mission: securing enterprise AI agents. Its platf... |
| 29.06.2026 | Straiker Raises $64 Million Series A To Secure Enterprise AI Agents | Straiker announced that it has raised $64 million in Series A funding to secure enterprise AI agents. The round was led by Marathon Management Partners, Citi Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and Workday Ventures, with continued support from ... |
| 29.06.2026 | Straiker Raises $64M in Series A Funding | Straiker, a Mountain View, CA-based developer of an artificial intelligence security and autonomous agent protection platform, raised $64m in Series A funding.
The round, which brought total financing to $85m, was led by Marathon Management... |
| 23.06.2026 | Karta Secures $140 Million to Revolutionize Global Traveler Finance | Karta, a Miami fintech, secured $140 million—a $15M Series A and $125M debt facility. This capital fuels its innovative U.S. credit card for global travelers. The card targets individuals credit-invisible in the U.S. despite international a... |
| 21.06.2026 | Karta Raises $140 Million To Bring U.S. Credit Cards To Global Travelers | Karta announced that it has raised $140 million in new financing, including a $15 million Series A round and a $125 million credit facility. The Series A round was led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Illuminate, Canary, Clocktow... |
| 08.06.2026 | +++ Comena +++ Kloster Kitchen +++ Portage +++ FinTech +++ encosa +++ Aufinity Group +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Montag, 8. Juni). #STARTUPLAND
STARTUPLAND: Founders. VCs. Visionaries
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| 23.05.2026 | AI-Native Fintech Bunch Raises $35M to Modernize Private Markets | Bunch, a leading private markets infrastructure platform, raised $35 million in Series B funding. Portage led the round. This capital injection fuels Bunch's mission: transform private market operations. Its AI-native platform unifies fund ... |
| 20.05.2026 | Bunch: $35 Million Series B Raised By Private Markets Infrastructure Platform In Series B Funding | Bunch, a private markets infrastructure platform, has raised $35 million in Series B funding led by Portage, part of Sagard, with participation from Illuminate Financial.
The company is focused on modernizing the infrastructure supporting p... |
| 19.05.2026 | bunch Raises $35M Series B Funding | bunch, a Berlin, Germany-based fintech company developing an AI-native fund operations platform for private markets, raised $35M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Portage, with participation from Illuminate Financial, with participa... |
| 04.05.2026 | Illuminate Financial Secures $135M for Next-Gen Enterprise AI and Fintech Growth | Illuminate Financial secures $135 million for its Early Growth Fund. Eight top financial institutions are key investors. The fund targets Series B and later Enterprise AI and fintech companies. It focuses on technology at the critical junct... |
| 29.04.2026 | Illuminate Financial Closes $135m Early Growth Fund to Back the Next Generation of AI & Fintech for Financial Services | LONDON, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Illuminate Financial has closed its fourth fund at $135 million, bringing together eight of the world's leading financial institutions to back Enterprise AI and Fintech companies building the infrastru... |
| 29.04.2026 | Illuminate Financial Closes $135 Million Early Growth Fund Backed By Eight Major Financial Institutions | Illuminate Financial, a London-based specialist venture capital firm focused on technology for financial services, has closed its fourth fund at $135 million. The Early Growth Fund was raised from eight of the world’s leading financial inst... |
| 30.03.2026 | Notch: $30 Million Raised For AI Platform For Regulated Industries | Notch has raised $30 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $45 million. The round was led by Headline with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jibe Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and Phoenix Insurance.
