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1.4KDigital Health Investments Fall 19 Pct In Q1
A new report has revealed that investments in digital health startups fell 19 percent in the first quarter of 2019. Data from...
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China’s Starbucks Rival Luckin Raises $150M
Luckin, a Chinese coffee startup that aims to dominate rival Starbucks in the Chinese coffee market, has raised $150 million in a...
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Uber’s Self-Driving Unit Valued At $7.25B
Uber is working on an investment deal that would value its self-driving unit at $7.25 billion. Citing two people familiar with the...
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Payfone Nabs $24M In Funding; Partners With TransUnion
Payfone announced that it has secured a $24 million funding round, led by TransUnion. The funding also included participation from existing investors...
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P2P Chinese Lender Dianrong Seeks $100M Amid Regulations
Chinese peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Dianrong wants to raise $100 million in an attempt to outlast a regulatory squeeze on the industry in...
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Lyric Raises $160M In Funding Led By Airbnb
Lyric, a startup that designs, installs and operates flexible accommodations for travelers, raised $160 million in venture funding. In a press release...
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Returnly Raises $19M To Help Retailers Handle Returns
Returnly, the post-purchase payments company, announced on Tuesday (April 17) that it has raised $19 million in venture funding. In a press...
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STORD Raises $12.3M To Create New Distribution Model
STORD, the on-demand warehousing startup, announced Tuesday (April 17) it raised $12.3 million in venture funding. In a blog post, STORD Founder...
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Home Maintenance Startup Super Raises $20M To Expand
Super, a home maintenance subscription service startup, announced Wednesday (April 17) it has raised $20 million in venture funding. In a press...
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Payment Co. Nexi’s IPO Raises $2.3B
Digital payment company Nexi has raised $2.3 billion in its initial public offering (IPO), making it the largest European IPO this year...
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Dashlane Raises $30M In New Funding
Dashlane, a password manager and identity management solution, announced it has raised $30 million in new funding, according to reports. The funding...
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Lemonade Raises $300M In Venture Funding To Expand
Lemonade, the insurance company powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, announced Thursday (April 11) it has raised $300 million in venture...
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Credit Suisse: iPhone Sales Could Plummet 12 Pct. This Year
With Apple suffering from lackluster demand for its iPhone devices, Wall Street firm Credit Suisse was prompted to start the Cupertino, California...
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Kyriba Raises $160M As Bridgepoint Becomes Majority Owner
Kyriba, the cloud treasury and finance services company, announced on Thursday (April 11) that it closed a $160 million growth round of...
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Extend Raises $11M To Arm Businesses With Virtual Cards
FinTech startup Extend announced it has raised $11 million in Series A financing, as it tries to capitalize on interest in virtual...
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KeyMe Raises $50M In Growth Funding For Key Duplication Kiosks
KeyMe, the robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) company catering to the locksmith industry, announced on Wednesday (April 10) that it raised $50...
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Facebook Co-Founder’s VC Firm B Capital Raises $406M
Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin has closed out $406 million for B Capital, his venture capital fund, according to a report. This is...
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Startup Riskified Wants $200M To Fight eCommerce Fraud
An Israeli startup that creates anti-fraud services that deal with online transactions wants to raise $200 million for expansion, according to a...
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Software Co RiskLens Raises $20M To Mitigate Cyber Risk For Businesses
RiskLens, a cyber risk management software company, has raised $20.55 million in a series B funding round, according to reports. The...
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FinTech Branch Raises $170M, Partners With Visa
Branch, the popular finance app in Africa, announced on Monday (April 8) that it has inked a partnership with Visa and raised $170...
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Kabbage Raises $700M For SMB Lending
Kabbage, the global financial services company for small businesses, announced Monday (April 8) it has closed the largest asset-backed securitization (ABS) by a...
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Grab Gearing Up To Raise $2B More This Year
Grab, the Southeast Asia ride-hailing company, is gearing up to raise an additional $2 billion in funding during 2019 to bankroll its...
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Teacher-Focused Homebuying Startup Lands $7.5M
A startup called Landed that helps teachers buy houses has raised $7.5 million in a Series A funding round, according to reports. Landed...
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Tandem Launches Fundraising For Expansion Plans
Startup bank Tandem is trying to secure a new investment to help its plans for overseas expansion. Citing sources close to the...
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Telecom Reliance Jio Backs Indian Virtual Assistant Startup
Telecom firm Reliance Jio announced that it has acquired a majority stake in startup Haptik, which develops “conversational” platforms and virtual assistants...
