PayPay reportedly hopes to raise up to $1.1 billion when it goes public. That’s according to a report Tuesday (March 3) from Bloomberg News, which says it would be the largest ever initial public offering (IPO) by a Japanese company on a U.S. stock exchange. The company, working...
Pluvo raised $5 million in a seed round to scale its artificial intelligence-native financial analysis platform for finance teams. The company’s platform delivers analysis that chief financial officers and financial planning and analysis teams can interrogate and simulate in real time, Pluvo said in a...
Dots raised $8.9 million in a Series A funding round to continue expanding the capabilities of its global payouts platform for marketplaces and service-based businesses. The round brings the total amount the company has raised to date to $14.6 million, Dots said in a Thursday...
Plaid’s latest round of funding has reportedly valued the FinTech at $8 billion. The privately-held company raised the money to give its workers a way to gain liquidity for their share, Bloomberg News reported Thursday (Feb. 26), citing sources familiar with the matter. The report...
Tether Investments said it aims to promote the use of stablecoin payments by making a strategic investment in Whop, an internet market designed to help users launch businesses and accept payments. The companies’ collaboration will enable the creators and users on Whop’s platform to use...
Wayve, a United Kingdom-based self-driving vehicle startup, is now valued at $8.6 billion, according to a Wednesday (Feb. 25) press release. The company concluded a $1.2 billion Series D funding round, with investors that included Microsoft, Nvidia and Uber, as well as carmakers Mercedes-Benz, Nissan...
Investment company General Atlantic is reportedly selling an equity stake in ByteDance valuing it at $550 billion. That’s according to a report Wednesday (Feb. 25) from Reuters, citing sources familiar with the planned share sale at the Chinese tech giant. According to the report, the...
Wall Street had been hoping for a blowout year for tech IPOs (initial public offerings). But two months into 2026, bankers’ and investors’ hopes have been dampened by artificial intelligence (AI)-related fears, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Feb. 24). As the report notes,...
Accounting-focused artificial intelligence (AI) startup Basis has raised $100 million in new funding. The company’s Series B round, announced Tuesday (Feb. 24), was led by Accel and Google Ventures and values Basis at $1.15 billion. “Accounting is structured, high-stakes, and essential to every business on...