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708SoftBank-Backed On-Demand Physical Storage Startup Clutter Hits $600M Valuation
After its Vision Fund has invested in companies such as WeWork, Compass and Opendoor, SoftBank said on Wednesday (February 20) that it...
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1.5KMojio Closes $40M Funding Round For Tech Dev, Hiring
Mojio, a company that focuses on connected car technology, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round, according to reports....
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1.8KGoldman-Backed Construction FinTech Rabbet Raises $8M
Rabbet, an intelligent construction finance platform, announced Wednesday (Feb. 20) it has raised $8 million in Series A funding. In a press...
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2.3KTencent Touts Aggressive Investment Plans
Go big or go home — that could describe Tencent’s aggressive investment philosophy, one whose pace will not ease, according to Martin...
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2.9KAlibaba Increases Its Stake In China International Capital Corp
Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant, has increased its stake in China International Capital Corp. to close to 12 percent, reported Reuters. Alibaba...
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2.1KHSBC May Hold Off On Investments As China, UK Growth Slows
HSBC, the global bank, expressed caution on Tuesday (Feb. 19) that it may be forced to put off some investments in 2019...
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3.2KSoftBank, Abu Dhabi Plan To Pump Money Into New European Tech
European tech startups are getting a new source of funding thanks to a new $200 million investment from Japan-based SoftBank. The news...
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1.8KGoCardless Raises $75M In Funding For Organic Growth
GoCardless, the global player in recurring payments, announced Monday (February 18) it has landed $75 million in venture funding. In a press...
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1.8KChina Looks Abroad For SOE Investment
China is looking for foreign investment in its larger state-owned enterprises (SOEs). According to Reuters, the SOEs have been undergoing reforms since 2016...
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2.8KHome Selling Platform Opendoor Seeks To Raise $200M
One month after home selling platform Knock raised $400 million in a Series B round, rival Opendoor is reportedly looking for $200 million in...
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2.3KAmazon Leads $700M Round In Electric Automaker Rivian
Following the unveiling of its electric vehicle concepts in 2018, Rivian Automotive LLC has notched a $700 million equity investment led by...
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1.7KAutonomous Trucking Co TuSimple Becomes Unicorn With $95M Fundraise
TuSimple, a driverless truck startup in California, has achieved unicorn status — a valuation of $1 billion— after a series D funding...
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1.4KStarling Bank Raises £60M For Expansion
Starling Bank, the U.K. digital banking platform, announced on Wednesday (Feb. 13) that it has raised £60 million ($77.15 million) in venture...
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1.5KRapyd Raises $40M For ‘FinTech-As-A-Service’
Rapyd, the Silicon Valley-based startup that offers a slew of financial services from payments to ID verifications from one API, has raised...
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1.9KGoldman-Backed Second Measure Lands $20M For Card Spend Analysis
Second Measure, a startup that analyzes credit card data and trends and sends out bi-weekly reports to investors, has raised $20 million...
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1.6KDoorDash Market Cap Breaks $6B After $500M Fundraise
DoorDash, the food delivery startup, is gearing up to raise about $500 million, giving the company a valuation of higher than $6...
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1.6KMastercard Foundation, Ripple Back Remittance Co SendFriend
Remittance company SendFriend announced that it has raised $1.7 million from investors MIT Media Lab, Barclays, the Mastercard Foundation, Ripple, Techstars, Mahindra Finance,...
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1.4KReddit Valued At $3B After $300M Funding Round
Reddit has received $300 million in a Series D funding round from some notable investors, giving the company a new valuation of...
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1.8KLunar Way Raises €13 Million In Funding To Bankroll Growth
Lunar Way, the Nordic banking app, has raised €13 million in venture funding led by SEED Capital. According to a report, Greyhound...
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1.4KNuro Raises $940M From SoftBank For Robotic Delivery
Nuro, the robotics company operating in the commerce market, announced on Monday (Feb. 11) that it has raised $940 million in financing...
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4.6KCar Tech Startup Aurora Snags $530M From Amazon, Others
Aurora, a self-driving car technology company, has raised upwards of $530 million in a series B financing round led by Sequoia Capital,...
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2.7KBarclays Invests $12.9M In Loyalty Startup Bink
British financial institution Barclays has invested $12.9 million in Bink, a startup that lets customers store and view all their loyalty cards...
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2.5KUSA Tech Shares Plummet As Auditor Resigns
USA Technologies’ shares lost roughly 45 percent of their value on Thursday in intraday trading after an SEC filing by the firm...
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2.6KWhy Tech Giants Are Hiding, Or Shifting, User Stats
In investing, as in life, information is power. We make choices based on the data at hand, sifting through what has happened in...
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2.6KTink Raises $64M To Bankroll Its European Expansion
Tink, the Swedish FinTech that wants to create a European-wide open banking platform, announced Thursday (Feb. 7) that it raised 56 million...
