Airwallex hits $11 billion valuation with $320 million raise as fintech pushes into finance run by AI agents

The Airwallex logo appears on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on December 8, 2025. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Airwallex has raised $320 million in a Series H funding round, valuing the global payments company at $11 billion, a 38% leap from just six months ago, as the fintech firm doubles down on artificial intelligence-powered financial software. The latest funding round was led by New York venture capital firm Addition, with investment from funds including Baillie Gifford, Hummingbird, QED Investors, T. Rowe Price, Washington University in St. Louis and Amex Ventures. Airwallex also reported its annualized revenue surged 74% from a year ago to $1.3 billion in March, while annualized transaction volume more than doubled from a year earlier. More than 90% of its revenue came from customers using more than one Airwallex product, the company said. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate product development in autonomous finance and agentic commerce, expand its regulatory footprint into new markets, and grow the teams building its next-generation AI-native financial software. Airwallex provides multi-currency payment services to global businesses, including McLaren, Qantas, Canva and Shein. The company was last valued at $8 billion after raising $330 million in a December funding round also led by Addition. Alongside the raise, the company also announced two new AI-focused products. …