The ... |
| 29.03.2026 | Notch Secures $30M Series A For Regulated Industry AI Platform | Notch, a pioneering AI platform for regulated industries, just secured $30 million in Series A funding. This significant round, led by Headline, brings their total capital raised to $45 million. The investment fuels Notch's ambitious expans... |
| 25.03.2026 | Notch raises $30 million | Notch, Notch
Founded: 2021
Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel
Total Funding: $37M
See full company profile "> an AI platform for regulated industries, announced a $30 million Series A funding round, bringing total funding raised to $45 ... |
| 25.03.2026 | Notch Raises $30M in Series A Funding | Notch, a NYC-based provider of an AI platform for regulated industries, raised $30M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Headline with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jibe Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and Phoenix Ins... |
| 25.03.2026 | Notch raises $30M to expand AI operating system for regulated industries
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| 08.03.2026 | Institutional Crypto Trading Scales: Crossover Markets Secures $31 Million, Tradeweb Joins | Crossover Markets, a leader in institutional crypto trading technology, has finalized a $31 million Series B funding round. The investment boosts its valuation to $200 million. Tradeweb Markets led the round, signaling major traditional fin... |
| 07.03.2026 | Crossover Markets Confirms $31M Series B | Crossover Markets this week announced a $31 million Series B financing round. The round values Crossover at $200 million and was led by Tradeweb Markets (Nasdaq: TW), a global provider of electronic trading across asset classes, with partic... |
| 05.03.2026 | Crossover Markets: $31 Million Raised For Institutional Crypto Trading Platform At $200 Million Valuation | Crossover Markets, a digital asset trading technology firm focused on institutional crypto liquidity, announced it has raised $31 million in a Series B financing round, valuing the company at $200 million.
The funding round was led by Trade... |
| 04.03.2026 | Crossover Markets Raises $31M Series B Funding | Crossover Markets, a Wilmington, DE-based digital asset trading technology firm, raised $31M in Series B funding, at $200M valuation.
The round was led by Tradeweb Markets with participation from DRW Venture Capital, Ripple, Virtu Financial... |
| 10.02.2026 | Turnstile Announces $29M Series A | Turnstile, developer of a quote-to-cash platform for sales-led startups, this week announced $29 million in funding from First Round, OMERS Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and some angel investors.
When SaaS first emerged, it was built arou... |
| 05.02.2026 | Turnstile Raises $29M in Funding | Turnstile, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a quote-to-cash platform for sales-led startups, raised $29M in funding.
Backers included First Round, OMERS Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and angel investors.
The company intends to use th... |
| 05.02.2026 | Turnstile: $29 Million Closed For AI-First Quote-To-Cash Platform | Turnstile has launched an AI-first quote-to-cash platform aimed at sales-led B2B SaaS startups, debuting with $29 million in funding from First Round, OMERS Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and a group of angel investors.
The company is posi... |
| 31.01.2026 | AI Fintech Zocks Lands $45M Series B, Boosts Advisor Automation | Zocks, a San Francisco AI firm, just raised $45 million in Series B funding. Lightspeed and QED co-led the round. Total capital now stands at $65 million. Zocks' AI assistant helps financial advisors. It automates administrative tasks, savi... |
| 28.01.2026 | Zocks, An AI Financial Advisor Platform, Raises $45M Series B | Zocks, a privacy-focused AI platform for financial advisors, has raised $45 million in Series B funding co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and QED Investors, along with participation from Illuminate Financial and all existing investors, ... |
| 26.01.2026 | Zocks Raises $45M in Series B Funding | Zocks, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a privacy-first AI platform for financial advisors, raised $45M in Series B funding
The round was co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and QED Investors, along with participation from Illuminate... |
| 27.10.2025 | Endowus: $70 Million In Funding And $10 Billion In Client Assets | Wealth technology platform Endowus has announced a significant milestone: client assets under management and advice have surpassed $10 billion (S$13 billion), driven by strong growth in the high-net-worth segment and increased demand for al... |
| 23.10.2025 | Singapore Wealth Advisor Endowus Raises $70m in Latest Round | Singapore-based wealth advisory and investment platform Endowus said it had closed a funding round of more than $70 million led by fintech specialist Illuminate Financial, with participation from existing backers Prosus Ventures, Citi Ventu... |
| 23.10.2025 | Deals in brief: Accel backs Pave Bank, Endowus raises over USD 70 million, Hangry completes Series A5 round, and more | Pave Bank raises funding to build the future of regulated on-chain finance
Pave Bank, a commercial bank “built for the modern economy,” has raised more than USD 39 million in a funding round led by Accel, with participation from Tether Inve... |
| 07.10.2025 | Illuminate Financial launches Early Growth Fund backed by leading global institutions, announces first investments in Pliant and TransFICC | The Illuminate Financial team launches the Early Growth Fund, backed by leading global institutions.
