Central Group, Thailand’s largest retailer, confirmed Thursday (January 31) that it is investing $200 million in a unit of Grab, the Southeast Asia ride-hailing startup. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
China could be gearing up to take on New York and Hong Kong when it comes to listing technology companies on the stock exchange, publishing draft rules for a startup board that is similar to Nasdaq. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Stripe, the San Francisco digital payments startup, has landed a $100 million investment from Tiger Global Management, boosting its valuation above $20 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
CNBC and Acorns, the FinTech that makes a mobile investing and savings app, announced on Monday (Jan. 28) a strategic partnership to create editorial content and events. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Roadside assistance startup Urgent.ly has raised $21 million in a Series B round that included venture arms of BMW, Porsche and Jaguar Land Rover. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Reliance Industrial Investments is gearing up to raise ₹4,000 crore to meet the company’s investment requirements and needs for funding, reported Deal Street Asia. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
As Southeast Asia’s GO-JEK seeks to raise up to $2 billion of funding while it takes on Grab, the company has reportedly closed a portion of the round. Tencent, Google and JD.com, among some of the company’s existing investors, reportedly plan to invest roughly $920 million...
When Dutch entrepreneur Teun van den Dries started GeoPhy, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven service that performs real estate valuations, there was nothing like it on the market. When he went to buy a house, Bloomberg reported, the appraiser he used simply asked him how much he thought...
Travel startup Uplift has raised $123 million in a Series C funding round, according to a report in TechCrunch. The company’s CEO, Brian Barth, previously founded travel startup SideStep, but he sold that to Kayak for $200 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
