Debt-Based Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Crowdfunding Market Analysis and Business Opportunities Report 2025: Rising SME Financing Demand, ESG-Focused Products, and Mobile-First Lending




Debt-Based Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Crowdfunding Market Analysis and Business Opportunities Report 2025: Rising SME Financing Demand, ESG-Focused Products, and Mobile-First Lending

The debt-based P2P crowdfunding market thrives on fintech growth, start-up expansion, and emerging tech like AI and blockchain

Dublin, Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Debt Based Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Crowdfunding Market Report 2025” has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

The debt-based peer-to-peer (P2P) crowdfunding market is experiencing a remarkable expansion. Estimated to grow from $4.63 billion in 2024 to $5.43 billion in 2025, the market is expected to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.3%. The growth during this period was primarily fueled by the adoption of fintech solutions, increased demand for alternative financing, a surge in investor interest for higher yields, expanded internet reach, and growing discontent with conventional banking.

Looking ahead, the market is projected to soar to $10.14 billion by 2029, maintaining a robust CAGR of 16.9%. This trajectory will be spurred by the increasing utilization of open banking APIs, heightened need for SME financing, the rise of mobile-first lending platforms, and the proliferation of ESG-focused lending products. In addition, the participation of institutional investors in P2P markets is set to drive growth further. Key trends include advancements in AI for risk assessment, adoption of blockchain for loan management, alternative credit scoring innovations, and the integration of regulatory technology.

Fintech advancements are pivotal in propelling this market. The growing need for swift and easily accessible financial services prompts consumers and businesses towards technology-driven solutions. Debt-based P2P crowdfunding platforms have emerged as key players in this evolution, facilitating direct online lending and offering competitive yields for investors, thereby promoting financial inclusion. The UK FinTech sector, with over 1,600 firms as of 2023, exemplifies this trend and is projected to double by 2030.

The dynamic expansion of start-ups plays a crucial role in driving the P2P crowdfunding market. Access to digital technology enables entrepreneurs to scale operations efficiently, and debt-based P2P platforms offer an effective means for new businesses to secure necessary capital without traditional bank involvement. The reported increase in registered companies in the UK, totaling 5.63 million in 2024, underscores the market’s potential.

Leading companies in the debt-based P2P crowdfunding sector are innovating with products like term-based peer-to-peer plans to cater to diverse investor preferences and optimize borrower repayment structures. Notably, LenDenClub’s introduction of the Fixed Maturity Peer-to-Peer Plan (FMPP) demonstrates how platforms are utilizing advanced risk assessment tools to match lenders with creditworthy borrowers.

Industry giants such as LendingClub Corporation, Upstart Network Inc., and others are reshaping the landscape. While North America led the market in 2024, the Asia-Pacific region is set to experience the fastest growth. Countries like Australia, China, and India are central to this trend.

However, geopolitical shifts, notably U.S. tariff escalations, are impacting the financial sector, enhancing market volatility and influencing investment strategies. These changes emphasize the need for diversified investment portfolios and robust risk management frameworks.

Report Scope

The market report provides comprehensive insights into the industry’s statistics, market size, competitor analysis, and regional shares, offering a holistic view necessary for thriving in this burgeoning sector.

Key areas include:

• Market Characteristics: Defines and explains the market.
• Market Size: Quantifies the market size in billion dollars, reflecting on its historical growth and future forecasts.
• Forecast Considerations: Incorporates factors such as technological advancements, global conflicts, and economic policies impacting the market.
• Market Segmentation: Breaks down the market into sub-markets.
• Regional and Country Breakdowns: Analysis of market size by geography and comparisons of historical and forecast growth.
• Competitive Landscape: Describes competitive dynamics, market shares, and leading companies. Highlights formative financial deals.
• Trends and Strategies: Guides company growth strategies as the market recovers from crises.

Markets Covered:
1) By Type: Online; Offline
2) By Platform Type: Consumer Lending; Business Lending; Real Estate Lending
3) By Application: Individuals; Businesses; Other Applications
4) By End-User: Individuals; Small and Medium Enterprises; Large Enterprises

Subsegments:
1) By Online: Web-Based Platforms; Mobile Applications; Cloud-Hosted Solutions; API-Integrated Systems; SaaS-Based Custody Tools
2) By Offline: Hardware Devices; Paper Wallet Storage; Air-Gapped Systems; USB-Encrypted Solutions; Cold Vault Infrastructure

Regions: Asia-Pacific; Western Europe; Eastern Europe; North America; South America; Middle East; Africa

Countries: Australia; Brazil; China; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Japan; Russia; South Korea; UK; USA; Canada; Italy; Spain.

Time Series: Five years historic and ten years forecast.

Data: Ratios of market size and growth to related markets, GDP proportions, expenditure per capita.

Data Segmentation: Country and regional historic and forecast data, market share of competitors, market segments.

Key Attributes

The companies featured in this Debt Based Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Crowdfunding market report include:

• LendingClub Corporation
• Upstart Network Inc.
• Funding Circle Holdings plc
• Zopa Bank Limited
• Mintos Marketplace AS
• LenDenClub
• Peerform Inc.
• LendInvest Limited
• Faircent Tech Private Limited
• Assetz Capital Limited
• Bondora Capital OU
• Twino LLC
• Rebuilding Society Limited
• KILDE PTE. LTD.
• Viainvest SIA
• Folk2Folk Limited
• Prosper Marketplace Inc.
• i2iFunding
• IndiaP2P
• Crowd2Fund Limited

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Maximor get $9m for AI that takes on finance grunt work while keeping it BAU




Maximor get $9m for AI that takes on finance grunt work while keeping it BAU

Finance teams using Maximor report ~40% more capacity for strategic work, faster closes, and cleaner audits.

