The Daily Raise/September 21, 2026

The Daily Raise

Monday, September 21, 2026

2 startup funding rounds surfaced since our last edition, $40M raised in total. Paymob tops the day with $35M in Series C funding, led by Mubadala Investment Company. The ranking runs all the way down to $5M, with startups from Egypt, United Kingdom.

The headliners

The rounds leading today's news · 2 rounds

No. 1

$35M

Amount raised

Paymob

Series C·Fintech·Egypt

Paymob is Provides omnichannel payment acceptance infrastructure for businesses.

Paymob raised a pre-Series C round to expand digital payment acceptance across MENA and develop products for SME merchants and agentic commerce. The round was led by Mubadala Investment Company, with participation from European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, British International Investment, Global Ventures.

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No. 2

$5M

Amount raised

Metris Energy

Seed·Energy software·United Kingdom

Metris Energy is Provides AI software for managing renewable energy assets.

Metris Energy raised a Seed round to scale its renewable-energy asset management platform and launched its Metria AI interface. The round was led by PT1 Ventures, with participation from Octopus Ventures, AENU, Blackfinch Ventures.

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