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922DoorDash Secures $250M In Growth Round
Food ordering and delivery company DoorDash announced that it has raised $250 million in a growth round co-led by Coatue Management and...
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989Unsold Food Marketplace Snags $12M
Stockholm-based Karma has raised $12 million in Series A funding, led by Swedish investment firm Kinnevik. Participants also included U.S. venture capital...
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803Retail, Tech Get New Life In Burgeoning Economy
Some prominent hedge fund managers are feeling optimistic about the U.S. economy, especially when it comes to retail and technology. According to...
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753Alphabet Invests $375M In Insurance Startup
Alphabet, the multinational conglomerate, has invested $375 million in Oscar Health, a health insurance startup co-founded by Trump advisor Jared Kushner’s brother,...
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678Tesla, Slack Show Lure Of Non-Public Funding Amid High Mkt Valuations
As the saying goes, cash is king. Amend that a bit to state that when it comes to corporate events, cash may...
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1.1KAxoni Raises $32M Led By Goldman Sachs, Nyca Partners
Axoni, a provider of enterprise blockchain technology, announced Tuesday (Aug. 14) that it has raised $32 million in venture funding. In a...
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1.9KHedging Bets, Hedging Taxes As Taxman Cometh For Cryptos
If the world of cryptocurrencies is relatively nascent, unformed, without a clear roadmap … guess what else is equally opaque? Tax policy....
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2.2KtZERO Investment Boosts Overstock’s Shares
Overstock shares jumped as much as 21 percent after the retailer announced that Hong Kong private equity firm GSR Capital is investing...
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1.1Kletgo Lands $500M In New Capital From Naspers
letgo, the app to buy and sell locally, announced Wednesday (Aug. 8) that Naspers invested $500 million of new capital into the...
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1.9KFlipkart Funds Paytm Rival In India
Flipkart, the India eCommerce player, has reportedly invested ₹452 crore ($66 million USD) into PhonePe, its payments unit. According to a report...
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1.1KEx-Uber, Otto Exec’s Autonomous Truck Startup Snags $40M
Kodiak Robotics, a self-driving vehicle startup, announced that it raised $40 million in Series A funding, led by global investment firm Battery...
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1.2KEven Financial Lands $18.8M In Venture Funding
Even Financial, a FinTech company focused on the consumer financial services ecosystem, announced on Tuesday (Aug. 7) that it raised $18.8 million...
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1.3KFinTechs Find VC Favor Amid Collaborative Efforts
If money is a vote of confidence, via investments, then confidence is strong in the tech sector, and specifically for FinTechs. But...
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Teamleader Closes $22M In Series C
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform Teamleader has closed $22 million in Series C funding, led by Keen Venture Partners, with participation from PMV and...
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1.4KNamely Hires New CEO, Raises $60M In Funding
Human resources (HR) and benefits software platform Namely has found a new CEO — and $60 million in venture capital (VC). According...
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6.0KPayday Lender Wonga Gets £10M Lifeline
Payday loans company Wonga has received a much-needed £10 million cash infusion from Accel Partners and Balderton Capital, among others. The funding...
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1.8KBlueVine Adds $12M From M12 To Round Of Funding
BlueVine, the FinTech startup that recently announced a $60 million round of financing, has added $12 million to its Series E round...
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6.8KExperian Invests $28M In FinTech Lender C88
C88 Financial Technologies (C88) announced that it has received an over-subscribed $28 million in a Series C investment from Experian. Other investors...
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1.4KIndia’s Bus Sharing Startup Shuttl Lands $11M In Venture Funding
Shuttl, the bus sharing app startup based in India, raised $11 million in a series B round of venture funding. In a press...
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994Cross-Border Paytech Firm TransferMate Scores Investment From ING
Cross-border business paytech firm TransferMate has received a €21 million investment from ING. In exchange for the funding, ING will receive a...
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2.8KFlywire CEO On $100M Capital Raise
The definition of a really good day: Raise $100 million led by a company that not only has obviously deep pockets, but...
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2.1KClassPass Raises $85M In Venture Funding
ClassPass, the fitness membership service, announced on Wednesday (July 25) it raised $85 million in venture funding. In a press release, ClassPass...
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1.4KAlibaba Backs Chinese Face ID Firm Megvii
Megvii Inc., the developer of facial recognition system Face++, is reportedly raising at least $600 million from investors including Alibaba and Boyu...
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2.3KPayU Buys ZOOZ, Boosting Its Investments To More Than $350M
PayU, the online payment company owned by Naspers, announced Monday (July 23) the acquisition of payments technology platform ZOOZ. In a press...
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3.3KTheranos Investors Opt To Settle With Little Left
Investors have decided to settle a lawsuit with Theranos and founder Elizabeth Holmes, aiming to get whatever they can from the struggling...