New York, Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Finance leaders know they should be spending more time guiding business decisions, yet their teams spend most of their time shuffling data between systems and fixing spreadsheets. Maximor wants to change that. The company today announced a $9 million seed round to expand its finance automation platform — AI agents that plug into ERPs, payroll, billing, and bank systems to take on the repetitive accounting work and produce audit-ready outputs by default.

The round was led by Foundation Capital, with participation from Gaia Ventures (founded by SAP’s former Chief Strategy Officer) and Boldcap. Notable angels include Aravind Srinivas (CEO of Perplexity), Tien Tzuo (CEO of Zuora), and CFOs/finance leaders from Ramp, Gusto, Opendoor, MongoDB, and the Big Four.

Maximor AI founders: Ramnandan Krishnamurthy and Ajay Krishna Amudan. 

Finance leaders today face a paradox: they’re expected to steer strategy while their teams are buried in reconciliations, close checklists, and fragmented systems. The talent pipeline of accountants is also at a breaking point—three-quarters of accountants are expected to retire by 2030, while fewer graduates enter the field. That leaves companies stretched thin, raising the odds of costly errors and slowing down audits.

Across its customer base, Maximor has delivered three strategic outcomes: ~40% more team capacity, freeing finance staff to focus on strategy, not mechanics, Cleaner audits and streamlined closes, reducing compliance and valuation risk; and Unified, cross-silo visibility across existing finance & operational systems – so finance leaders can make faster, better-informed decisions with AI’s reasoning capabilities

Proptech business Rently, with global operations across three countries, cut its month-end close from 8 days to 4 within the first month of using Maximor, while avoiding two incremental accounting hires for repetitive work.  While, multi-billion-dollar AUM registered investment advisor business Invst was able to automate reconciliations, allocations, and reporting, unlocking advisor-level profitability insights that were previously impractical.

Maximor is not another point solution. It is a financial command center that connects both financial and operational systems—ERPs like NetSuite and Intacct, banks, payroll, CRMs, and SaaS data—into a single reconciled source of truth. 

On this unified data foundation, Maximor deploys specialized finance agents across revenue, cash, close, and reporting. Powered by its proprietary Audit-Ready Agent™ architecture, these agents generate workpapers, reviewer notes, and audit trails by default. The result: automation that is natively explainable, compliant, secure and enterprise-grade—tailored to the exacting needs of the CFO’s office.

“Finance should be the growth engine of a company, not a cost center,” said Ramnandan Krishnamurthy, CEO and co-founder of Maximor. “Capital is how decisions are made. Our job is to automate the mechanics and unify the data so finance leaders can spend time guiding the business. We measure success by customer outcomes, not seats purchased.”

Co-founders Ramnandan Krishnamurthy and Ajay Krishna Amudan saw the problem firsthand while leading Microsoft’s digital transformation group and working with global corporate finance teams: despite millions poured into ERPs and accounting tools, technical limitations forced critical workflows back into spreadsheets—creating endless manual work, slow closes, and costly errors.

“What attracted us to Maximor is their seamless integration to any ERP system. Instead of chasing features like many ERP startups, Maximor uses AI to tackle real challenges faced by finance leaders at global companies,” said Ashu Garg, General Partner at Foundation Capital. “Unlike solutions with disconnected AI tools, Maximor has built a unified platform where specialized AI agents work together seamlessly. For mid-market and enterprise finance teams, it bridges the gap between their current systems and advanced AI, enabling meaningful transformation without disruption.”

“Finance should be a growth catalyst, not a bottleneck. With Maximor, our team delivers reliable, audit-ready outputs efficiently while freeing up nearly 50% of our capacity for strategic work. I’m excited about the doors this opens for our business—and energized to partner with a team that’s both world-class and customer-focused.” said Dustin Neal, CFO at Rently (Maximor customer).

Maximor’s design philosophy, “Design for Progress” reflects its commitment to helping finance leaders build financially progressive companies: outcome-assured automation adapted to each organization’s finance ops style, not a one-size-fits-all template.

Over the last two decades, financial software has over-promised and under-delivered, fragmenting workflows across point tools with no intelligence baked in. Unlike point tools that automate fragments, Maximor is the only platform built to automate finance processes end-to-end—“cradle to grave”—with enterprise-grade control. It uniquely combines a unified finance context layer with a specialized system of agents, powered by its  Audit-Ready Agent™ architecture – delivering CFOs automation with evidence, not just speed.

Maximor is expanding in three directions: Deeper automation across the breadth of repetitive accounting flows, Vertical modules tailored for specific sectors with high urgency to adopt; and Strategic finance insights that move teams from reactive reporting to proactive scenario planning and decision support. The vision: an always-on, audit-ready AI-powered finance team for every mid-market and enterprise company.

Media images can be found here. 

About Maximor
Maximor is an ERP-agnostic, AI-native finance automation platform for mid-market and enterprise companies. By unifying financial and operational data and deploying a system of specialized finance agents powered by proprietary Audit-Ready Agent™ architecture, it automates revenue, cash, close, and reporting processes with audit-ready evidence by default. Finance teams close faster, reduce manual reconciliations, and unlock deeper operating insight—without migrating off their existing stack. Maximor is backed by Foundation Capital, Gaia Ventures, Boldcap, and leading industry operators. Learn more at maximor.ai.

CONTACT: For further information please contact the Maximor press office on press@maximor.ai 

Maximor get $9m for AI that takes on finance grunt work while keeping it BAU




Maximor get $9m for AI that takes on finance grunt work while keeping it BAU

Finance teams using Maximor report ~40% more capacity for strategic work, faster closes, and cleaner audits.

New York, Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Finance leaders know they should be spending more time guiding business decisions, yet their teams spend most of their time shuffling data between systems and fixing spreadsheets. Maximor wants to change that. The company today announced a $9 million seed round to expand its finance automation platform — AI agents that plug into ERPs, payroll, billing, and bank systems to take on the repetitive accounting work and produce audit-ready outputs by default.

