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Ryft unlocks £20m Series B led by Gresham House Ventures to serve marketplaces and platforms with multi-party payments architecture
Ryft provides payment solutions for marketplaces, platforms and multi-location businesses. Its single integration handles seller onboarding and complex transaction flows such as recurring billing, automated split payments and cross-border payouts, and lets merchants earn additional revenue from the transactions they process.


Kaizan secures £2.5m in funding led by Pembroke VCT for AI platform helping services firms grow client relationships
Kaizan is an AI platform that analyses communications and account data to help service teams manage and grow client relationships. The platform identifies risks, improves service delivery and uncovers opportunities to increase revenue from existing clients.


Serve First secures £5m in funding from Pembroke VCT and Mercia Ventures to accelerate its CX and performance management platform
Serve First is a customer experience and performance management platform that collects and analyses feedback from multiple sources. It helps multi-site organisations turn customer insight into actions to improve service performance and customer loyalty.


Bolt Insight raises £7m in funding led by Pembroke VCT to help brands unlock consumer insights through AI research
Bolt Insight uses AI-moderated research to help brands gather consumer insights, combining automated interviews with real-time analysis to support faster and more informed business decisions.


CybaVerse secures £5m Series A led by Pembroke VCT and Airbridge Equity Partners to expand its SME cyber security platform
CybaVerse provides an all in one cyber security platform for SMEs and managed service providers, combining protection, compliance and testing into a scalable subscription product.


PEAK:AIO raises £5m seed round led by Pembroke VCT to expand its software defined storage platform
PEAK:AIO builds AI-first data storage infrastructure that removes performance bottlenecks between GPUs and data, enabling faster training and inference across modern AI workloads.


Mindset AI secures £4.3m led by Edge VC and Pembroke to expand embedded AI agents for SaaS
Mindset AI enables SaaS companies to embed conversational AI agents into their products, turning proprietary content into interactive features without building AI infrastructure internally.


Ryft raises £5.7m Series A led by EdenBase to equip acquirers with tech to rival Stripe and Adyen
Ryft provides compliant payment infrastructure for marketplaces and platforms, enabling acquiring banks and businesses to split, hold and route payments efficiently without building complex systems from scratch.


Smartify raises £1.5m to expand international presence and enhance digital engagement in arts and culture
Smartify provides a digital engagement platform for museums and cultural venues, offering audio guides, personalised content and analytics to enhance visitor experiences and generate new revenue streams.
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