VC funding rounds, Series A-D, and capital raises in retail technology and e-commerce.
Ant International, the Singapore-based payments unit spun out of Ant Group, has closed roughly $1.2 billion in Series A financing backed by Ant Group and Alibaba. The raise funds a push into cross-border merchant payments and AI-driven agentic commerce as a Hong Kong listing looms.
Moneybox is running a secondary share sale of up to 45 million pounds that values the fintech at about 800 million pounds. The deal uses London’s new Pisces private-securities market to give long-serving employees liquidity without an IPO.
The June tape, a loaded fintech and commerce pipeline, and a disciplined aftermarket point to a fresh cluster of US IPOs pricing before the end of Q3 2026. Expect the cohort to skew toward payments and infrastructure names over consumer DTC brands.
Three recent signals point to Instacart re-rating as a grocery-technology and advertising platform rather than a delivery app. The shift likely becomes the dominant valuation narrative by its Q3 2026 report in early November.
Blackstone-backed Liftoff Mobile raised $437 million in its Nasdaq debut, pricing shares at $23 for a valuation of about $3.83 billion. The mobile advertising and app-monetization specialist became one of 2026 most closely watched ad-tech listings.
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