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2.5KTim Armstrong’s New Venture To Eliminate Retail Middleman
Tim Armstrong, the veteran tech CEO, is launching a new company on Thursday (Feb. 7) dubbed dtx, which will focus on direct-to-consumer...
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2.5KAs Activist Investor Calls For Sale, Yelp Hires Evercore
Yelp is preparing to fight an activist investor who is pulling for a board shake-up and a potential sale. According to CNBC, sources...
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2.5KLime Raises $310M For Micromobility Expansion
Lime, an on-demand electric scooter and bicycle startup, said on Wednesday (Feb. 6) that it had raised $310 in a Series D...
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3.7KFunds Flow in Southeast Asia, Giving Tech Unicorns Wings
In Asia, the marquee names seem to be ones that are attracting attention when it comes to investors’ appetites — and money!...
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2.1KCalm The Latest Unicorn With $88M In New VC Funding
Calm, the startup that helps people contend with anxiety, stress and insomnia, has raised $88 million in venture funding, giving the company...
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2.6KLunchr Raises $34M As It Goes After Meal Voucher Market
Lunchr, the French startup going after the corporate meal voucher market, has raised $34 million in venture funding. According to a report,...
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2.1KCoverHound Raises $58M For Expansion Of Insurance Platform
CoverHound, the online property and casualty insurance platform operator, announced Tuesday (Feb. 5) that it raised $58 million in venture funding. In...
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2.7KSlack Skips IPO; Plans Direct Listing
Slack, a popular workplace messaging app, said it has confidentially filed with regulators in the United States to list its shares, according...
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2.6KFinTech Bud’s Funding Shows Big-Bank Coopetition Motives
Bud, a FinTech startup based in the United Kingdom, said Monday (Feb. 4) that it has grabbed $20 million in funding. This...
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2.4K2nd Address Goes After Business Travelers With $10M Investment
2nd Address, the startup that is aiming to attract business travelers from Airbnb, has raised $10 million in venture funding. A tech...
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2.3KLINE Puts $182M In Digital Payments Biz
LINE, the Japanese messaging app, plans to invest 20 billion JPY ($182 million) into its payments business in an effort to grow...
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2.5KVCs Urge Tech Startups To Spend Less
Venture capitalists are reportedly urging startup companies to curb their spending and hold on to more capital as concerns about the volatility...
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3.8KSoftBank Backs Storage Startup Clutter In $250M+ Round
On-demand storage startup Clutter is raising between $200 million and $250 million in a funding round led by Softbank, according to a...
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2.0KCentral Group Invests $200M In Local Grab Unit
Central Group, Thailand’s largest retailer, confirmed Thursday (January 31) that it is investing $200 million in a unit of Grab, the Southeast Asia...
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2.7KChina To Launch Board For Listings Of Tech Companies
China could be gearing up to take on New York and Hong Kong when it comes to listing technology companies on the...
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7.4KStripe Raises $100M On A $22.5B Valuation
Stripe, the San Francisco digital payments startup, has landed a $100 million investment from Tiger Global Management, boosting its valuation above $20...
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2.0KCNBC, Acorns Announce Partnership And Investment
CNBC and Acorns, the FinTech that makes a mobile investing and savings app, announced on Monday (Jan. 28) a strategic partnership to create...
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4.8KPorsche, BMW-Backed Urgent.ly Raises $21M For Roadside Assistance
Roadside assistance startup Urgent.ly has raised $21 million in a Series B round that included venture arms of BMW, Porsche and Jaguar...
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3.0KIndia’s Reliance To Raise $563M To Take On Amazon, Walmart
Reliance Industrial Investments is gearing up to raise ₹4,000 crore to meet the company’s investment requirements and needs for funding, reported Deal...
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2.3KGO-JEK Seeks To Raise $2B In Funding
As Southeast Asia’s GO-JEK seeks to raise up to $2 billion of funding while it takes on Grab, the company has reportedly...
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4.1KDutch Startup Raises $33M For AI In Real Estate
When Dutch entrepreneur Teun van den Dries started GeoPhy, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven service that performs real estate valuations, there was nothing like...
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3.7KTravel Startup Uplift Raises $123 Million
Travel startup Uplift has raised $123 million in a Series C funding round, according to a report in TechCrunch. The company’s CEO,...
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2.0KIndian eCommerce Used Car Marketplace Raises $14M
Truebil, an online marketplace to buy and sell second-hand cars, has raised $14 million in a Series B round led by Japanese...
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3.0KCompanies Mull IPOs Without SEC Approval
Companies that want to go public during the first part of the year are hampered by a key roadblock: The month-long government...
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3.1KMarketInvoice Raises Funding To Deepen Partnerships
MarketInvoice, the FinTech, announced on Monday (Jan. 21) that it has raised £26m in new equity funding. In a press release, MarketInvoice...
