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$230M Venture Fund Draws Big Names, Focuses on Transforming Transportation
October 19, 2021

Making transportation and logistics cleaner, faster, safer and lower-cost is the goal of a $230 million early-stage venture capital fund that launched on Monday (Oct. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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UK P2P Lender Zopa Nets $303M
October 19, 2021

United Kingdom-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Zopa has generated just shy of $304 million in its latest fundraising effort, according to a blog post on the company’s website on Monday (Oct. 18). Led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with contributions from Silverstripe, Northzone and Augmentum, the...

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London FinTech Primer Raises $50M
October 19, 2021

FinTech payments startup Primer raised $50 million from ICONIQ Capital, the wealth manager of technology billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey. Other backers included Balderton Capital, RTP Global, Seedcamp, Speedinvest and Accel. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Deel Nets $425M in Series D Funding
October 18, 2021

Remote hiring company Deel has generated $425 million in its most recent Series D funding round, pushing the total amount raised to more than $630 million, according to a Monday (Oct. 18) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Nigerian Payments Startup Flutterwave Seeks New Funding at $3B Valuation
October 15, 2021

Nigerian cross-border payments startup Flutterwave is putting its feelers out for a new round of funding at a minimum valuation of $3 billion, about triple its last value, per news reports that cited unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Plum Snags $13.9M in Series A Funding 
October 15, 2021

London-based FinTech Plum on Friday (Oct. 15) announced the close of a 12 million euro ($13.9 million) Series A funding round, part of an anticipated 20.7 million euro ($24 million) effort that will be used to expand the company and increase interest in its money...

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ByteDance Valuation Tops $400B
October 15, 2021

TikTok owner ByteDance’s valuation has reached $400 billion based on anonymous sales by online traders, with some analysts seeing that number climb higher, according to a South China Morning Post report on Friday (Oct. 15). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Juni Raises $73M in Series A For eCommerce Banking
October 14, 2021

eCommerce banking platform Juni announced Thursday (Oct. 14) it has raised $73 million in Series A funding that it plans to use to boost its employee count to more than 120 people and launch an integrated credit line offering, according to a Tech.Eu report. Get...

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FinTech Tala Notches $145M Series E to Launch Mobile-First and Crypto Solutions
October 14, 2021

Mobile technology startup Tala raised $145 million in a Series E funding round led by Upstart, with participation from the Stellar Development Foundation, along with new investors Kindred Ventures and the J. Safra Group. Existing backers IVP, Revolution Growth and Lowercase Capital also invested in...