Led · Series A · Aug 2026

Jem is led by founders Simon Ellis and Caroline van der Merwe and has attracted recent investor backing. Public remarks from investor Bevan Ducasse praise the company's culture, customer obsession, creativity and ambition. The company recently closed an $8.4 million Series A round led by Quona Capital. The article does not provide details on Jem's products, services, revenue, users, or location. It also does not report founding year or specific operating metrics. Investor commentary emphasizes confidence in the team's mission and execution.

Led · Series A · Jul 2026

Jusfy positions itself as an AI operating system for the Brazilian legal market, offering a platform that aggregates case data and tools for lawyers. The company reports a base of over 60,000 lawyers and 14 million judicial processes on its platform. It launched a payments product, Jusfy Pay, earlier in the year which Quona highlighted as already producing substantially higher revenue per user among adopters. Jusfy plans to invest the Series A proceeds in expanding its financial services, developing new AI-based solutions and launching a student-focused version of the platform. Founded in 2021, the company closed 2025 with 118% revenue growth and expected to grow recurring revenue by about 80% in the following year. The article cites a prior valuation of about $30 million after its pre-Series A and publishes an estimated Series A valuation range of $80M–$106M, though the company did not confirm the new valuation.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Cordant provides a real-time command center that ingests signals from payment rails, bank accounts, ledgers, compliance and risk systems and normalizes them into a shared event model to show how transactions moved across an operating environment. The platform does not move or hold funds, replace core systems, or require centralized data; instead it detects control gaps, coordinates exception workflows, and produces audit-grade records of activity. Cordant developed its product with 11 design partners spanning payments, digital assets and traditional banking, with Bitso and Paxos serving as both design partners and investors. The company was founded by former Rapyd leaders who built and commercialized Rapyd's global infrastructure and say Cordant grew from the operational visibility challenges they encountered. Cordant will use its seed funding to bring the system into production and to activate private beta clients, and it is positioning itself as a prerequisite layer for institutions looking to deploy AI and new rails within regulated workflows.

Participated · Series B · Jun 2026

Founded in 2016 and dual-headquartered in Amsterdam and Madrid, Twinco Capital advances financing at the purchase order stage—often advancing up to 60% of order value upfront and the remainder on delivery—by underwriting supplier performance risk using proprietary risk intelligence and real-time operational data. Since launch it has financed over $1B across thousands of transactions with zero credit losses and serves clients including Mango, Vertbaudet, Lojas Renner and Centric Brands. The company employs 44 people and has raised equity totaling roughly $73M to date. With the new €150M Santander-led securitisation and the €15M Series B, Twinco aims to scale and institutionalise purchase order finance as an investable asset class. Its recent funding package provides both growth equity and institutional debt funding to support that expansion.

Led · Series B · May 2026

Franq provides a digital platform that lets experienced banking professionals act independently as "personal bankers," offering customers products from more than 50 partner banks and fintechs. The platform aggregates over 150 financial products including mortgage financing, loans, consórcios, insurance and real-estate-backed credit, and allows professionals to compare offers and recommend solutions. More than 10,000 bancários and investment advisors have used the platform; the minimum requirement to join is five years' experience in the banking sector and the average age of registered professionals is 42. Franq is among the country's main originators of mortgage financing and consórcios and reported R$2.4 billion in operations originated in 2025, with a projection close to R$4 billion for the current year and year-over-year growth near 80%. The company was founded in 2019, is headquartered in Florianópolis and has about 200 employees across technology, professional support and specialized operations. Management says the business has reached operational break-even and plans to expand use of AI to automate operational processes while investing in training hubs to deepen professional engagement.