The round was led by Foundation Capital, with participation from Gaia Ventures (founded by SAP’s former Chief Strategy Officer) and Boldcap. Notable angels include Aravind Srinivas (CEO of Perplexity), Tien Tzuo (CEO of Zuora), and CFOs/finance leaders from Ramp, Gusto, Opendoor, MongoDB, and the Big Four.

Maximor AI founders: Ramnandan Krishnamurthy and Ajay Krishna Amudan. 

Finance leaders today face a paradox: they’re expected to steer strategy while their teams are buried in reconciliations, close checklists, and fragmented systems. The talent pipeline of accountants is also at a breaking point—three-quarters of accountants are expected to retire by 2030, while fewer graduates enter the field. That leaves companies stretched thin, raising the odds of costly errors and slowing down audits.

Across its customer base, Maximor has delivered three strategic outcomes: ~40% more team capacity, freeing finance staff to focus on strategy, not mechanics, Cleaner audits and streamlined closes, reducing compliance and valuation risk; and Unified, cross-silo visibility across existing finance & operational systems – so finance leaders can make faster, better-informed decisions with AI’s reasoning capabilities

Proptech business Rently, with global operations across three countries, cut its month-end close from 8 days to 4 within the first month of using Maximor, while avoiding two incremental accounting hires for repetitive work.  While, multi-billion-dollar AUM registered investment advisor business Invst was able to automate reconciliations, allocations, and reporting, unlocking advisor-level profitability insights that were previously impractical.

Maximor is not another point solution. It is a financial command center that connects both financial and operational systems—ERPs like NetSuite and Intacct, banks, payroll, CRMs, and SaaS data—into a single reconciled source of truth. 

On this unified data foundation, Maximor deploys specialized finance agents across revenue, cash, close, and reporting. Powered by its proprietary Audit-Ready Agent™ architecture, these agents generate workpapers, reviewer notes, and audit trails by default. The result: automation that is natively explainable, compliant, secure and enterprise-grade—tailored to the exacting needs of the CFO’s office.

“Finance should be the growth engine of a company, not a cost center,” said Ramnandan Krishnamurthy, CEO and co-founder of Maximor. “Capital is how decisions are made. Our job is to automate the mechanics and unify the data so finance leaders can spend time guiding the business. We measure success by customer outcomes, not seats purchased.”

Co-founders Ramnandan Krishnamurthy and Ajay Krishna Amudan saw the problem firsthand while leading Microsoft’s digital transformation group and working with global corporate finance teams: despite millions poured into ERPs and accounting tools, technical limitations forced critical workflows back into spreadsheets—creating endless manual work, slow closes, and costly errors.

“What attracted us to Maximor is their seamless integration to any ERP system. Instead of chasing features like many ERP startups, Maximor uses AI to tackle real challenges faced by finance leaders at global companies,” said Ashu Garg, General Partner at Foundation Capital. “Unlike solutions with disconnected AI tools, Maximor has built a unified platform where specialized AI agents work together seamlessly. For mid-market and enterprise finance teams, it bridges the gap between their current systems and advanced AI, enabling meaningful transformation without disruption.”

“Finance should be a growth catalyst, not a bottleneck. With Maximor, our team delivers reliable, audit-ready outputs efficiently while freeing up nearly 50% of our capacity for strategic work. I’m excited about the doors this opens for our business—and energized to partner with a team that’s both world-class and customer-focused.” said Dustin Neal, CFO at Rently (Maximor customer).

Maximor’s design philosophy, “Design for Progress” reflects its commitment to helping finance leaders build financially progressive companies: outcome-assured automation adapted to each organization’s finance ops style, not a one-size-fits-all template.

Over the last two decades, financial software has over-promised and under-delivered, fragmenting workflows across point tools with no intelligence baked in. Unlike point tools that automate fragments, Maximor is the only platform built to automate finance processes end-to-end—“cradle to grave”—with enterprise-grade control. It uniquely combines a unified finance context layer with a specialized system of agents, powered by its  Audit-Ready Agent™ architecture – delivering CFOs automation with evidence, not just speed.

Maximor is expanding in three directions: Deeper automation across the breadth of repetitive accounting flows, Vertical modules tailored for specific sectors with high urgency to adopt; and Strategic finance insights that move teams from reactive reporting to proactive scenario planning and decision support. The vision: an always-on, audit-ready AI-powered finance team for every mid-market and enterprise company.

Media images can be found here. 

About Maximor
Maximor is an ERP-agnostic, AI-native finance automation platform for mid-market and enterprise companies. By unifying financial and operational data and deploying a system of specialized finance agents powered by proprietary Audit-Ready Agent™ architecture, it automates revenue, cash, close, and reporting processes with audit-ready evidence by default. Finance teams close faster, reduce manual reconciliations, and unlock deeper operating insight—without migrating off their existing stack. Maximor is backed by Foundation Capital, Gaia Ventures, Boldcap, and leading industry operators. Learn more at maximor.ai.

CONTACT: For further information please contact the Maximor press office on press@maximor.ai 

Empower Semiconductor Expands Board of Directors with Industry Veterans




Empower Semiconductor Expands Board of Directors with Industry Veterans

Strengthened board brings decades of semiconductor expertise to guide and accelerate Empower’s growth phase

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Empower Semiconductor, the world leader in powering AI-class processors, today announced the appointment of three distinguished industry veterans and executives to its Board of Directors. The new members further strengthen the board as Empower enters its next phase of growth following the recent close of its Series D financing round.

Joining the board are:

• Richard L. Clemmer, Founding Partner at Socratic Partners and former CEO and President of NXP Semiconductor N.V. and Agere Systems Inc.
• John Bagatelos, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Lumentum with former leadership roles at Monolithic Power Systems, ON Semiconductor and AMD.
• Andrew C. Homan, Managing Partner and founder at Maverick Silicon, after leading Maverick Capital’s investments across the semiconductor, hardware and software industries.

