Institutional Investment & Trading

Female Invest, a Danish e-learning startup, has acquired trading platform Gaia as it plans to roll out an investment offering.

ION, which develops a plethora of financial software to transform workflows, has expanded its cleared derivatives offering.

FLX Networks, which is modernising the engagement between asset and wealth management firms, has collected $10m in funding.

Capchase, a provider of non-dilutive capital for recurring revenue businesses, has raised $80m in Series B funding.

Sidekick, a UK-based wealth management startup, has raises £3.3m in pre-seed funding ahead of its launch next year.

The African Development Bank has signed a $50m line of credit agreement with Nigeria's First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to bolster access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and “women-empowered” business (WEBs).

Chronograph, which offers modern technology for private capital markets, has closed a ‘Series X’ funding round, as it expands its product suite.

CrowdStreet, an online real estate investing platform, has scored $43m in equity and debt capital.

xalts, an investment management platform supporting the digital asset ecosystem, has raised $6m in funding.

Axyon AI, an AI provider for the asset management market, has scored €1.6m in a funding round headed by Fondo Rilancio Startup.