The Daily Raise/September 18, 2026
Friday, September 18, 2026
4 startup funding rounds surfaced since our last edition, $59.5M raised in total. Ryft tops the day with $26.7M. The ranking runs all the way down to $1.5M, with startups from United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands.
The rounds leading today's news · 4 rounds
No. 1
$26.7M
Amount raised
Fintech·United Kingdom·Sep 18
Ryft is Provides payment infrastructure and services for online businesses.
Manchester-based payments fintech Ryft raised £20 million to support expansion into Europe and the United States.
No. 2
$25M
Amount raised
Seed·Artificial intelligence·United Kingdom
Mantic is Specializes AI models to forecast political, economic and cultural events.
Mantic raised $25 million in seed funding led by Radical Ventures to develop AI forecasting systems that outperform human forecasters. The round was led by Radical Ventures, with participation from M12, Thinking Machines Lab, Balderton Capital.
No. 3
$6.3M
Amount raised
Seed·Cybersecurity·Germany
Arcos is Monitors security incidents across critical infrastructure and physical sites.
Arcos raised €5.5 million in seed funding to expand its security incident monitoring platform across critical infrastructure and other physical sites. The round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from Bayern Kapital, Pact, Haufe.
No. 4
$1.5M
Amount raised
Medtech·Netherlands·Sep 18
Phosphoenix is Develops neuroprosthetic systems to restore functional vision for blind people.
Phosphoenix completed a €1.3 million financing round to prepare for its first-in-human clinical study and further develop its neurostimulation system. The round was led by TTT Medtech Fund (managed by 819 Capital), with participation from FIRST Fund (managed by BioGeneration Ventures), Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland, ROM InWest.
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