BR-DGE Raises £10M as Platform Volumes Jump 15x and It Pushes Beyond Gaming Payments

BR-DGE has closed a £10m funding round with a new growth investor, Bettor Capital, as it keeps expanding from gaming payments into broader enterprise sectors. For PSPs and high-risk merchants, the interesting part is not the funding headline itself; it is the mix of orchestration, routing, tokenisation and controls the company says it is selling to merchants who care about approval rates and payment resilience.

1. BR-DGE says platform volumes have increased 15x in under two years, with transactions set to exceed 100 million per month by year-end. That is the sort of scale that usually changes how a merchant thinks about routing, processor redundancy and payment optimisation, because at that point small performance gains stop being small.
2. The company says it has already built a leadership position in gaming payments and is now moving into adjacent enterprise sectors. Recent customer wins include The Hut Group and Betfred, which BR-DGE describes as one of the UK and Ireland's fastest-scaling betting operators.
3. The funding round brings in Bettor Capital, a US-based investor focused on the gaming industry, alongside continued backing from existing investors. BR-DGE says the money will be used to enhance platform capabilities, strengthen go-to-market activity and drive geographic growth, with significant new market and product launches planned for the second half of this year.
4. Thomas Gillan, CEO at BR-DGE, said payments have become a much bigger strategic priority for enterprise merchants, especially in complex, regulated sectors where resilience, competitive advantage, customer experience and compliance matter. In his framing, the job is no longer just moving money; it is optimising every transaction.
5. BR-DGE has also appointed Perry Blacher as Chairman. He brings more than 25 years’ experience across technology and financial services, including work as a founder, investor, advisor and board member, and is a graduate of both the University of Cambridge and Harvard University.

Founded in Edinburgh in 2018, BR-DGE says its orchestration platform combines routing, tokenisation, data insight and intelligent controls. For high-risk operators, that puts it in the familiar part of the stack where approval rates, customer experience and cross-market payment performance either improve or become somebody else’s problem.