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772InvestmentsLendingkart Secures $2.95M From Sistema Asia Fund
Indian startup Lendingkart announced that it has raised $2.95 million in new funding from Sistema Asia Fund. The investment comes days after...
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1.3KPartnerships / AcquisitionsUPS Invests In Autonomous Driving Firm TuSimple
UPS announced that it purchased a minority stake in autonomous driving company TuSimple. The delivery company also said that it’s been testing...
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1.2KInvestmentsActivate Capital Leads Carpool Startup Scoop’s $60M Raise
Corporate carpooling startup Scoop raised $60 million, bringing its total funding to $106 million since its 2015 launch, TechCrunch reported on Wednesday...
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2.5KBankingSoftBank’s New ‘Operating Group’ Encourages Startup Collaborations
In an effort to create a relationship between its portfolio of investors, SoftBank has created an “operating group” within its Vision Fund....
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1.7KInvestmentsAI Convo Platform Uniphore Gets $51M For Global Growth
Conversation artificial intelligence (AI) company Uniphore, which is a platform to help companies with customer service and data needs, raised $51 million...
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2.1KInvestmentsChina’s Terminus Technologies Raises $283M For Smart City Development
The cross-border investment and asset management firm China Everbright Limited is leading a $283 million Series C1 funding round for Terminus Technologies,...
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1.7KInvestmentsWeChat, Alipay Partner QFPay Notches $20M For Payment Innovation
Digital payments startup QFPay, the largest global partner of WeChat Pay and Alipay, raised $20 million in new funding led by returning...
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2.0KInvestmentsNeobank Joust Raises $2.6M To Bank Freelancer Wages
The funding round was led by PTB Ventures, with help from Accion Venture Lab, Financial Venture Studio and Techstars. Founded by Lamine...
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1.5KInvestmentsFacebook Contributes To $125M Funding For India Marketplace Meesho
Bangalore-based social commerce startup Meesho has raised $125 million to expand its eCommerce business in India, TechCrunch reported on Monday (Aug. 12)....
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2.5KInvestmentsSoftBank Continues LATAM Push, Courts Mexico Startups
Japanese investment firm SoftBank Group is in talks with two startups in Mexico in a bid to continue to search out opportunities...
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2.1KInvestmentsUber Passed On Deal To Buy Caviar Before DoorDash
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Uber almost acquired premium food delivery service Caviar, but ultimately decided against it, according to a report...
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2.3KSizzle/FizzleBitcoin’s Sizzle To Lead To Fizzle?
As the price of bitcoin surged this week, cryptocurrency (namely, Facebook’s Libra) has been under increased scrutiny by regulators. The folks who...
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2.4KInvestmentsWheels Up Takes Flight With $128M Raise
New York aviation startup Wheels Up has notched a $128 million Class D equity capital raise co-led by new investor Franklin Templeton,...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsC2FO Lands $200M For Dynamic Discounting Tech
C2FO, an online loan marketplace that connects businesses with invoice financing, has announced $200 million in new funding as it looks to...
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3.1KInvestmentsJPMC Makes ‘Strategic Investment’ In FreshBooks
After establishing itself as an accounting software platform for small businesses and self-employed professionals with paying customers in 160 countries, FreshBooks has...
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2.0KInvestmentsCredible Labs Valued At $397M In Deal With Murdoch’s Fox
Rupert Murdoch-controlled Fox Corp is buying personal finance broker Credible Labs in a deal valued at $397 million, Reuters reported on Monday...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsSoutheast Asia’s SMB FinTechs Score Big
Although funding for the B2B FinTech market appears to be in a summer slumber, this week’s roundup shows a clear winner: Southeast...
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2.5KInvestmentsGoldman Leads $135M Funding Round For Photo Editing App
Goldman Sachs is leading $135 million in Series C funding for the parent company of popular paid photo editing app Facetune, TechCrunch...
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4.8KDataWhy Mastercard Bit On Flybits
In the art and science of reaching a consumer, some things never change. The gold standard of marketing is, was and ever...
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2.1KInvestmentsIndifi Raises $21.32M Series C Round
Indian B2B lender Indifi raised a $21.32 million (Rs 145 crore) Series C round led by CDC Group. After seeing the company’s...
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3.1KRidesharingSoutheast Asian Ride-Hailing Giant Grab Investing $2B In Indonesia
Japanese investor SoftBank will invest $2 billion over five years in the Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab. A next-generation transportation network is...
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1.2KEarningsAlphabet Spells Out Google’s Rebound; Ads Revenues Gain 19 Pct
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, easily topped the Street as core advertising business rebounded from previously sluggish growth rates amid a continued shift...
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2.6KInvestmentsStandard Cognition Gets $35M For Cashless Checkout
Standard Cognition, a startup that develops autonomous checkout technology that rivals Amazon’s, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round...
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1.9KInvestmentsMessaging Platform Quiq Notches $12.5M For AI Build-Out
Messaging firm Quiq raised $12.5 million in a series B funding round led by the Foundry Group that will enable it to...
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1.9KInvestmentsMarketing Startup Pomona Raises $3M To Expand Data For Brands
An Indonesian startup that provides consumer brands with omnichannel marketing and sales products, including cash-back rewards, has raised $3 million in a...