These new directors join Empower’s four long-standing board members: Tim Phillips, CEO, President and Founder; Jeffrey R. Holland, Chairman of the Board; Kevin Leary, President of Hallador Investment Advisors; and Gene Sheridan, Founder and former CEO of Navitas Semiconductor—creating a powerful balance of continuity and fresh perspectives. Together, the board represents decades of leadership across semiconductors, datacenter infrastructure, financial markets and high-growth technology sectors.

“We are honored to welcome such accomplished executives to our Board as Empower enters a new phase of growth,” said Tim Phillips, CEO of Empower Semiconductor. “Their joining not only strengthens our board, but also reflects the industry’s recognition of our disruptive technology. Their insight and leadership will be instrumental as we move into high-volume production and accelerate adoption of our power delivery solutions for high-power AI processors.”

“I am excited to join Empower’s Board at such a pivotal time,” said Rick Clemmer, Founding Partner at Socratic Partners. “Empower’s breakthrough power delivery technology is second to none and tackles one of the most critical challenges facing the datacenter industry today. I look forward to working with the team and making an impact in an industry seeking a novel approach for power management.”

The appointments underscore Empower’s momentum and its mission to transform power delivery for the world’s most demanding AI, compute and data centers applications.

About Empower Semiconductor
Empower Semiconductor, based in Silicon Valley, powers the AI revolution with its FinFast™ technology by reducing the energy footprint and total cost of ownership of data centers. Its transformational integrated voltage regulators deliver on-demand scalable power with the speed, precision and signal integrity required by AI processors. Empower’s power-management architecture shrinks solution footprint, height and component count, achieving vertical power delivery with unprecedented power density and efficiency. Learn more at www.empowersemi.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Media Contact for Empower Semiconductor:
Sandy Fewkes
Senior Public Relations Manager
Kiterocket
+1-408-529-9685
SFewkes@kiterocket.com

Empower Semiconductor Expands Board of Directors with Industry Veterans




Empower Semiconductor Expands Board of Directors with Industry Veterans

Strengthened board brings decades of semiconductor expertise to guide and accelerate Empower’s growth phase

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Empower Semiconductor, the world leader in powering AI-class processors, today announced the appointment of three distinguished industry veterans and executives to its Board of Directors. The new members further strengthen the board as Empower enters its next phase of growth following the recent close of its Series D financing round.

Joining the board are:

• Richard L. Clemmer, Founding Partner at Socratic Partners and former CEO and President of NXP Semiconductor N.V. and Agere Systems Inc.
• John Bagatelos, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Lumentum with former leadership roles at Monolithic Power Systems, ON Semiconductor and AMD.
• Andrew C. Homan, Managing Partner and founder at Maverick Silicon, after leading Maverick Capital’s investments across the semiconductor, hardware and software industries.

These new directors join Empower’s four long-standing board members: Tim Phillips, CEO, President and Founder; Jeffrey R. Holland, Chairman of the Board; Kevin Leary, President of Hallador Investment Advisors; and Gene Sheridan, Founder and former CEO of Navitas Semiconductor—creating a powerful balance of continuity and fresh perspectives. Together, the board represents decades of leadership across semiconductors, datacenter infrastructure, financial markets and high-growth technology sectors.

“We are honored to welcome such accomplished executives to our Board as Empower enters a new phase of growth,” said Tim Phillips, CEO of Empower Semiconductor. “Their joining not only strengthens our board, but also reflects the industry’s recognition of our disruptive technology. Their insight and leadership will be instrumental as we move into high-volume production and accelerate adoption of our power delivery solutions for high-power AI processors.”

“I am excited to join Empower’s Board at such a pivotal time,” said Rick Clemmer, Founding Partner at Socratic Partners. “Empower’s breakthrough power delivery technology is second to none and tackles one of the most critical challenges facing the datacenter industry today. I look forward to working with the team and making an impact in an industry seeking a novel approach for power management.”

The appointments underscore Empower’s momentum and its mission to transform power delivery for the world’s most demanding AI, compute and data centers applications.

About Empower Semiconductor
Empower Semiconductor, based in Silicon Valley, powers the AI revolution with its FinFast™ technology by reducing the energy footprint and total cost of ownership of data centers. Its transformational integrated voltage regulators deliver on-demand scalable power with the speed, precision and signal integrity required by AI processors. Empower’s power-management architecture shrinks solution footprint, height and component count, achieving vertical power delivery with unprecedented power density and efficiency. Learn more at www.empowersemi.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Media Contact for Empower Semiconductor:
Sandy Fewkes
Senior Public Relations Manager
Kiterocket
+1-408-529-9685
SFewkes@kiterocket.com

Corintis raises $24M to target the next AI bottleneck, and collaborates with Microsoft for chip cooling breakthrough




Corintis raises $24M to target the next AI bottleneck, and collaborates with Microsoft for chip cooling breakthrough

Corintis ramps up to mass-production and targets the next AI bottleneck. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that, in collaboration with Corintis, it achieved a landmark 3x chip cooling breakthrough.

Lausanne, Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The growth of AI is hampered by computational power. Increasing demands for AI to become ever more powerful and ever more accessible have placed a requirement for there to be ever more powerful computer chips. However, increasingly powerful chips produce more heat, making cooling a key bottleneck.

The early versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT were trained on NVIDIA chips, which used 400W of power. However, only 4 years later, new GPUs and AI accelerators are already looking to increase the power requirements by 10x, which requires liquid cooling. NVIDIA’s recent adoption of liquid cooling for its latest generations of data centre GPUs has highlighted this key demand. 

Corintis founders: Sam Harrison and Remco van Erp. 