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Millennials Dump Tesla Stock
Millennials have been unloading Tesla shares a week before the company revealed disappointing Q1 delivery numbers. The company’s Q1 report sent shares...
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GrubMarket Raises $25M As It Eyes Potential IPO
GrubMarket, the startup that connects local farmers with restaurants and stores, has raised $25 million in venture funding. According to a report...
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Tencent Buys Stake In Chinese eCommerce Co Youzan
Tencent Holdings is buying over 1 billion shares of Hong Kong-listed eCommerce platform Youzan. According to DealStreetAsia, the deal will give Tencent...
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Microsoft-Backed Cybersecurity Co Aqua Raises $62M
Aqua Security announced that it has closed a Series C investment round of $62 million, led by Insight Partners. The company’s existing...
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Yahoo Sells, Shutters Altaba, Its Alibaba Stake
The company created to hold Yahoo’s considerable stake in Alibaba, called Altaba, will be sold and close shop by Q4 of this...
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Affirm Raises $300M In Series F Funding
Financial services company Affirm has raised $300 million in a Series F funding round, the company said in a press release. The...
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Opendoor, Zillow Rival Perch Raises $220M
Home buying and selling platform Perch has announced that it has raised $220 million in new funding. The funding, which is a...
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PayPal Invests In Digital ID Blockchain Startup
PayPal has invested in a blockchain company for the first time — one that’s focused on using the technology to help give...
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Customer Data Startup Segment’s Value Balloons To $1.5B
Segment, a data collection startup that helps companies manage customer data, has raised $175 million in funding, according to a report by...
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Lyft’s Stock Declines As Some On Wall Street Weigh In
Lyft, the ride-hailing startup which went public last week, saw its share price fall for the third trading day Tuesday (April 2)....
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Lyft’s Slide Warns Of IPO Wild Rides
What goes up must come down. The converse is true, too, but the slide in Lyft shares, on merely its second day...
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Mastercard Invests In Africa-Focused Unicorn Jumia
Mastercard will invest 50 million euros in Berlin-based Jumia Technologies, an online retailer focused on Africa, before its initial public offering in...
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Airbnb Invests Up To $200M In India’s OYO Hotels & Homes
Airbnb, the home sharing company, said Monday (April 1) it is investing in OYO Hotels & Homes, the India-based hotel booking company....
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Lyft Shares Fall Below IPO Price In Second Day Of Trading
Lyft, the ride-hailing startup that made its debut as a publicly traded company late last week, saw shares slump in Monday (April...
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Lyft Shares Jump 20 Pct With IPO Debut
Lyft shares had a strong debut on Friday (March 29), trading at $87.24, which is 20 percent higher than its IPO price...
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DocuSign Invests $15M In AI Contract Startup
San Francisco-based DocuSign has invested $15 million in Seal Software, a contract discovery and analysis startup, to help with the development of...
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FinTech Startup Qupital Raises $15M For Chinese Expansion
FinTech startup Qupital announced that it has closed a $15 million Series A, led by CreditEase FinTech Investment Fund (CEFIF). The funding...
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Smartwatch And AI Startup Mobvoi Close To $1B Valuation With Google’s Help
Mobvoi, a China-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has almost secured funding to value the company at upwards of $1 billion before an...
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AP Automation Co MineralTree Raises $50M
MineralTree, an accounts payable and payment automation company, announced Wednesday (March 27) it closed a $50 million growth equity investment fundraising round. In a...
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Daimler To Sell 50 Pct Stake In Smart Division To China’s Geely
Ahead of the Shanghai Auto Show, Daimler is reportedly coming close to a deal to sell a stake in its small car...
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Naspers To Create, List New Internet Company To House Tencent Stake
Naspers, the South African company, is gearing up to spin off and list its Amsterdam internet assets in a new group that will...
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Abu Dhabi To Invest $272M In Tech Startups
Abu Dhabi said Sunday (March 24) that it will invest as much as $272 million to go toward technology startups, reported Reuters....
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Ex-Uber CEO Backs Freight Startup Kargo
The former CEO of Uber, Travis Kalanick, has invested in a trucking and logistics startup some are calling “Uber for trucks.” Kalanick,...
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Issuer Processor Marqeta Raises $250M, Hits $1.8B Valuation
Payment platform Marqeta has raised $250 million in a series E funding round, on a valuation of about $1.9 billion, according to...
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Shared Home Equity Startup Point Raises $122M Series B
Point, a California-based home equity and finance company, has raised $122 million in financing, $22 million of which came from a Series...
