September 21, 2026 — September 27, 2026
Sprive raised a $10 million Series A led by Wealth Club, Active Partners and Rank Ventures to grow its cashback-funded mortgage-overpayment app, which now supports £42 billion of UK mortgages for 567,000 users.
Spiro secured an additional $18 million in debt financing from the Africa Go Green Fund, taking AGG's total commitment to $36 million, to expand electric-motorcycle and battery-swap infrastructure in Uganda and Rwanda.
Paymob raised a $35 million pre-Series C co-led by Mubadala and the EBRD to expand its MENA payments platform, as its Gulf revenue grew sevenfold in 18 months and now accounts for roughly half of total revenue.
Paramount Skydance settled antitrust suits with California and eleven other states over its $110.9 billion Warner Bros Discovery deal, agreeing to independent editorial boards for CNN and CBS.
Amber Electric raised a €49 million Series E led by Morgan Stanley Investment Management's 1GT climate strategy to expand its automated home-battery and energy-retail model from Australia, where it holds over 50% share, into Europe and the US.
Michael Saylor's Strategy purchased 950 Bitcoin for $75.7 million as the price rallied above $85,000, its highest level since January, marking the company's first new purchase since a weeks-long pause in buying.
Oura set terms to raise up to $2.2 billion at a $15.62 billion valuation, but 36.5 million of the 50 million shares on offer are being sold by existing investors and employees, not the company.
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