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SAP Integrates n8n to Scale Agentic AI for Enterprises
May 12, 2026

SAP has invested in and formed a partnership with artificial intelligence orchestration platform n8n to help enterprises scale agentic AI. The strategic investment that n8n secured from SAP that values n8n at $5.2 billion, which is more than double the previous valuation of $2.5 billion...

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Robinhood’s Second Venture Fund Targets Early-Stage Private Companies
May 12, 2026

Robinhood announced a new venture fund that will raise capital to invest in early-stage and growth-stage private companies. The Robinhood Ventures Fund II (RVII) confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to begin the process to register a public...

Fintech Investments
Paymentology Raises $175 Million for Real-Time Processing Solutions
May 12, 2026

Global issuer-processor Paymentology landed a $175 million private equity investment, according to a Tuesday (May 12) news release provided to PYMNTS. The investment, co-led by Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners, will help finance Paymentology’s expansion, product development and hiring, per the release. “Despite the global...

IPO
Brazilian Payments Firm Elo Plans American IPO
May 11, 2026

Brazilian payments firm Elo is reportedly working on an initial public offering (IPO). The company has tapped banking partners as it prepares to list in the U.S. in the second half of the year, Bloomberg News reported Monday (May 11), citing sources familiar with the matter. Bloomberg notes that...

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Canton Network Owner Seeks $2 Billion Valuation With New Funding
May 11, 2026

Blockchain developer Digital Asset Holdings is reportedly wrapping a funding round that could value it at $2 billion. The financing is expected to bring in around $300 million, Bloomberg News reported Monday (May 11), citing sources with knowledge of the matter. These sources say the round is being headed...

IPO
eBike Startup Lime Files for $2 Billion IPO
May 10, 2026

Uber-backed eMobility company Lime is planning to go public. Lime parent Neutron Holdings filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Friday (May 8) for its initial public offering (IPO).  Sources told the Financial Times (FT) that Lime is hoping to list at a...

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Fazeshift Secures $22 Million to Automate Accounts Receivable Workflows
May 07, 2026

San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Fazeshift has secured $17 million in Series A funding to automate accounts receivable (AR) and other financial tasks, bringing its total capital raised to $22 million, according to a Thursday (May 7) press release. Led by venture capital firm...

Fintech Investments
Kalshi Reaches $22 Billion Valuation Amid Increasing Institutional Demand
May 07, 2026

Kalshi completed a $1 billion Series F funding round that values the prediction market platform at $22 billion, according to a Thursday (May 7) company blog post. The new valuation represents a doubling of the New York-based firm’s $11 billion valuation established five months ago....

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Robinhood Opens Private Markets to 150,000 Retail Investors
May 06, 2026

Robinhood’s first fund designed to expand retail investors’ access to private markets has drawn 150,000 retail investors, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said Tuesday (May 5). Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything event, Tenev said Robinhood took its Ventures Fund I public as...