Startups in Brazil attracted record-breaking levels of funding in 2021, with over $9.4 billion raised in the innovation market — almost 2.6 times more than the $3.5 billion notched in 2020, according to The Rio Times and other reports on Thursday (Jan. 13). According to...
Investors doled out about $621 billion to startup companies around the world looking to get themselves on solid financial ground, more than doubling the record set the previous year for venture capital investment, according to a Bloomberg report Wednesday (Jan. 12). U.S. startups comprised about...
Poland is the most developed country in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region, and its startup ecosystem is also rapidly developing, with thousands of startups as well as an increasing number of venture capital firms (VCs), accelerators and incubators. This year alone, there have...
Cross-border FinTech platform Taptap Send announced Monday (Dec. 20) that it has raised $65 million in a Series B funding round led by Spark Capital. Additional participants in the funding round included Unbound, Reid Hoffman, Canaan Partners, Breyer Capital, Slow Ventures, Wamda Capital and Flourish...
London-based food and grocery delivery startup HungryPanda raised $130 million in a Series D funding deal led by Perwyn, with additional participation by Kinnevik, 83North, Felix Capital, Piton Capital, Vintage, Burda Principal Investments and Kreos Capital. This latest infusion of capital will be earmarked to...
FinTech startup Payment Rails is rebranding as Trolley while closing a $7 million Series A funding round led by Pace Capital, with Pace partner Chris Paik joining the Trolley Board of Directors, according to a press release on Tuesday (Dec. 7). Headquartered in Toronto, Canada,...
Indonesia is rolling out the welcome mat to U.S. investors as the country moves to put additional support behind its startup landscape and promote local talent, according to a press release on Tuesday (Dec. 7). U.S. investors were invited by Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and...
FinTech startup Asilimia raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round, with $1 million coming from a wide range of European Angel investors and $1 million in a debt round that included Bpifrance and GreenTec Capital Partners, according to reports. The Kenyan startup said the...
Visa is launching another round of its accelerator program and is looking for startups from the Asia-Pacific region to take part. “The Visa Accelerator Program focuses on helping startups in Asia-Pacific expand their business into new markets, with a strong emphasis on identifying commercial opportunities...