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2.0KEasy Come, Easy ICO Go? For Investors, Easy Come … For Now
Flameouts. Scams. Investors who tread among ICOs are taking their shots in the Wild West. Only a minority of ICOs make it into...
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2.1KEven Snaps Up $40M In Funding
For the more than 170 million Americans who live paycheck to paycheck — three-quarters of all American workers, according to a recent...
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1.9KDoorDash To Add 600 Cities In 2018 Via SoftBank Investment
Earlier this year, DoorDash received a $535 million investment from SoftBank, Sequoia Capital and Singapore-based sovereign wealth fund GIC, bringing the food delivery...
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2.6KAcorns’ Micro-Investment Video Game Startup Snags $7M
Video game startup Blast has raised another $7 million in funding. The company, founded by Walter Cruttenden, the founder of Roth Capital...
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2.9KTravel Firm Booking Invests $500M In Didi Chuxing
Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has received $500 million in funding from Booking Holdings. But the deal isn’t about the money —...
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2.8KAlibaba Food Delivery Service Seeks $2B For Expansion
Ele.me, the food delivery platform acquired by Alibaba Group, is looking for $2 billion in new financing to help it take on...
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2.8KPayPal Leads Investment In PPRO
PPRO Group, a U.K. cross-border ePayment provider, announced on Monday (July 16) a $50 million round of investment led by PayPal. In...
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2.0KPaidy Raises $55M In Round Of Funding
Paidy, the company that instantly issues post-pay credit accounts linked to mobile phone numbers, announced on Thursday (July 12) that it raised $55...
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2.3KJD Finance Raises $2B, Doubles Valuation Pre-IPO
JD.com’s finance unit has raised $1.96 billion in a new round of funding. Reuters, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter,...
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1.5KSecoo Gets $175M Investment From L Catterton Asia, JD.com
On Tuesday (July 10), L Catterton Asia, the Asian unit of consumer-focused private equity firm L Catterton, and Chinese retailer JD.com announced...
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5.6KWalgreens Invests In Leading Chinese Pharmacy GuoDa
Following regulatory approvals, Walgreens Boots Alliance said on Thursday (July 5) that the company completed an agreement to acquire a 40 percent...
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2.0KThetaRay Notches $30M In Funding
Cybersecurity firm ThetaRay has notched more than $30 million in a funding round, bringing its total fundraising to over $60 million. The...
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4.1KCybersecurity Stocks Still Benefit From Equifax Scandal
Following the massive data breach at Equifax last year, the cybersecurity sector has flourished – and so have some of the investments...
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2.6KPaySend Raises $20M In Venture Funding To Fuel Expansion
PaySend, the global payments company, announced on Tuesday (July 3) that it closed a $20 million funding round. In a press release,...
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3.0KTrax Raises $125 Million To Reach Near $1 Billion Valuation
Trax, the Singapore startup focused on the retail industry, raised $125 million in a new round of venture funding amid plans to go public...
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2.2KDespite Regulation, ICOs Raise Nearly $12B Through May
Despite a regulation crackdown and other issues, investors have continued to fund cryptocurrency startups in 2018, with ICOs raising $11.8 billion this...
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1.8KKimbal Musk Invests In Everytable’s Lower-Income Focus
A restaurant chain focused on affordable, healthy food has earned a $5.3 million investment from some big-name investors, including Kimbal Musk, brother...
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1.7K$15B Chinese Fund To Invest In Tech Firms, Compete With SoftBank
China Merchants Group has partnered with London-based firm Centricus to launch a $15 billion technology investment fund to compete with the Vision...
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5.2KFinding The Investable Needles In The Startup Haystack
When it comes to financial services and financial technology startups, making the right investment decisions is not easy or obvious work. Thousands...
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2.0KFinancial Management Company Bento For Business Raises $9M
Bento for Business, a financial management solutions provider for small and midsize businesses, has announced a $9 million investment round led by...
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2.4KRBC Investing $2M In Ben-Gurion University’s Cybersecurity Research Center
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, announced this week...
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1.5KMnuchin: Strengthen Investment Controls To Protect US Tech
Amid the trade war that is still taking shape between the United States and China and the United States and several other...
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1.7KCashShield Raises $20M In Latest Round Of Fundraising
CashShield, an online fraud management solution for mid- to large-sized enterprises, announced Tuesday (June 26) it raised $20 million via a round of...
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2.5KAndreessen Horowitz Is First VC To Raise Large Crypto Fund
Andreessen Horowitz is now the first venture capital firm to raise a large fund focused on cryptocurrencies. The Silicon Valley investment firm...
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3.2KHelios And Matheson To Raise $164M Via A Bond Offering
Helios and Matheson Analytics, the provider of information technology (IT) services and the 92 percent owner of MoviePass, announced Thursday (June 21)...
