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Israeli AI startup Unframe has secured $50 million in Series B funding as the company rapidly expands its enterprise AI deployment platform. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from TLV Partners, Craft Ventures, Third Point Ventures, SentinelOne Ventures, Cerca Partners, and Terra Nova Ventures. Founded by Shay Levi , Larissa Schneider, and Adi Azarya Unframe helps enterprises rapidly deploy secure, production-ready AI systems across internal operations without requiring large-scale infrastructure overhauls or data migrations. The company focuses on enabling organizations to integrate generative AI and autonomous AI agents directly into enterprise workflows while maintaining security, governance, and compliance controls. Unframe stated that its platform allows businesses to operationalize AI in areas such as customer support, cybersecurity, software development, internal knowledge management, and enterprise automation. The company says it has experienced rapid enterprise adoption amid growing global demand for secure AI deployment infrastructure. The startup plans to use the fresh capital to accelerate international expansion, scale engineering operations, and strengthen enterprise AI orchestration capabilities. Unframe is also investing heavily in agentic AI systems, workflow automation, and secure enterprise-grade large language model integrations. The funding highlights continued investor confidence in enterprise AI infrastructure startups building deployment, governance, and orchestration layers for generative AI adoption across large organizations.

San Francisco-based fintech company Mercury has secured $200 million in Series D funding at a $5.2 billion valuation as it accelerates its push to become the leading banking platform for AI-native startups and modern businesses. The round was led by TCV, with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, CRV, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital. Founded by Immad Akhund, Jason Zhang, and Max Tagher, Mercury provides digital banking, payments, treasury, cards, invoicing, and financial operations infrastructure tailored for startups and technology companies. The company says it now serves more than 300,000 customers, including one in three U.S. startups. Mercury stated that the fresh capital will support expansion of its AI-powered financial operations platform, deeper banking infrastructure, and development of intelligent financial workflows designed for the next generation of AI-driven businesses. The company recently also received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish Mercury Bank, a fully chartered national bank. The company has increasingly positioned itself as a core operating system for startups by integrating banking, spend management, treasury, accounting workflows, and AI-assisted financial tooling into a unified platform. Mercury reported $650 million in annualized revenue and four consecutive years of profitability. The funding highlights continued investor confidence in fintech infrastructure platforms serving AI startups, digital-first businesses, and next-generation enterprise ecosystems.

New York-based fintech startup Moment has secured $78 million in Series C funding to expand its AI-powered operating system for investment management. The round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Avra, and existing investors. Founded by former Citadel Securities quants and traders including Dylan Parker, Moment is building an AI-native platform that unifies portfolio management, trading, compliance, rebalancing, direct indexing, and investment operations into a single system for wealth management firms. The company says its platform is now being used by firms collectively managing more than $10 trillion in client assets, including major wealth management firms such as Edward Jones, LPL Financial, and Hightower Advisors. According to Moment, adoption has surged as financial institutions increasingly deploy AI agents and automation across investment workflows. Moment’s platform enables portfolio construction through natural-language AI prompts, multi-asset optimization, tax-aware investment management, compliance monitoring, and automated execution management across equities and fixed income markets. The company aims to replace fragmented legacy investment software systems with a unified AI operating layer for financial institutions. The fresh capital will support platform expansion, AI infrastructure development, and scaling of enterprise investment management capabilities as traditional wealth firms race to modernize operations using generative and agentic AI systems.

San Francisco-based fraud prevention and compliance startup Sardine has secured a $25 million Series C extension led by NAventures, the venture capital arm of National Bank of Canada. The investment brings Sardine’s total funding to approximately $170 million as the company accelerates expansion of its AI-powered financial crime prevention platform. Founded by Soups Ranjan, Sardine provides fraud detection, compliance, anti-money laundering (AML), and risk management infrastructure for banks, fintechs, crypto platforms, and digital commerce companies. The company’s platform combines device intelligence, behavioral analytics, AI-driven risk scoring, and transaction monitoring to help institutions combat financial crime in real time. Alongside the funding, National Bank of Canada announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Sardine to deploy the company’s fraud prevention systems across its retail, commercial, and wealth management operations. According to the bank, Sardine demonstrated stronger fraud detection performance and lower false positives during internal evaluations. Sardine stated that the fresh capital will support product development, AI infrastructure expansion, and scaling of enterprise financial crime prevention capabilities as fraud threats continue evolving across digital banking and fintech ecosystems. The company is increasingly positioning itself as a core infrastructure layer for AI-native risk and compliance operations. The funding highlights growing investor interest in AI-powered fraud prevention, identity verification, AML automation, and financial risk infrastructure as financial institutions modernize digital banking security systems globally.

Bengaluru-based travel fintech startup Scapia has secured $63 million in Series C funding to accelerate the expansion of its AI-powered travel and financial services ecosystem. The round was led by General Catalyst, with continued participation from existing investors Peak XV Partners and Z47. Founded by former Flipkart executive Anil Goteti, Scapia combines travel booking, rewards, and co-branded credit card services into a unified digital platform designed for modern travelers. The company partners with Federal Bank and BOBCARD to offer travel-focused credit cards featuring zero forex markup, airport privileges, and integrated rewards systems. Scapia said the fresh capital will be used to scale AI-led travel products, deepen financial services offerings, expand partnerships, and accelerate growth among Gen Z and millennial travelers. The company has rapidly emerged as one of India’s leading travel-fintech platforms amid rising outbound travel demand and increasing adoption of digital-first financial products. Over the past year, the startup expanded its co-branded card ecosystem by adding BOBCARD alongside its existing Federal Bank partnership. Scapia’s platform now integrates travel bookings, loyalty rewards, payments, airport benefits, and UPI-linked experiences within a single app ecosystem. The funding highlights continued investor confidence in India’s travel-fintech sector as companies increasingly blend embedded finance, AI personalization, and travel commerce into integrated consumer platforms.

Berlin-based fintech startup Bunch has secured $35 million in Series B funding to accelerate the expansion of its AI-powered fund administration and investment operations platform. The round was led by Balderton Capital, with participation from Cherry Ventures, Motive Ventures, Broadhaven Ventures, TinyVC, and business angels from the fintech and private markets ecosystem. Founded by Paul Hanusch, Jakob Maresch, and Julian Klaaßen, Bunch provides digital infrastructure for venture capital firms, private equity funds, angel syndicates, and investment vehicles. The company helps automate fund operations including investor onboarding, capital calls, reporting, compliance, SPV management, and portfolio administration. Bunch stated that the fresh capital will support product development, AI automation capabilities, and international expansion as demand grows for modern infrastructure serving private capital markets. The company is positioning itself as a next-generation operating system for venture and private investment firms increasingly seeking digital-first fund management tools. The platform already supports hundreds of investment firms and syndicates across Europe, with growing adoption among emerging venture funds and private market operators looking to reduce manual workflows and compliance complexity. The funding highlights continued investor confidence in fintech infrastructure focused on private capital markets, fund operations automation, and AI-enabled financial administration systems.