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Curvestone AI Raises $4M Seed to Make AI Automation Reliable for Regulated Industries London-based Curvestone AI has secured $4 million in seed funding to push forward its ambitious mission: to build a dependable, high-accuracy AI automation platform tailored for document-intensive, compliance-heavy sectors such as financial services, insurance and legal. The round is led by MTech Capital, with participation from Boost Capital Partners, D2 Fund and Portfolio Ventures. In an era when many organisations treat generative AI as an experimental productivity tool, Curvestone aims for something far more foundational, to deliver automation that can be trusted end-to-end, even in the most…

Saphyre Named FinTech of the Year The TRADE! In the world of institutional finance, operational inefficiency remains one of the most persistent, expensive and crippling barriers to performance. Fragmented systems, inconsistent data formats, manual document exchanges, multi-party workflows and compliance bottlenecks have long slowed the movement of capital at every stage of the investment lifecycle. But as global markets accelerate towards real-time settlement and T+1 regulations force institutions to modernize, the financial sector is undergoing a seismic shift, one being decisively shaped by Saphyre, the AI-powered pre-trade to post-trade platform now named FinTech of the Year by The TRADE. Founded…

Canopy Is Redefining Hospital Worker Safety as Violence Against Healthcare Staff Surges Nationwide Workplace violence in healthcare has reached crisis levels in the United States, a reality that is reshaping how hospitals think about safety, staffing, retention  and patient care. Healthcare workers are five times more likely to experience violence than professionals in any other sector. Nearly half of all nurses will face physical violence during their careers, in a workforce that is approximately 80% women. From emergency departments to maternity wards, the risks are pervasive and growing. Amid this escalating challenge, Canopy, the leader in Connected Safety Platforms, has…

Nevis Raises $35M to Scale AI Platform for Financial Advisors Nevis, a purpose-built AI platform for financial advisors, has raised $35 million in a Series A round led by Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ and Ribbit Capital, bringing its total funding to $40 million within a year. The funding marks one of the most significant early-stage raises in the US wealthtech sector, underscoring the growing urgency for next-generation automation tools as financial advisory firms struggle with rising demand and growing administrative burden. Unlike many early-stage AI startups still building their product foundations, Nevis has already launched its platform, onboarded registered investment advisory…

Giftbee Appoints Sergey Meshkov as CTO to Drive Platform Scale Giftbee, one of Australia’s fastest-rising challengers in the digital gifting and rewards market, has appointed Sergey Meshkov as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO), marking a major strategic milestone as the company prepares for its next phase of scale, product expansion and platform modernisation. The appointment, effective November 2025, signals Giftbee’s ambition to build not just a popular consumer product, but a globally competitive fintech infrastructure for gifting, engagement and rewards. Meshkov joins Giftbee with more than 20 years of engineering experience, including nearly a decade at Atlassian, where he worked…

Mixx Technologies Raises $33M to Redefine Optical Connectivity for the AI Infrastructure Era Deep-tech startup Mixx Technologies has raised $33 million in an oversubscribed Series A round, securing backing from some of the world’s leading semiconductor and AI infrastructure investors. The round was led by Singapore’s ICM HPQC Fund with participation from TDK Ventures, Systemiq Capital, Applied Ventures, Banpu Innovation & Ventures, G Vision Capital, Ajinomoto Group Ventures, AVITIC Innovation Fund and other strategic partners. The investment reflects a growing consensus across the AI ecosystem: as models scale exponentially, data movement, not compute, has become the defining bottleneck of modern…

Sokin Raises $50M Series B to Build a Unified Global Payments Infrastructure London-based fintech company Sokin has raised US$50 million in a Series B round, valuing the business at US$300 million, as it accelerates its ambition to build a unified global platform for business payments. The round was led by Prysm Capital, with participation from Watershed Ventures and continued support from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Aurum Partners, following a year of rapid scaling and strong commercial momentum. Founded with a mission to remove the borders, barriers and burdens of international payments, Sokin has positioned itself as a next-generation global…

Australis Scientific Raises $6M and Won Medtech Innovator Prize Australian medtech company Australis Scientific has emerged as one of the most closely watched innovators in bladder health after securing US$6 million in funding from Japan’s Rohto Pharmaceutical and winning the 2025 Medtech Innovator Asia Pacific Grand Prize. Founded in 2021, the Sydney-based company is developing a new class of minimally invasive medical devices designed to transform how urinary incontinence and overactive bladder (OAB) are managed, conditions that affect more than 400 million people globally yet remain underserved by existing therapies. At the centre of its innovation is the Confidanz™ Smart…

Psyomics Launches New Healthtech Platform to Transform Neurodiversity Assessment and Triage UK-based healthtech company Psyomics, a Cambridge University biotech spinout, has launched a new digital platform designed to transform the way neurodiversity and mental health conditions are assessed, triaged and supported across behavioural health, child and adolescent services and neuropsychiatric pathways. Led by CEO Dr. Melinda Rees, Psyomics aims to bring clinical-grade assessment tools directly into digital workflows, helping healthcare systems deliver earlier, more accurate support to individuals who often wait months or years for specialist evaluation. The launch coincides with Psyomics securing $5 million in pre-Series A funding, which…

Procure AI Raises $13M to Build Europe’s First AI-Native Procurement Automation Platform London-based Procure AI has raised $13 million (£9.8 million) in seed funding to accelerate the development of its AI-native procurement automation platform, designed to help enterprises streamline sourcing, contracting and supplier management at a time of unprecedented global supply chain volatility. The round was led by Headline, with participation from C4 Ventures, Futury Capital and several high-profile procurement industry angels. Founded by Konstantin von Büren and Yves Bauer, Procure AI aims to fundamentally redesign how procurement teams operate. Instead of retrofitting legacy tools or building point solutions for…