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2.0KInvestmentsHome Services, Served by (Lots Of) Capital
Home services may be the next frontier in real estate — and possibly, a bit less dependent on new transactions. As noted...
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1.9KInvestmentsTapcart Raises $4M For Mobile Shopping App Growth
Santa Monica-based tech startup Tapcart Inc., which helps businesses set up mobile shopping apps, completed a $4 million seed funding round led...
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2.4KRidesharingBird Raising New Funding At $2.5 Billion Valuation
The Santa Monica-based eScooter rental service Bird is being valued at $2.5 billion in a new funding round led by the venture...
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2.9KInvestmentsSennder Raises $70M For Digital Freight Tech
The Berlin-based startup Sennder, which connects commercial shippers and smaller freight carriers, announced a significant round of funding to take on the...
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4.6KB2B PaymentsVisa Among Investors In PayMate’s Series D Growth Funding
India’s PayMate announced it has raised a new round of growth capital to accelerate expansion within India and internationally to Central and...
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2.1KInvestmentsFounder’s Shares Purchase Sends India’s OYO’s Valuation To $10B
Indian hospitality business OYO now has a valuation of $10 billion after its founder, Ritesh Agarwal, purchased $2 billion in shares from...
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2.7KInvestmentsSoftBank Ventures Asia Notches $270M To Fund Startups
The Seoul venture capital division of Japanese multinational holding company SoftBank has raised $270 million, or 317 billion won. The new fund...
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2.4KDigital BankingPeter Thiel-Backed German Online Bank N26 Worth $3.5B
Online bank N26 is now Germany’s highest-valued startup with a 3.5 billion valuation following a $170 million extension of Series D funding....
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1.8KInvestmentsVisa Backs GO-JEK For Cashless Payments In Southeast Asia
As Go-Jek continues its ongoing Series F fundraising, Visa has jumped onboard as both investor and collaborator. The two companies are working...
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2.8KInvestmentsLendbuzz FinTech Raises $150M In Debt And Equity Financing
FinTech Lendbuzz has announced Monday (July 15) that it has secured an additional $150 million in debt and equity financing led by...
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1.6KInvestmentsPostpartum Care App Lands $3M From Mark Cuban, Serena Williams
Data-driven maternal and infant health tech startup Mahmee has garnered $3 million from tech investor Mark Cuban, tennis icon and entrepreneur Serena Williams and...
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1.3KPartnerships / AcquisitionsVW Teams With Ford On Autonomous, Electric Vehicles
Ford and Volkswagen are set to announce joint ventures that will focus on autonomous and electric vehicles. Sources said that the deal...
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1.2KInvestmentsPrivacy Firm TrustArc Gets $70M Boost From Investors
Privacy is the new currency in a time when browsing the internet can be a lot like walking through a crime-ridden neighborhood....
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3.2KInvestmentsOPay Raises $50M To Grow Mobile Payments Ecosystem In Nigeria
African payments startup OPay has raised $50 million in funding after investors such as Sequoia China, IDG Capital and Source Code Capital joined...
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Chinese Grocery Delivery Startup MissFresh Seeks Funding
According to reports in Bloomberg, anonymous sources have confirmed that MissFresh, a Chinese grocery delivery startup based in Beijing, is seeking additional...
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2.1KInvestmentsGM’s Self-Driving Co. To Get $2.25B From SoftBank
U.S. self-driving company Cruise revealed that a U.S. national security panel has approved a $2.25 billion investment by Japan’s SoftBank. Last year...
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1.9KB2B PaymentsFacebook Teams With India VCs For SMBs
Facebook is collaborating with venture capitalists in India to support small businesses in the country, LiveMint reported on Wednesday (July 3). Facebook...
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2.1KInvestmentsFrance’s Joko FinTech Gets €1.6M To Help Consumers Earn Credit Card Rewards
French startup Joko announced that it has raised €1.6 million from investors including Partech, Axeleo Capital, Lafayette Plug and Play and others...
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1.1KRetailScrutiny Of Big Tech Could Slow Amazon’s Deal-Making Pace
While Amazon has committed over $20 billion to investments and acquisitions as of 2017, the scrutiny of large tech companies by the...
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1.8KInvestmentsOla Electric Reaches $1B Valuation With SoftBank Investment
Ola Electric, part of India’s largest ride-hailing company, has raised $250 million from SoftBank in a Series B financing round, according to...
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1.3KInvestmentsUK Fund Aims To Match US Tech Startup Investments
A fund, backed by some of Cambridge’s most well-known scientists, called Ahren Innovation Capital has raised about £200 million ($254 million USD)...
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3.1KDigital PaymentsMastercard: Why Nordic Countries Could Fuel RTP Push
Real-time payments (RTP) is a global initiative that’s been a decade in the making and counting, one that has gained momentum over...
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4.8KInnovationWhy Drive, Not Size, Is Key To FI Innovation
Smaller banks and credit unions enjoy a reputation of offering more personalized services than large financial institutions (FIs). When it comes to...
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2.0KRetailThe RealReal Notches $300M In IPO
In its U.S. initial public offering (IPO), eCommerce luxury reseller The RealReal Inc. has notched $300 million. The company priced its shares...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsFunding Lands T&E Firm TripActions $4B Valuation
Corporate travel and expense (T&E) management solutions provider TripActions led this week’s B2B venture capital roundup with its announcement of new funding...
