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InvestFi Raises $20 Million to Help Credit Unions Reclaim Deposits From Investment Apps
July 29, 2026

Credit union service organization (CUSO) InvestFi raised $20 million for its embedded investing platform that enables American credit unions and community banks to offer their customers digital investing directly within online banking. The company’s platform supports investing directly from checking or savings accounts, allowing financial...

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Shein Discloses US FTC Probe Ahead of Hong Kong IPO
July 28, 2026

Shein is cooperating with a U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into the company’s U.S. business operations, it said in a document related to its planning Hong Kong initial public offering and filed with The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Securities and Futures Commission. The company said in the document...

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$4.5B Food Tech Firm GrubMarket Submits Confidential IPO Filing
July 28, 2026

Food supply chain technology company GrubMarket has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement for a proposed initial public offering. The company confidentially submitted the Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), it said in a Tuesday (July 28) press release. “The number of...

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PEX Raises $160 Million to Expand Spend Management Platform
July 28, 2026

Corporate card/spend management platform PEX has raised $160 million in new funding. The debt and equity financing will help support product innovation and allow PEX to expand its charge card offering, increase transaction capacity, and widen access to its platform, the company said in a Tuesday (July...

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World Foundation Raises $52 Million as AI Drives Demand for ID Solutions
July 24, 2026

World Foundation raised $52.5 million in new funding to bring World ID technology to organizations, consumers and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The organization raised the new funding by selling to strategic investors WLD tokens that are subject to a one-year lockup, it said in a Friday (July 24) press release....

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Startup Telli Raises $15 Million to Replace Call Centers With AI Agents
July 23, 2026

telli raised $15 million in a seed round to develop its artificial intelligence (AI) agent builder focused on customer-facing AI agents. This tool, Charlie, helps B2C companies create, test, optimize, maintain and run agents that talk to customers, the company said in a Thursday (July 23) blog post....

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Augustus Raises $180 Million to Build Clearing Bank for Stablecoins
July 21, 2026

Augustus, formerly known as Ivy, raised $180 million in a Series B funding round to support its offering that gives financial institutions around the world direct access to dollar accounts and rails through a federally chartered bank. The company will use the new funding to...

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Humanoid Raises $152 Million to Expand Robotics Company
July 21, 2026

U.K.-based robotics firm Humanoid says it is now a $1 billion company. The startup achieved that status, becoming “Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn,” after raising $152 million in a Series A round announced Tuesday (July 21). “Now is a defining moment for the European...

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Ant International Raises $1.2 Billion to Boost Cross-Border Payments
July 21, 2026

Global payments and FinTech firm Ant International has raised $1.2 billion in new funding. This Series A equity financing will allow Ant to improve on its cross-border payments and agentic commerce offerings, the company said in a Monday (July 20) news release. The release added that the...