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Maalexi Raises $3 Million to Facilitate Cross-Border Trade for Agribusinesses
January 08, 2024

Maalexi has raised $3 million in a Pre-Series A funding round to continue building its cross-border trade platform for small agribusinesses. The platform connects buyers with sellers worldwide to reinforce the food supply chain and promote food security in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and...

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OpenAI Backer Thrive Capital Plans $3 Billion Fundraise Amid Tech Downturn
January 07, 2024

Venture firm Thrive Capital is reportedly preparing to raise at least $3 billion amid a downturn in tech funding. The planned fundraising, the subject of a Sunday (Jan. 7) report by the Financial Times (FT), would make Thrive — a major investor in OpenAI — one of few large growth...

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CoreWeave to Invest in AI Platform Chai
January 04, 2024

Specialized graphics processing unit cloud provider CoreWeave will invest in social artificial intelligence platform Chai. This will bring the total capital invested in Chai to over $10 million and will place the company at a $450 million valuation, Chai said in a Thursday (Jan. 4)...

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Exponent Founders Capital to Invest $75 Million in Early-Stage Companies
January 04, 2024

Early-stage venture capital (VC) firm Exponent Founders Capital has launched and disclosed that it has raised $125 million to date. That total includes a new $75 million Fund II vehicle that will be used to invest in inception and early-stage companies in the fields of...

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Bumper Raises $48 Million to Expand BNPL for Car Repair
January 04, 2024

Bumper, a FinTech that lets customers fund car repairs in installments, raised $48 million. The London-based company announced the Series B round in a Thursday (Jan. 4) press release, saying it would use the funding to expand throughout Europe, targeting car dealers and repair shops...

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Legal Tech Firm Robin AI Raises $26 Million 
January 03, 2024

Robin AI raised $26 million amid the legal profession’s continued embrace of artificial intelligence. The London and New York-based company announced the Series B funding on its LinkedIn page Wednesday (Jan. 3), noting the round was led by Temasek with participation from Quantum Light, Plural...

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Report: Israeli Tech Funding Dips Amid War but Investors Remain Committed
December 28, 2023

Israel’s conflict with Hamas hasn’t scared off investors. Israeli tech companies raised $1.5 billion during the fourth quarter, Reuters reported Thursday (Dec. 28), citing data from the Israel Venture Capital Research Center and LeumiTech. While that number is down 15% from the third quarter, 75...

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Report: Investors in EV Charging Grow ‘Weary’ Waiting for Profits
December 26, 2023

Electric vehicle (EV) charging companies reportedly don’t have much juice with investors these days. As The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Dec. 26), companies like ChargePoint, Blink Charging and EVgo have all seen their share prices drop this year, with Blink and EVgo both projecting annual losses. According to the report, charging...

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War Slows Funding for Tech Startups in Israel
December 22, 2023

U.S. investors are showing support for Israeli technology firms during the war between Israel and Hamas. The high-tech sector in Israel, which is the world’s second-largest after Silicon Valley, has remained resilient, attracting venture capitalists and tech executives from the U.S., Reuters reported Thursday (Dec....