Global payments and FinTech firm Ant International has raised $1.2 billion in new funding. This Series A equity financing will allow Ant to improve on its cross-border payments and agentic commerce offerings, the company said in a Monday (July 20) news release. The release added that the...
Natural, a year-old company that is building a foundational payment stack for artificial intelligence agents, raised $30 million in a Series A funding round. The round brings Natural’s total funding to more than $40 million, the company said in a Monday (July 20) press release....
Sustainable apparel company Reformation aims to raise up to $239 million when it goes public. The company and its investors plan to market roughly 14 million shares at a range of $15 to $17 apiece, Reformation said in a Monday (July 20) Securities and Exchange...
European investment firm Lakestar has closed a $300 million Resilience I Fund designed to invest in defense and dual-use technologies that enhance Europe’s resilience capabilities, the company said in a Friday (July 17) post on LinkedIn. “As [Klaus Hommels], our founder and chairman, wrote last...
Databricks is raising a round of strategic funding at a $188 billion valuation and expects the round to close later this summer, the company said in a Thursday (July 16) press release. The data and artificial intelligence company signed a term sheet for the round,...
Anthropic is arranging credit lines worth billions of dollars, adding to a $2.5 billion, five-year revolving credit facility it received last year, The Information reported Wednesday (July 15), citing unnamed sources. Expanding capacity like this is a common move by companies planning an initial public...
Anthropic wants to meet with prospective investors ahead of a potential initial public offering that could take place as soon as October, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (July 15). Banks leading the offering are scheduling investor meetings in the coming weeks, according to the report, which...
Lumin Digital has raised $115 million in new capital to further the expansion of its unified digital banking platform into a Compounding Growth Platform for banks and credit unions. The new capital includes $70 million in new investment from 15 of the company’s clients and...
Flex, a 3-year-old startup offering artificial intelligence-powered banking solutions for medium-sized business owners, was valued at $1.2 billion in a funding round, Reuters reported Tuesday (July 14), citing an unnamed source. The B1 round more than doubled Flex’s valuation from six months ago, according to...