Venture Capital

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

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Grocery Startup Missfresh To Close On $500M In Expansion Financing

Grocery Startup Missfresh To Close On $500M In Expansion Financing
Grocery Startup Missfresh To Close On $500M In Expansion Financing
May 22, 2020  |  Investments

Beijing’s Missfresh Ecommerce Co., a Chinese grocery delivery startup, is expected to receive more than $500 million in expansion financing as COVID-19 has fueled demand...

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SMB Financing Fuels Week Of B2B Venture Capital
SMB Financing Fuels Week Of B2B Venture Capital
May 22, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Bad news hit the startup community this week as new analysis from CBInsights revealed a significant decline in venture capital (VC) funding in the first...

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Tonal Seeks More Funding To Produce $3K Home Workout Stations
Tonal Seeks More Funding To Produce $3K Home Workout Stations
May 20, 2020  |  Investments

San Francisco-based Tonal — which offers a $2,995 exercise station with subscription-based workouts — is looking for more funding as the COVID-19 crisis upends the...

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Brex Notches $150M To Advance Expense Management Tools
Brex Notches $150M To Advance Expense Management Tools
May 19, 2020  |  Investments

FinTech startup unicorn Brex has closed a $150 million funding round led by previous investor DST and new investor Lone Pine Capital, Brex said in...

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B2B VC Firm FINTOP Exceeds Goal With $126M
B2B VC Firm FINTOP Exceeds Goal With $126M
May 17, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Venture capital (VC) firm FINTOP Capital closed FINTOP Fund II with $126 million, surpassing the company’s goal of $100 million, FINTOP said in a statement....

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B2B FinTechs Find Funding To Ease Firms’ Digital Transformations
B2B FinTechs Find Funding To Ease Firms’ Digital Transformations
May 15, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Much of the $117 million raised by B2B FinTechs from venture capitalists this week targets money management services for businesses, including invoice financing, lending and...

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Tim Hortons Coffee Chain Notches Funding From China’s Tencent
Tim Hortons Coffee Chain Notches Funding From China’s Tencent
May 12, 2020  |  Retail

To bolster its growth in China as it looks to reach coffee drinkers in the country, Tim Hortons has reportedly found a partner in Tencent. The...

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Vista Equity Injects $1.5B Into India’s Jio Platforms
Vista Equity Injects $1.5B Into India’s Jio Platforms
May 08, 2020  |  Investments

Jio Platforms Ltd., India’s largest mobile operator, announced it is raising 113.67 billion rupees ($1.5 billion) from Vista Equity Partners, the U.S. private equity firm....

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