Coming out of stealth mode, semiconductor cooling startup Corintis has today announced that it has raised a $24M Series A to address this problem. The round was led by BlueYard Capital with participation from Founderful, Acequia Capital, Celsius Industries, XTX Ventures, among others. Corintis also announces that it will be opening multiple US offices to better serve its American customers in addition to an Engineering office in Munich, Germany. 

To date, the company has raised $33.4M in total. As part of this funding, Chairman of Walden International and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has joined as a board director and investor prior to becoming Intel CEO, in addition to Geoff Lyon (former CEO & Founder of CoolIT), also joining the board. With this addition to the board, Corintis doubles down on building a bridge between the worlds of semiconductor design, manufacturing, and chip-cooling.   

Lip-Bu Tan added: “Cooling is one of the biggest challenges for next-generation chips. Corintis is fast becoming the industry leader in advanced semiconductor cooling solutions to address the thermal bottleneck, as made evident by its growing customer list.”

 Microfluidic cores in chip design. 

Corintis’s technology focuses on microfluidic cooling: Optimised micro-scale liquid cooling for computer chips in data centres, which are used for advanced computation, including for generative AI. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that in collaboration with Corintis, it has successfully achieved a breakthrough by developing an in-chip microfluidic cooling system that can effectively cool a server running core services. Tests showed that microfluidic cooling embedded inside the chip removed heat a staggering three times better than the most advanced technology commonly used today.

Corintis products (Therminator with cold plates).

Based on research conducted at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, Corintis was co-founded by Dr Remco van Erp (CEO), Sam Harrison (COO) & Prof Elison Matioli (Scientific Adviser).

Based on research conducted at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, Corintis was co-founded by Dr Remco van Erp (CEO), Sam Harrison (COO) & Prof Elison Matioli (Scientific Adviser).

Remco van Erp, Co-Founder & CEO of Corintis, said: “Every chip is unique. It’s like a cityscape with hundreds of billions of transistors, connected by countless wires. Cooling today is not adapted to the chip, relying on simplistic designs where several parallel fins are carved into a block of copper with a blade. But just like in nature, the optimal design for each chip is a complex network of precisely shaped micro-scale channels that are adapted to the chip and guide coolant to the most critical regions. Finding the right design per chip to create increasingly better cooling systems under short timelines is a challenge that will only get harder.”

“Thermal engineers need to pull a rabbit out of a hat on a daily basis to make sure chips don’t overheat and break, and that’s where Corintis comes in. Our mission is to unlock 10x better cooling to enable the future of compute, in a short cycle time, and while leveraging the existing infrastructure investments in a data center today. As our recent collaboration with Microsoft highlights, there’s an industry-wide push to advance the limits of cooling to enable a future of compute that’s not limited by heat.”

Corintis’ solution relies on two main elements to achieve its mission of 10x better cooling: Firstly, “co-designed microfluidic cooling”. Corintis develops best-in-class simulation and optimization software and new manufacturing methods to design micro-scale optimized liquid cooling, or Microfluidic cooling, that is adapted to the chip to bring the right liquid to the right location. This can be supplied as either a drop-in replacement to any liquid cooling system today, or integrated together with the chip, as “co-packaged cooling”, to reach up to an order of magnitude increase in cooling performance. Their technology also enables data centers to reduce their water consumption, a key ecological concern of AI technologies.

The Corintis team in Lausanne, Switzerland. 

Corintis’ platform builds a bridge between chip and cooling design, enabling chip designers to build the next generation of AI chips with superior thermal performance. The technology platforms the company has already developed include Glacierware, to help automate the design of cooling systems, a copper microfluidic manufacturing facility to manufacture cold plates with features as small as a human hair in high volume, and its Therminator platform, allowing chip companies to physically emulate next-gen chips with millimetre accuracy on silicon test chips before production to validate their cooling solution ahead of time. 

David Byrd, general partner at BlueYard Capital added: “AI’s insatiable demand for compute is pushing chips to unprecedented power densities — Corintis is unlocking the next wave of performance by making cooling a design feature, not an afterthought.”

Corintis has already manufactured over ten thousand cooling systems, with deployments running in data centers on leading-edge AI chips. With new funding, the company looks to scale its team and ramp up its manufacturing footprint even further. With this scale, Corintis is ready to play a decisive role in the advancement of computational and AI power. 

Media images can be found here. 

About Corintis
Co-founded by Dr. Remco van Erp, Sam Harrison, and Prof. Elison Matioli, Corintis is helping address one of the key problems in delivering ever greater computer power, ever more accessible: managing the heat produced by increasingly powerful computer chips. Founded on research undertaken at EPFL in Switzerland, the company is helping address the next bottleneck for the future of compute, to accelerate the power of AI, modelling climate change, and drug discovery. ery. 

About BlueYard Capital
BlueYard Capital invests in founders building companies at the edges of technology and science—across computing, defense, biology, and crypto. The firm backs n-of-1 companies that often look unconventional at the start but define new markets over time. Founded in 2016, BlueYard is a small and equal partnership based in the US and Europe, managing $500M across three funds and investing $500K–$5M in pre-seed to Series A rounds as a lead or co-lead. Portfolio companies include Castelion, Filecoin, Flashbots, and Privy.

CONTACT: For further information, please contact the Corintis press office on press@corintis.com 

Cross Border Business Services Market Report 2025: Emerging Trends and Strategy Analysis to 2029 & 2034




Cross Border Business Services Market Report 2025: Emerging Trends and Strategy Analysis to 2029 & 2034

The cross-border business services market offers opportunities from increased internet use, rising cloud service demands, globalization, and advancements in digital platforms like blockchain and digital identity verification. Key sectors such as finance, legal, and consulting are crucial to facilitating international trade.

Dublin, Sept. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Cross Border Business Services Market Report 2025” has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

The cross-border business services market is on a trajectory of robust growth, expanding from $213.41 billion in 2024 to $230.42 billion in 2025, marking a CAGR of 8%. This expansion is driven by increased internet usage, burgeoning cross-border e-commerce, the need for cloud-based business solutions, outsourcing of financial and legal services, and demand for real-time remittance solutions.