With investments in Pliant and TransFICC, we’re already demonstrating our commitment to backing exceptional teams building infrastructure f... |
| 01.10.2025 | Flox Secures $25M to Revolutionize Software Development | Flox secures $25M Series B funding. The company streamlines software development processes. It creates fully reproducible environments, boosting engineering efficiency and fortifying software supply chain security. Flox simplifies complex c... |
| 29.09.2025 | Flox: $25 Million Series B Raised For Unified Software Lifecycle Platform | Flox, a platform dedicated to streamlining the software creation process, has raised $25 million in its Series B funding round. The latest investment was led by Addition, a prominent venture capital firm, with participation from existing in... |
| 25.09.2025 | Flox raises $25M to make software development environments more efficient
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Addition led the Series B round. Flox said in its announcement of the deal today that NEA, ... |
| 22.09.2025 | LendOS: Series A Raised For Private Credit Lifecycle Operations Platform | LendOS is an innovative fintech platform designed to address the complex needs of the private credit lifecycle. Recently, the company announced that it has completed a Series A funding round. This financing was primarily led by Blackstone I... |
| 18.09.2025 | LendOS Raises Series A Funding | LendOS, a NYC-based provider of a fintech platform for private credit lifecycle operations, raised an undisclosed amount in funding.
The round was led by Blackstone Innovations Investments, with participation from Illuminate Financial and L... |
| 26.05.2025 | Diligent's Bold Move: Acquiring Vault to Redefine Ethics and Compliance | In a world where trust is currency, Diligent has made a strategic acquisition that could reshape the landscape of ethics and compliance. The New York City-based company, known for its governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software solution... |
| 23.05.2025 | Diligent Buys Vault | Diligent, a NYC-based AI-powered company which specializes in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, acquired Vault, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-powered ethics and compliance solution provider.
The acquisition will expand Di... |
| 30.04.2025 | Data Infrastructure Company Terminal 3 Raises US$8M Seed Round to Scale Privacy Technology In New AI Era | Seed funding will allow the company to serve a growing global demand for safe, secure, and decentralized data storage and access
Terminal 3, a Hong Kong-based Web3 startup, has successfully raised a seed funding round of US$8m. The investme... |
| 28.04.2025 | Pliant secures $40M Series B funding to expand to the US | Berlin-based fintech Pliant has secured a $40M Series B round, bringing its total funding to over $100M. The investment aims to accelerate Pliant’s expansion into the US market. The round was co-led by Illuminate Financial and Speedinvest, ... |
| 09.04.2025 | TransFICC secures €22.5 million for low-latency connectivity and workflow services in etrading | London-based TransFICC, a specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for Fixed Income and Derivatives markets, today announced a €22.5 million Series B investment.
The round was led by Citadel Securities and Black... |
| 22.01.2025 | Temasek-founded GenZero led $32M Series C funding raised by BeZero Carbon | BeZero Carbon, a global carbon ratings agency, announced a $32 million Series C investment round led by GenZero, a Singapore-based global investment firm focused on decarbonization and founded by Temasek, to facilitate carbon markets throug... |
| 17.01.2025 | BeZero Carbon: Pioneering the Future of Carbon Ratings | In a world grappling with climate change, BeZero Carbon emerges as a beacon of hope. This London-based ratings agency has just secured €31 million in a Series C funding round, pushing its total funding to over $104 million. The stakes are h... |
| 17.01.2025 | Deals in brief: Aevice Health secures new funding, Temasek’s GenZero invests in BeZero Carbon, Airwallex completes acquisition of MexPago, and more | Aevice Health secures funding from Denka and Elev8.vc
Aevice Health, a Singapore-based medtech company, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Denka and Elev8.vc. The company specializes in advanced respiratory monitoring solution... |
| 16.01.2025 | BeZero Carbon raises €31 million to enable carbon markets through ratings | The London-based global carbon ratings agency BeZero Carbon today announced a €31 million Series C investment round to expand its ratings coverage for new markets and continue investing in AI techniques.
