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Online Healthcare Startup Ro Lands $500 Million In Venture Funding
March 23, 2021

Healthcare technology company Ro has raised $500 million, pulling in cash from an array of venture funders. All told, the company said in a press release on Tuesday (March 23), Ro has raised $876 million in funding since it was founded in 2017. Get the...

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Digital Wallet Provider MobiKwik Of India Looks To Go Public
March 22, 2021

Mobile wallet and payments app MobiKwik of India has looked in recent years to take on multinational rivals on its home turf, expand internationally and take advantage of the rise of mobile payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Ant’s Alipay Intros Advisory Platform For Asset Managers
March 22, 2021

Ant Group in China is introducing an investment consulting solution that will enable robo-advisers to extend services to Alipay’s 1 billion users, Bloomberg reported on Monday (March 22). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Deliveroo’s London IPO Aiming For $12 Billion Valuation
March 22, 2021

In one of the U.K.’s biggest public listings, food delivery startup Deliveroo is seeking a valuation as high as $12.8 billion (£8.8 billion) in its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) set to debut on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), CNBC reported on Monday (March 22). Get...

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SPAC CEO: Blank Check Listings Help FinTechs with Growth ‘Inflection Point’
March 22, 2021

The continued, heady pace of “blank-check” firms filing to go public shows no sign of abating. And while some observers may point to what seems an unsustainable pace (and soaring initial public offering prices), others note that listing via special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) has...

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Coinbase’s IPO Gets Pushed To April
March 21, 2021

Rather than go public this month, Coinbase will now do so in April, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

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Gig Workforce Payments Platform Payfare Opens Trading At $6
March 21, 2021

Payfare, the global financial technology company working in the field of pay solutions for the gig economy, has successfully completed an initial public offering (IPO) for $65.4 million, a press release says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Toyota Leads $500 Million Round For Chinese Auto Driving Startup Momenta
March 21, 2021

Momenta is now the recipient of a $500 million investment round led by Toyota in order to provide new technologies like automated HD mapping and updates through vision-based technologies, a company announcement says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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App Software Platform ironSource To Go Public Via SPAC
March 21, 2021

ironSource, which helps developers scale apps, is going public by merging with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Thoma Bravo Advantage in a transaction that values the emerging company at about $11.1 billion, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...