By 2029, the market is projected to reach $309.0 billion, with a CAGR of 7.6%. This growth is fueled by business globalization, higher demand for international tax compliance, increased cross-border mergers and acquisitions, the adoption of digital payment platforms, and the need for currency risk management. Emerging trends include advancements in cloud computing, blockchain, digital identity integration, and enhanced cybersecurity.

The growth of international trade plays a crucial role in the cross-border business services market, supported by globalization’s reduction of trade barriers and economic integration. Services in this sector facilitate international trade by offering legal, consulting, and financial solutions tailored to varying regulatory landscapes. In February 2023, the UK reported a 2.9% increase in goods imports for December 2022, adjusted for inflation, signifying a 1.5% growth. This surge underscores the market’s expansion fuelled by international trade.

Leading companies are leveraging innovative cloud-based models to improve service delivery efficiency and enable cost savings. For instance, Japan’s AnyMind Group Inc. launched a BPaaS solution in March 2024 for automating and optimizing global business operations. This solution integrates e-commerce and logistics platforms, enhancing market entry and operational efficiency.

In April 2025, Mastercard Inc. and Corpay Inc. collaborated to enhance global B2B cross-border payments by integrating Mastercard’s payment infrastructure with Corpay’s transaction and risk management expertise.

Key industry players include Accenture plc, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young Global Limited, PayPal Holdings Inc., and Stripe Inc., among others. In 2024, North America led the regional markets, with coverage in Asia-Pacific, Europe, South America, and the Middle East and Africa.

Report Scope

Delve into the dynamics of the largest and fastest-growing cross-border business services markets and understand their interplay with the global economy. This report provides answers to pressing questions on technological disruptions, regulatory shifts, and changing consumer behaviors that will influence the market’s trajectory.

Covering market characteristics, size, growth trends, segmentation, and regional variations, the report provides a complete view of the competitive landscape and key strategies for success. Historical and forecast market growth data by geography helps in understanding the market’s evolution.

Deliverables:

• Markets Covered: Types include Cross-Border Tax, Mergers and Acquisitions, Remittance, among others. Service types span Legal, Accounting, Consulting, IT services, and more. Clients encompass SMEs, Large Enterprises, Startups, and various organizations.
• Companies Mentioned: Key industry players include Accenture plc., Deloitte, PwC, Ernst & Young, PayPal, Stripe, and others.
• Regions and Countries Covered: In-depth analysis of regions such as Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, and more, with coverage across countries including the USA, China, Germany, and others.
• Report Format: Available in PDF, Word, and Excel formats for versatile access and analysis.

Key Attributes

The companies featured in this Cross Border Business Services market report include:

• Accenture plc
• Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Ernst & Young Global Limited
• PayPal Holdings Inc.
• Stripe Inc.
• McKinsey & Company
• Boston Consulting Group
• RSM International Limited
• Bain & Company
• Forvis Mazars LLP
• Nexia International Limited
• Revolut Ltd.
• Remitly Global Inc.
• Payoneer Inc.
• Convera Holdings LLC
• World First UK Limited
• The Currency Cloud Limited
• Airwallex (Hong Kong) Limited
• Grant Thornton International Ltd.

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Bastion Surpasses $40 Million in Funding Amid Explosive Growth in the Stablecoin Market




Bastion Surpasses $40 Million in Funding Amid Explosive Growth in the Stablecoin Market

The company has raised an additional $14.6 million in a strategic financing round with participation from investors across technology, financial ecosystems and enterprise-focused ventures.

NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bastion, a regulated stablecoin infrastructure provider, today announced it has exceeded $40 million in total funding to date following a $14.6 million strategic financing round. The most recent funding round is led by Coinbase Ventures, with participation from Sony Innovation Fund, a16z crypto, Samsung Next and Hashed. The strategic financing round will support adoption of Bastion’s product offerings, which provide enterprises and financial institutions the tools to issue, hold and utilize stablecoins at scale within their ecosystems in a way that is efficient, safe, and fully compliant.

“Bastion is growing to meet significant demand for regulated stablecoin infrastructure from some of the world’s largest enterprises,” said Nassim Eddequiouaq, Co-Founder and CEO of Bastion. “The evolution of our financial system will continue to accelerate as digital assets and stablecoin adoption proliferates, and Bastion is positioned to help businesses build world-changing financial products.”

The strategic fundraise marks an important milestone as Bastion furthers its core mission as the trusted partner for global enterprise stablecoin issuance and crypto trading and underscores the realized institutional support for stablecoins as a cornerstone of next-generation finance.

“Trusted digital asset infrastructure is the bedrock for the creation of scalable digital financial products that enterprises increasingly seek,” said Shan Aggarwal, Chief Business Officer at Coinbase. “We continue to invest in the businesses building crypto products safely and scalably, and are energized by change-makers like Bastion who are making enterprise stablecoin adoption a reality.”

Bastion was built from the ground up with compliance at its core to give enterprises everything they need to issue, hold, and use stablecoins in their ecosystems. Bastion’s Stablecoin-as-a-Service platform enables enterprises to issue and manage stablecoins with ease, covering issuance, reserve management and liquidity management with built-in regulatory licensing and compliance. It also provides custodial wallets and seamless on- and off-ramps—delivering end-to-end infrastructure with no additional regulatory lift.

“Sony Innovation Fund invests in companies actively advancing transformative technologies, and Bastion embodies that. Nassim and the team are laser-focused on revolutionizing digital financial infrastructure for enterprises globally,” said Austin Noronha, Managing Director, Sony Ventures – U.S. “Their approach to stablecoin solutions, led by compliance, security and product innovation, is setting the industry standard. We’re thrilled to support this team fundamentally reinventing how transactions flow, and we look forward to seeing them cultivate new opportunities.”