The round is led by GenZero, a decar... |
| 16.01.2025 | BeZero Carbon raises $32M Series C to expand global carbon ratings services | Global carbon ratings agency BeZero Carbon has raised $32 million Series C, bringing its funding to over $104 million.
London-headquartered BeZero Carbon is a global ratings agency for the voluntary carbon market, providing independent asse... |
| 20.11.2024 | Booz Allen's venture arm invests in deepfake prevention company | Booz Allen Hamilton’s venture capital arm has invested in a cybersecurity company that specializes in spotting deepfakes and synthetic media.
Founded in 2021, Reality Defender uses artificial intelligence to identify and combat AI-generated... |
| 13.11.2024 | Notabene Raises $14.5M in Series B Funding | Notabene, a NYC-based provider of cryptocurrency compliance solutions, raised $14.5m in Series B funding round.
The round was led by DRW VC, with participation from funds managed by Apollo, NextBlock, ParaFi Capital, and Wintermute, along w... |
| 12.11.2024 | Crypto Anti-Money Laundering Specialist Notabene Raises $14.5M
Record $1.38B U.S. Bitcoin ETF Inflows on Trump Win, Fed Rate Cut | An important deadline looms at the end of this year for firms to comply with Europe’s update of its Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR) to include crypto transactions.
Notabene CEO Pelle Braendgaard believes Donald Trump will emulate what th... |
| 23.10.2024 | Boeing's Labor Struggles: A Turbulent Flight Ahead | Boeing is in the eye of a storm. The aerospace giant faces a pivotal moment as it navigates through a turbulent labor landscape. After a month-long strike, the company has proposed a new contract to its workers, but skepticism looms large. ... |
| 22.10.2024 | Reality Defender Expands Series A to $33 Million to Enhance AI Detection Capabilities | RSA Innovation Sandbox-winning AI-generated media detection platform accelerates development as part of new upsized round led by Illuminate Financial.
Reality Defender, the premier deepfake and AI-generated media detection platform, announc... |
| 20.10.2024 | Gladia: AI Transcription And Audio Intelligence Company Raises $16 Million (Series A) | Gladia, an AI-based transcription and audio intelligence provider, announced it has completed a $16 million Series A funding round. The company will use the funding to develop an end-to-end audio infrastructure, starting with a new real-tim... |
| 16.10.2024 | Gladia's Leap: Revolutionizing Multilingual Audio Transcription with €14.7 Million Funding | In a world where communication knows no borders, Gladia is making waves. This Paris-based startup has just secured €14.7 million in a Series A funding round. The goal? To launch a groundbreaking multilingual real-time audio transcription an... |
| 15.10.2024 | Paris-based Gladia raises €14.7 million to launch multilingual real-time audio transcription and analytics engine | Gladia, an AI transcription and audio intelligence provider, has completed a €14.7 million Series A funding round. The company will use the funding to develop an end-to-end audio infrastructure – starting with a new real-time audio transcri... |
| 07.10.2024 | The Shifting Sands of Southeast Asia's Tech Landscape | Southeast Asia's tech scene is in flux. The once-thriving capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, is losing its luster. High labor costs are squeezing startups. The tech winter is biting hard. Companies are scrambling for survival. Efficiency is the... |
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| 27.06.2024 | State Street Partners With Galaxy Digital To Introduce Crypto ETFs in $2.4T Market | Share
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| 20.07.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Keurig Dr Pepper bets $300m on coffee, Simbe Robotics scores $28m | Big news this week came from CPG Keurig Dr Pepper, which scooped up a 33% stake in a coffee company, while several food robotics companies that raised new funding. Elsewhere, US-based CubicAcres raised funding and launched a partnership wit... |
| 11.07.2023 | Speedinvest leads a €4.1M round for French fintech startup finres | Speedinvest leads a €4.1M round for French fintech startup finres
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| 21.06.2023 | Illuminate Financial Closes Third Fund, at $235M | Major Financial Institutions Back Specialist Investor, Illuminate Financial, in new $235 million Venture Fund
Illuminate Financial, a London, UK-based financial services-focused venture firm, closed its third fund, at $235m.
