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Brim Financial Plans International Expansion After $85 Million Series C
April 03, 2024

FinTech infrastructure firm Brim Financial has raised $85 million in a Series C funding round. “This funding will accelerate Brim’s growth and fuel our international expansion,” Rasha Katabi, CEO and founder of Brim Financial, said in a news release Wednesday (April 3). She added that the funding will help Brim...

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Scayl Raises $108 Million for FinTech Lenders
April 03, 2024

Debt financing platform Scayl has raised $108 million to lend to other European FinTech lenders. Billing itself as a “Fintech for Fintech Lenders,” Scayl said it helps clients fund their loan books with more speed and flexibility than working with banks or credit funds, the Swedish company...

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VC Investors Face ‘Tough Math’ as Deal-Making Slows
April 03, 2024

Last year was the worst year for venture capital funding since 2016. So far, 2024 isn’t shaping up to be much better. Venture firms raised $30.4 billion from foundations, university endowments and other institutional investors in the first quarter of the year, a decline from 2023,...

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Datavolo Raises $21 Million to Build Multimodal Data Pipelines for AI
April 02, 2024

Datavolo has raised $21 million to continue helping customers build scalable and secure multimodal data pipelines for artificial intelligence (AI).  The company will use the new capital to harness Apache NiFi, which was created at the National Security Agency (NSA) to handle secure pipelines of...

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Luminance Raises $40 Million for Legal Industry AI Tools
April 02, 2024

Legal document-focused artificial intelligence (AI) firm Luminance has raised $40 million. The Series B funding round, announced Tuesday (April 2), will help Luminance strengthen its foothold in the U.S., which accounts for a third of its revenue, the British company said in a news release.  “Luminance’s specialist legal...

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Gather AI Raises $17 Million for AI-Powered Inventory Monitoring
March 27, 2024

Gather AI has raised $17 million to scale its computer vision and AI-powered warehouse inventory monitoring offerings. The Series A-1 round, announced Wednesday (March 27), will be used to scale operations as Gather AI tries to grow its customer base by solving supply chain issues with richer data...

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Amazon Expands Investment in AI Firm Anthropic to $4 Billion
March 27, 2024

Amazon made an additional $2.75 billion investment in Anthropic, bringing its total investment in the artificial intelligence company to $4 billion. The new investment joins the initial investment of $1.25 billion that Amazon made in September and completes the commitment the company promised at that time to invest up...

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PayPal Ventures Backs $47 Million Fundraise for InsurTech Qoala
March 27, 2024

InsurTech Qoala has raised $47 million in a funding round led by PayPal Ventures and MassMutual Ventures.  The Series C round, announced Wednesday (March 27), will let the Malaysia-based Qoala expand its embedded insurance business across Southeast Asia.  “The investment will also empower Qoala to intensify its tech-driven initiatives, seamlessly integrate artificial...

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Fieldguide Raises $30 Million to Combat CPA Shortage With AI
March 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Fieldguide has raised $30 million for its accounting industry offering. The Series B funding round, announced Tuesday (March 26), will let the company launch new AI capabilities, expand its market reach, and add to its team as it tries to alleviate what it says is...