Bastion’s growth is in line with a surge in demand for enterprise-grade stablecoin solutions across industries worldwide. With over $40 million in funding, and additional commitments currently in progress, Bastion has made several strategic hires, enhancing its leadership team with the appointments of Jared Klee, Head of Revenue, Vince Tejada, Head of Treasury and Strategic Finance, Beth Gibson, General Counsel and Rohan Kohli, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer.

“We’ve seen meaningful growth at Bastion over the last year, and we’re encouraged by the overwhelming interest and engagement from major industry stakeholders and enterprises,” added Caroline Friedman, COO and Founding Member of Bastion. “The momentum around stablecoins is undeniable. This strategic financing round will propel Bastion into its next growth phase to power the future of enterprise stablecoin technology at scale.”

About Bastion
Bastion provides regulated infrastructure for enterprises, fintechs, and brokerages to launch and scale digital asset products. With an NYDFS trust charter and additional state licenses, Bastion enables enterprises to offer branded stablecoins to their users, support compliant crypto buy/sell flows, and move value globally within a secure, licensed framework. Visit Bastion.com to learn more.

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Epic Padel secures $10M to turn the U.S. into the next padel powerhouse




Epic Padel secures $10M to turn the U.S. into the next padel powerhouse

Virginia-based padel operator and investor closes oversubscribed round to launch its first clubs and back category-defining ventures across the global padel ecosystem

Arlington, Sept. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Padel is the fastest-growing sport in the world with 30m players in 130 countries on over 63,000 courts. But in the U.S., it’s still gaining traction. Epic Padel is here to change that. Inspired by padel’s meteoric rise across Europe (where Spain has 17k courts, Italy has over 9k Sweden 4k, the UK now has 1k+ courts) – compared to fewer than 700 in the U.S. – the Virginia-based operator is on a mission to close that gap. Today, the company announced $10 million in funding to accelerate U.S. expansion and support the next wave of padel innovation worldwide.

The $10 million seed round was led by NowaisWorld (the sports investment arm of Nowais Inc.) and Stryde Ventures with participation from 305 Ventures, High Water Venture Partners, Lane Holdings, Off Court Ventures, Silverback Capital Group and influential angel investors Elias Sultan and Sharam Gulzad. The round also included a roster of cultural icons and elite athletes such as Omar Nour, Tre Boston, and Nicklas Bäckström. 

Epic Padel team: Maryam Muslehi (Founder & Board Member), Hala Sarkis (Co-foudner and CEO) and Tim Bainton (COO).

Founded by Maryam Al Muslehi and Hala Sarkis, Epic Padel is building a vertically integrated platform for the sport: combining club operations, early-stage investments, and tech-enabled infrastructure under one roof. The company is already operating its first club in North Carolina as proof of concept and will use the fresh capital to launch 4-6 clubs. Prospective locations will include Virginia, Milwaukee (Wisconsin), South Carolina and Utah, with a focus on scalable indoor/outdoor formats, sustainable builds, and integrated technology. That includes transforming underutilized spaces – from existing racquet clubs to parking lots or even indoor warehouses – into high-energy racquet sport destinations, in some cases using zero capex from the site owners.

Epic Padel opens first club iin North Carolina. 

“Our ambition is to create the leading padel platform in North America – not just by building clubs, but by investing across the sport’s ecosystem: from events and equipment to tech and talent,” said Hala Sarkis, Group CEO of Epic Padel. “This funding positions us to scale with speed, strategy, and strong backing.”

Epic’s model is a direct response to the fragmented, elite-driven racquet sport landscape in the U.S. While much of the market focuses on luxury experiences in major metros, Epic is targeting underserved tier-2 cities and rethinking access entirely. Its pricing, formats, and locations are designed for inclusivity – turning underutilized real estate into vibrant community hubs for racquet sports enthusiasts, students, and families.

“We saw padel explode across the MENA region, and realized how far behind the U.S. was,” said Maryam Al Muslehi, Epic Padel’s Founder and Board Member. “We want to bring the sport to all 50 states through clubs, leagues, and investments that build long-term foundations.”

Epic is already partnering with operators, leagues, and startups to accelerate growth across the ecosystem. Its portfolio includes stakes in the Pro Padel League and its’ New York franchise, The New York Atlantics. As well as padel clubs: Ultra Padel (Miami), Padel 39 (Texas), Padel Haus (NYC, DN, NA, & GA), Padel India, and The Padel Hub (UK). And technology ventures like Clutch AI (which offers real-time video and data), Two Two (Sweden, a premium padel gear and apparel innovator), and Red Padel that owns and operates the World Padel Rating,  all contributing to a global network of accessible, tech-forward padel experiences.

Kareem Anabtawi, Co-Founder & CIO, Epic Padel.

“Our portfolio gives us strategic value across operators, technology, leagues, teams, and tournaments. We’re able to collaborate on initiatives that lift the entire ecosystem, not just one operator. In many ways, we’re creating a ‘Padel Index,’ investing in the sport as a whole rather than a single bet. As padel begins to institutionalize globally, putting the sport at a stage where its most exciting growth is still ahead.” added Kareem Anabtawi, Co-Founder & CIO, Epic Padel.

The company is also incubating the College Padel League (CPL) to bring the sport into campus ecosystems, and will soon launch Zero.40, a member app powered by Clutch AI and Red Padel that integrates smart booking, analytics, ratings and community engagement. Epic’s upcoming merch line will draw on collaborations with athlete-investors and be distributed through e-commerce and retail channels.

Led operationally by Tim Bainton – a veteran of the racquet sport industry – the Epic team is focused on speed, scale, and sustainability. “Padel is more than a sport, it’s a lifestyle,” said Tim Bainton. “We’re building clubs that welcome everyone, not just the elite. And through tech, partnerships, and real community engagement, we’re making it possible.”

