Month: April 2026

London-headquartered fintech 9fin raises $170M, reaching a $1.3BN valuation A London-headquartered fintech, which provides financial services businesses with debt market data and analytics, has become a unicorn, following a $170m funding round.   9fin has raised the Series C funding at a $1.3 billion valuation, it said. The round was led by

Brickken secures €3M to expand tokenisation infrastructure Barcelona-based Brickken, a provider of tokenisation infrastructure for financial institutions, has raised €3 million in a pre-Series A funding round. The round included strategic investors from across Europe, including Marco Podini, founder and executive chairman of Dedagroup, who invested in a personal capacity,

Kestra raises $25M Series A to build the enterprise orchestration standard Kestra has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by RTP Global, with continued participation from Alven, ISAI, and Axeleo. The round brings the company’s total funding to $36 million. Kestra develops an open-source orchestration platform

Credit data startup 9fin crowned Europe’s newest unicorn with $170m raise Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/9fin-funding-round-unicorn-fintech

European fintech is going AI-native Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fintech-ai-native-europe-deals

Chip maker Fractile in talks to raise $200m at unicorn valuation, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fractile-200m-unicorn-valuation

‘Going into industry’ is still a dirty phrase for academia. We need to change this Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/going-into-industry-is-still-a-dirty-phrase-for-academia-we-need-to-change-this

The race to dominate voice AI is heating up: ‘We have to go fast’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/voice-ai-race-mistral-elevenlabs

Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open-source LiteLLM project The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company’s systems. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/mercor-says-it-was-hit-by-cyberattack-tied-to-compromise-of-open-source-litellm-project/

Toyota’s Woven Capital appoints new CIO and COO in push for finding the ‘future of mobility’ Woven Capital is the growth-stage venture capital arm of Toyota, focused on backing founders building in space, cybersecurity, and autonomous driving. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/toyotas-woven-capital-appoints-new-cio-and-coo-in-push-for-finding-the-future-of-mobility/