Former Stripe and Paystack growth lead Joe Kinvi is on a mission to make long-term investing in Africa safer and more accessible for the global diaspora. His U.K.-based startup, Borderless, is building the financial infrastructure for African diaspora co ...
Rillet raises $25M to bring AI-native general ledgers to the enterprise
Can AI finally rewrite the rules of corporate accounting—starting with the general ledger? AI startup Rillet is on a mission to modernize one of the most entrenched—and overlooked—core systems in enterprise finance: the general ledger. Backed by Sequo ...
Karat Financial Unveils Business Banking Tailored to the Creator Economy
Karat Financial, the fintech startup best known for rethinking credit access for digital creators, has launched a dedicated business banking product — the latest sign of financial infrastructure evolving to meet the needs of the creator-led enterprise. ...
Monzo’s Grown-Up Glow-Up: UK Fintech Eyes Maturity, Profit—and Maybe an IPO
Monzo, the UK’s poster child for millennial-friendly banking, is undergoing a strategic evolution. Once known for its coral debit cards, emoji-filled UX, and challenger status, the digital bank is now repositioning itself as a serious financial instituti ...
Bestow Secures $120M Series D to Accelerate SaaS Shift and Underwriting Innovation
In a bold step forward, Dallas-based insurtech Bestow has closed a $120 million Series D round, propelling its mission to modernize life insurance through software. The funding, which includes $75 million in primary capital and $45 million in secondary s ...
MoneyFellows Secures $13M to Expand Its Digital ROSCA Model Beyond Egypt
In a fintech landscape where many digital lenders lean heavily on borrowed capital, Cairo-based MoneyFellows is proving that profitability and scale don’t always come with balance sheet risk. The company has raised $13 million in a pre-Series C round to ...
Cisco Backs Gruve.ai To Solve the Enterprise AI ‘Pilot Purgatory’ Problem
As enterprise leaders scramble to translate AI potential into measurable impact, Cisco has placed a new bet on a promising player: Gruve.ai, a Silicon Valley startup aiming to break enterprises out of the all-too-familiar cycle of AI experimentation with ...
European Tech Leaders Intensify Push for Digital Sovereignty
A growing movement among European technology executives is urging the continent to reclaim control over its digital infrastructure, with Danish IT services company Netcompany at the center of the latest call for greater self-reliance. In a public lett ...
Fake AI, Real Fraud: Fintech Founder Indicted Over Misleading AI Claims
In a case that casts fresh scrutiny on AI hype in the enterprise space, the founder of a once-buzzy fintech startup is now facing federal fraud charges. Albert Saniger, founder and former CEO of New York-based company Nate, has been indicted for allegedl ...
As Markets Shudder, Smart Founders Are Quietly Rewriting the Rules of Scale
Enterprise Edge Perspective on Amos Bar-Joseph’s Vision for the Autonomous Business Era Source: Originally published by Amos Bar-Joseph at Swan AI The Dow just dropped 3,910 points. J.P. Morgan is warning of a potential economic collapse. Goldman Sachs n ...