Fintech: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025
Fintech: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025

The 2025 fintech funding landscape in Europe reflects ahighly active yet concentrated market, shaped by a mix of venture capital,growth equity, and large-scale debt financing.Geographically, the UK cl…

Revolut eyes valuation of up to $200B in eventual IPO

Fintech giant Revolut, which secured a full banking license in the U.K. in March after years of waiting, was most recently valued at $75 billion in a secondary share sale.

Cash App is targeting a new kind of customer: 6-12 year olds

Tech companies are constantly on the hunt for new customers, and Cash App, the fintech company owned by Jack Dorsey’s Block, believes it has found a promising new demographic: children. The company, which already offers financial services to teen…

Once close enough for an acquisition, Stripe and Airwallex are now going after each other

For most of its life, Airwallex and Stripe have mostly operated in different geographies, selling to different buyers. That’s changing.

Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation

Five years later the founders, now 24 years old, say their startup has achieved $300 million in annualized revenue.

spektr raises $20M Series A to streamline financial compliance

Copenhagen-based spektr, a company building AI infrastructure for compliancein financial services, has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The roundwas led by NEA, with participation from existing…

Outcraft AI raises €2M to support autonomous sales and revenue agents

Outcraft AI, an agentic AI platformfocused on autonomous revenue execution, has raised €2 million in pre-seedfunding from Practica Capital. The company also received early backing fromventure builder …

Audrey AI secures $1.8M to develop AI platform for financial auditors

Audrey AI, aDublin-based startup developing AI solutions purpose-built for financialauditors, has raised $1.8 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led bySure Valley Ventures (SVV) and Delta Part…

Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world

Airwallex, valued at $8 billion, is launching a point-of-sale product that lets businesses accept in-person payments in multiple countries via a single platform.

Trade Republic axes customer service chatbots, replaces them with over 1,000 humans

In a world of finance, where automation, AI and chatbots are becoming more commonplace, Germany’s most valuable startup is taking the opposite path. Trade Republic, which is valued at €12.5 billion, …