Illuminate Fina... |
| 21.06.2023 | UK-based fintech VC firm Illuminate Financial closes third fund at €215.2M: Know more | London-based Illuminate Financial, a venture capital firm backing companies that solve problems in financial services, announced on Wednesday that it has closed its third fund at $235M (approximately €215.21M).
The funds came from two addit... |
| 28.11.2022 | Aiming to make staking easier and for all, Kiln fires up €17 million | Parisian staking-as-a-service platform Kiln has raised €17 million in a Series A funding round. The startup is building a staking infrastructure aimed at enterprise-grade clientele, allowing them to offer staking directly to institutional c... |
| 30.03.2022 | London-based platform rakes in $17 million to boost single API for e-trading service | London-based e-trading technology startup TransFICC has raised a $17 million funding. The round was led by AlbionVC and saw the participation of all existing institutional shareholders, including Citi, HSBC, Illuminate Financial, ING Ventur... |
| 12.06.2021 | Czech Republic-based productivity software startup Time is Ltd secures US $5.6M seed investment | Time is Ltd., a productivity software startup, obtained a sum of US $5.6 million in a late-seed funding round announced on 10th June 2021. The seed investment was led by London-based investor Mike Chalfen, with contributions from existing i... |
| 25.05.2021 | London-based financial information platform Accelex raises $5 million in seed funding | London-based financial data extractor, analyser, and reporting platform Accelex has raised $5 million in a seed funding round co-led by Illuminate Financial and AlbionVC. The raise also saw participation from Expon Capital and SixThirty Ven... |
| 22.11.2020 | YvesBlue Raises $2M from Illuminate Financial, SixThirty, Tribeca Early Stage, Titan Advisors and Walter Financial | First outside investment to accelerate automated ESG and impact reporting for asset management and wealth management firms.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — YvesBlue announced today the close of a $2M seed round of venture financing ... |
| 31.01.2020 | Baton Systems, Provider of “Blockchain-Inspired” Payments Software, Finalizes $12 Million Investment Round | Baton Systems, an established developer of “blockchain-inspired” bank-to-bank payments software and infrastructure for linking multiple different ledgers, has reportedly secured $12 million in capital, which now includes an additional $4 mi... |
| 10.07.2019 | d1g1t Receives CAD$3M Financing from Illuminate Financial Management | d1g1t Inc., a Toronto, Canada-based provider of an enterprise wealth management platform powered by institutional-grade analytics and risk management tools, received an additional CAD$3m in strategic financing.
Illuminate Financial Manageme... |
| 14.03.2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 14, 2016 | LendInvest raised $25M; GV led $21M investment in Epigenetix; Arterys closed a $12M funding
LendInvest, a platform for peer-to-peer real estate investing, closed a £17 million (approximately $25 million) Series B funding round from Atomico,... |
| 10.11.2015 | Illuminate Financial Management Holds First Close of IFM Fintech Opportunities Fund | Illuminate Financial Management LLP, the London, UK-based venture capital firm, held the first close of its IFM Fintech Opportunities Fund.
The amount of the close was not disclosed.
Backers included financial information services provider ... |
| 26.02.2015 | CloudMargin Receives Investment From llluminate Financial Management | CloudMargin, a London, UK-based collateral management company, received a vc investment from llluminate Financial Management.
The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.
The company intends to use the funds for growth and client adopti... |
| - | London-based platform rakes in $17 million to boost single API for e-trading service | London-based e-trading technology startup TransFICC has raised a $17 million funding. The round was led by AlbionVC and saw the participation of all existing institutional shareholders, including Citi, HSBC, Illuminate Financial, ING Ventur... |
| - | London-based financial information platform Accelex raises $5 million in seed funding | London-based financial data extractor, analyser, and reporting platform Accelex has raised $5 million in a seed funding round co-led by Illuminate Financial and AlbionVC. The raise also saw participation from Expon Capital and SixThirty Ven... |
| - | Prague-based company collaboration analytics platform Time is Ltd. raises $5.6 million in seed round | Prague’s company collaboration analytics platform Time is Ltd. has raised $5.6 million in a late-seed round led by angel investor Mike Chalfen of London’s Chalfen Ventures. The round also saw participation from Illuminate Financial Manageme... |
