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PropTech Startup Goodlord Raises $13M For Engineering, Product
March 09, 2020

London PropTech startup Goodlord appears to have turned its bad luck around with a new 10-million-pound ($13 million) Series B funding round, TechCrunch reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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SoftBank Exec: ‘Mistakes Come Out First’ In Investing
March 09, 2020

SoftBank’s Rajeev Misra, head of the company’s $100 billion Vision Fund, is still banking on the success of the fund, confident investments and IPOs will surge within the next year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Millennial-Focused Digital Bank Empower Finance Raises $20M
March 06, 2020

San Francisco-based Empower Finance, a mobile banking app aimed at helping millennials save wealth, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Defy Ventures and Icon Ventures, according to a report. The Founder and CEO of Nubank David Velez also participated...

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Quona Capital Raises $203M For FinTech-Boosting Fund
March 06, 2020

Quona Capital, a venture capital firm based in Washington and Bengaluru, has closed its second fund with $203 million in commitments, according to a report by Deal Street Asia. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Sequoia Capital Foresees Doom For Entrepreneurs As Coronavirus Takes Toll
March 06, 2020

Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital warned in an email to entrepreneurs on Thursday that the coronavirus could potentially be the herald of a “prolonged” global economic slow-down. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Visa Partnerships Level The Female Founder Funding Field
March 04, 2020

On Sunday, the world will celebrate International Women’s Day for the 45th time as a global community since the U.N. first declared the global observance in 1975. In 1977, the event was crystallized into an annual occurrence by decree – though technically, women’s rights has since...

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Robinhood Outage Shows Cracks In Its Platform Model
March 04, 2020

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RTP Global Unveils $650M Startup-Focused VC Fund
March 03, 2020

To continue supporting technology in regions all over the world from North America to Southeast Asia, Leonid Boguslavsky-founded RTP Global unveiled a new $650 million fund to keep investing in early-stage tech companies. The venture capital firm’s last fund totaled $200 million and was rolled...

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Thought Machine Notches $83M For Cloud Banking
March 02, 2020

Cloud-native London FinTech startup Thought Machine has raised $83 million in a Series B funding round led by Draper Esprit, with participation from existing investors Lloyds Banking Group, IQ Capital, Backed and Playfair, Thought Machine announced on Monday (March 2). Get the Full Story Complete...