CyberTech

QNu Labs, an Indian deep-tech cybersecurity company building quantum-safe solutions, has closed a ₹200 crore ($21m) Series A1 funding round.

QNu Labs raises ₹200cr to scale quantum-safe cybersecurity

QNu Labs, an Indian deep-tech cybersecurity company building quantum-safe solutions, has closed a ₹200 crore ($21m) Series A1 funding round. The round was led by...
HelmGuard

HelmGuard’s $7.3m seed bets against static compliance checks

HelmGuard, a London-headquartered agentic governance, risk and compliance platform, has closed a $7.3m seed round to accelerate its push into automated risk assurance. The raise...
ZeroRisk

ZeroRisk’s $10m bet on next-gen merchant cyber risk

ZeroRisk, the Dublin-headquartered cybersecurity firm that helps banks and payment providers manage cyber risk across their merchant portfolios, has closed a $10m Series A...
Mastercard, Backbase push banks towards AI-native transformation

Mastercard, Backbase team up to accelerate AI-native banking

Mastercard, the global payments and technology company, and Backbase, the provider of an AI-native Banking Operating System, have partnered to help financial institutions move...
Cylake

Cylake raises $245m to challenge cloud-first cybersecurity

Cylake has raised $245m through a convertible note ahead of the beta launch of its next-generation product. The round saw participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners,...
cyber

BIS and IOSCO push FMIs to shore up cyber defences

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO have jointly issued two new publications addressing resilience...
Upwind

Upwind becomes first unicorn in modern cloud security

Upwind has raised $250m in a Series B funding round, propelling the company to unicorn status just two years after it emerged from stealth. The...
Finzly embeds AI security layer into BankOS

Finzly embeds AI security layer into BankOS

Finzly, the banking technology company behind BankOS, has launched Assure, an AI-powered security and assurance layer designed to give banks continuous monitoring across security,...
Guardio

Guardio raises $40m as scammers turn to AI at scale

Guardio, a consumer-focused cybersecurity company that shields individuals from scams, phishing attempts and AI-generated fraud, has raised $40m and reached a valuation of $1.1bn. The...

HiddenLayer bags $100m to guard enterprise AI agents

HiddenLayer, the AI security company that protects agentic, generative and predictive AI applications for enterprises, has closed a $100m Series B funding round. The round...

News Stories

Over $600m was raised across 14 deals this week

It was another slow week for FinTech deals as the end of 2026 edges closer.  A total of $602m was raised across 14 FinTech deals...
KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

Compliance teams facing growing pressure to uncover who really sits behind a corporate client now have another tool at their disposal. According to KYCP,...
Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Financial institutions are processing regulatory change at a much faster pace than a year ago, but their belief that this work is actually effective...

Zing365: Insurance broking must map out career paths

Zing365, an InsurTech-focused learning and development specialist, has called on insurance brokers to set out defined career routes, organised training and mentoring if they...
Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard, a payments firm that lets AI agents make purchases using their users’ own cards, has closed an $8m seed funding round to help...

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