Salesforce to acquire Cresta for $2.7B
Salesforce has agreed to acquire Cresta, a voice-first operating system for customer experience. It can resolve more difficult issues through a combination of monitored human and agent activity
Fal raises $1.65B in combined Series E, F
Fal hosts and runs AI video, image, and audio models. The $1.3 billion F round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Nvidia, Sound Ventures, and T. Rowe Price. Sequoia led an earlier $350 million E round.
Fal’s value has doubled since April to $16 billion.
B2B paytech Pliant raises $80M C round
The provider of modular B2B payment solutions saw the raise led by Seaya Nova and Speedinvest; participants were Illuminate Financial, Motive Partners and Molten Ventures.
The funds will support North American expansion and prepare pliant for further international growth.
Kalepa confirms $75M B round
AI insurtech Kalepa’s raise leaves it valued at $470 million
Canada’s Snaplii raises $15M for prepaid agentic wallets
Hat-Trick Capital leads the participants. Snaplii is led by CEO Spencer Xu.
Guava attracts $12.5M for voice agents
The seed financing was led by Acrew Capital, with participation from Flourish Ventures, WillowTree Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, and Guava pre-seed investor Commerce Ventures.
UK’s Lo:Tech raises $12M for capital markets
Lo:Tech, is a capital markets firm. MMC led the Series A round.
Spain’s Kabillo raises $11.2M for AI-based accounting systems
The round was led by Picus Capital and Visionaries. State funder CDTI also participated.
Clark’s $11M seed to build AI auditing tools
Clark unveiled “Clerks”, autonomous AI employees that perform audit work for CPA firms. The seed round was led by Touring Capital, with participation from returning investors Marathon Management Partners, Rerail and Sofeon Ventures.
Finpilot gets $10M A round for AI institutional capital systems
The $10 million round was led by Lobby Capital, with participation from Madrona.
India: PowerUp Money raises $10M for wealth management services
The round was led by Flourish Ventures.
Saudi Arabia: PayTabs to acquire SeaPay for $9.3M
PayTabs Group has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire SeaPay (Arab Sea Financial Company) from Arab Sea Information Systems Company.
Argentina: Takenos raises $7M for stablecoin payments
Takenos is a stablecoin payments platform. The extended seed round was led by North Island Ventures and Road Capital Management; existing investors Variant, Lattice and Reverie also participated.
enza raises $6M for African payments infrastructure
4DX Ventures led the round. Existing investors Quona Capital and Algebra Ventures came back for more, while British International Investment, a UK development finance institution, also participated.
Oman’s Mamun raises $3M for trade finance
The raise was led by Phaze Ventures’ Oman Fund. Jasoor Ventures also participated.
Crediflow AI attracts $2M for AI commercial lending
It was led by NPIF II – PXN Equity Finance and supported by Haatch and angel investors.
India’s OneStack raises $1.3M
Shepherd’s Hill joins for the first time. Previous backers Pentathlon Ventures and AVNM Ventures also participated.
Japan’s Pay2o raises $1.1 M
The fintech facilitates recurring bank account payments.
Khazna Capital completes Pharos acquisition
Khazna Capital, a subsidiary of Khazna, a Middle Eastern fintech, has completed the acquisition of Pharos Consumer Finance Company from Pharos Holding. It is already issuing credit lines.
SupportNinja acquires Aventus
SupportNinja provides outsourcing and customer experience transformation services. It confirmed the acquisition of Aventus, which adds AI-native, human-led customer service solutions to e-commerce and direct-to-consumer brands. The combined effort is called Aventus by SupportNinja.
