Mindflair (MFAI) has announced a new indirect investment in UK-based payments infrastructure company Ralio, via Sure Valley Ventures Fund II (SVV2), as the company continues to target opportunities at the intersection of AI and financial technology.
Ralio has raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Sure Valley Ventures, with participation from a range of venture firms and angel investors. The capital will be used to develop its core platform and expand its London-based engineering team.
The company is building payments infrastructure designed specifically for autonomous business-to-business AI agents.
As these agents increasingly execute financial workflows independently, existing systems remain largely built for human users, relying on manual approvals and authentication processes.
Ralio’s platform aims to bridge this gap by embedding safeguards such as identity verification, transaction guardrails and audit trails directly into agent-driven payments. As a result, it seeks to enable AI systems to move money securely and transparently across payment rails, including bank transfers, cards and stablecoins.
Mindflair’s Director, Nicholas Lee, said: “Ralio is addressing an important infrastructure challenge at the intersection of AI and financial services. As AI agents become more capable of operating autonomously, the ability for them to transact safely, compliantly and with full accountability will be a critical enabling layer for enterprise adoption. We believe Ralio is well positioned in this emerging category with significant long-term potential.”
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This investment aligns with Mindflair’s strategy of gaining exposure to early-stage AI infrastructure themes through venture funds. The focus on ‘agentic’ payments highlights a nascent but potentially significant market, as autonomous systems begin to play a larger role in enterprise operations.