Looking ahead, Epic plans to continue expanding across the U.S. while deepening its international footprint through investments, collaborations, and cross-border access. Its long-term vision: to close the 30,000-court gap Deloitte forecasts for the U.S. by 2030, and to make padel part of everyday life for millions of Americans.

Media images can be found here. 

About Epic Padel
Epic Padel is a Virginia-based padel tennis owner, operator, and investor committed to expanding the sport of padel across North America. With a vision centered on inclusivity, sustainability, and innovation, EPIC Padel is dedicated to building world-class padel facilities and investing in companies that are shaping the future of the sport. By partnering with leading operators, tournaments, and tech companies, EPIC Padel is helping foster a thriving padel community. For more information, visit: www.epic-padel.com

CONTACT: For further information, please contact the EPIC Padel press office: Bilal Mahmood | b.mahmood@stockwoodstrategy.com  | +44 (0) 771 400 7257

Prosper AI raises $5M to be the default voice AI platform for healthcare’s $450B admin crisis




Prosper AI raises $5M to be the default voice AI platform for healthcare’s $450B admin crisis

Built for hospitals, billing companies, and medical practices, Prosper AI is emerging as the voice infrastructure for patient access and revenue cycle management

New York City, Sept. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A third of the workforce in US hospitals and physician offices is administrative staff, a cost that tops $450 billion annually. The system depends on armies of people answering phones, calling insurers, and chasing claims. Patients wait, providers lose appointments, and teams spend almost as much on billing work as they do on care. Healthcare voice AI platform Prosper AI is changing that equation. 

The company today announced $5 million in seed funding to accelerate its voice AI platform, which builds specialized AI agents for healthcare’s most critical front and back-office workflows. The round was led by Emergence Capital, the first backers of Salesforce, Veeva, and Doximity, with participation from Y Combinator, CRV, and Company Ventures.

Prosper AI cofounders: Xavier de Gracia and Josep Mingot.

Prosper AI agents are executing hundreds of thousands of calls, working with industry leaders such as a Providence-affiliated hospital (125,000 employees), a Fortune 50 pharmaceutical hub, a 30,000-employee medical billing company serving Top 10 US Health systems or a leading Electronic Health Record system with +100,000 medical providers. 

The measurable impact across clients has fueled Prosper’s rapid growth, with revenue climbing 4x since Q2 2025 alone.

Prosper AI builds AI voice agents that speak like humans, connect directly into practice management software, and handle tasks from patient scheduling and billing to insurance benefit verification and prior authorizations. Unlike generic voice AI tools, Prosper’s agents are healthcare-specialized, with deep EHR integrations and battle-tested blueprints for both patient-facing and back-office workflows. They can skip IVR menus, wait on hold with insurers, extract information in minutes, and transfer calls to staff when necessary. 

Cofounders Josep Mingot and Xavier de Gracia met in Boston while studying at MIT and Harvard. In 2023, they founded Prosper, applying their expertise in call centers and regulated industries to tackle one of today’s most pressing challenges: improving access to healthcare. “Our mission is to unlock universal access to care by empowering healthcare organizations to achieve unprecedented efficiency with AI Agents”, said Xavier de Gracia, co-founder of Prosper AI. 

At Synergy Healthcare Associates, a leading multispecialty group, Prosper automates over 50% of front desk calls, from scheduling to waitlist management, with expansion underway into benefits and claims. “Prosper has redefined how our call center runs by simplifying intricate processes, shortening patient wait times and boosting efficiency, all the while sounding very human,” said Nathan Woelfel, COO at Synergy Healthcare Associates. “The team’s ability to deliver at speed, and customize to our needs has been incredible.”

Prosper AI serves a wide range of healthcare organizations, including health systems, billing companies, healthtech vendors, insurers and pharma hubs. With Prosper AI, these organizations gain a single partner for battle-tested AI voice agents built for healthcare front and back office use cases alongside a flexible voice platform that can be tailored to any custom need. Every deployed agent is adapted to the workflows, SOPs, and integrations of the client.

Unlike generic AI voice solutions, Prosper AI’s platform is engineered specifically for healthcare enterprises, offering:

For patient phone calls:

• Automated scheduling, billing inquiries, and follow-up workflows
• 50-70% automation rate for inbound patient calls
• Reduced call center strain and improved patient satisfaction

For payor phone calls:

• Benefits verification, prior authorizations and claims follow-ups phone calls 
• 99% accuracy in navigating payer IVRs and extracting information
• Sub-2-hour turnaround for complex payer interactions

Every deployment is customized to each organization’s specific workflows, standard operating procedures, and existing technology stack, ensuring seamless integration and immediate value.

“Xavier and Josep have achieved remarkable enterprise traction by building battle-tested AI voice agents specifically for healthcare’s complex requirements.” said Jake Saper, General Partner at Emergence Capital. “They’re creating the most sophisticated voice AI platform to make quality healthcare accessible and affordable at scale”. 

Looking ahead, Prosper plans to extend beyond voice into a broader AI workforce for healthcare, with AI Agents already being trained to read faxes, connect to APIs, and take actions directly in EHR systems. The company’s vision is clear: to become the AI Workforce for healthcare organizations, eliminating waste and unlocking the resources needed to provide universal healthcare.

Media images can be found here. 

About Prosper AI
Prosper AI is the voice AI platform purpose-built for healthcare organizations. The company’s AI agents automate patient access and revenue cycle phone calls and workflows, integrating seamlessly with existing healthcare IT systems to deliver immediate operational improvements and cost savings. Founded in 2023 by MIT and Harvard alumni Xavier de Gracia and Josep Mingot, Prosper AI is backed by Emergence Capital, Y Combinator, CRV, and Company Ventures. For more information, visit www.getprosper.ai 

CONTACT: For further information please contact the Prosper AI press office on xavier.degracia@getprosper.ai