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19:21 08.03.2022

Selfbook raises $15M at a $300 valuation in Tiger-led extension to give hotels a way to accept ‘one-click’ payments

Hotel payment software provider Selfbook has completed a $15 million extension of its Series A financing that values the company at $300 million. Tiger Global Management led the extension, as well as, the company’s $40 million Series A in October. At that time, New York-based Selfbook was valued at $125 million – so it has […]... →

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19:00 08.03.2022

Cega raises $4.3M seed round at $60M valuation to build exotic DeFi derivatives

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is one of the hottest, fastest-growing areas within crypto. An estimated 4 million-plus people worldwide have invested in DeFi products, according to data from Dune Analytics. The total value of assets locked in the DeFi ecosystem is worth over $100 billion today. The DeFi market is evolving rapidly, with companies spinning up increasingly […]... →

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18:00 08.03.2022

Forma raises new funding to make employee benefits more flexible

Companies across the board are fighting to recruit and retain employees as the war for talent rages on. Employee benefits are no longer viewed as a cookie-cutter, standard set of offerings — rather, they are valuable tools employers can use to differentiate themselves from competitors and attract top candidates. Forma, which just changed its name […]... →

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18:00 08.03.2022

Ex-Better.com CFO raises $10.8M to build Glean AI, or ‘accounts payable with a brain’

Having held the positions of CFO at digital lenders OnDeck and Better.com, Howard Katzenberg experienced firsthand just what a lack of visibility into company spend could cost an organization. After spending three weeks analyzing spreadsheets at one point, Katzenberg and his team were able to identify $1.5 million in potential savings on about $12 million […]... →

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17:01 08.03.2022

Владелец KFC и Pizza Hut приостановит инвестиции в России, но рестораны не закроет

Yum! Brands перенаправит полученную в стране прибыль на гуманитарные цели.... →

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18:06 07.03.2022

Ghanaian fintech Dash raises $32.8M seed to build connected wallets for Africans

Global financial transactions are facilitated mainly by payment processors such as Visa or Mastercard. They are responsible for communication between banks and fintechs to settle transactions for consumers and businesses swiftly. Africa has it different. It’s not a predominantly card continent. Telecoms and banks lead the majority of online financial transactions carried out in the […]... →

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14:19 07.03.2022

Uganda’s Rocket Health raises $5M in round led by Creadev to scale telemedicine across Africa

The world over, the popularity of telemedicine spiked during the Covid pandemic, growing 78 times in April 2020, a few months after the disease struck, according to a McKinsey study. In some parts of Africa, it was a great opportunity for telemedicine to make new inroads. But in Uganda, the industry had already taken off, […]... →

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21:05 04.03.2022

Fetch raises $3.5M for its self-service truck rental marketplace

Once upon a time, I had a truck. I loved that truck! I didn’t actually use the truck as a truck all that often, so eventually I sold it and bought something more in tune with my daily needs. Something more “practical”, I suppose. I still miss that truck. Now the few times a year […]... →

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16:00 04.03.2022

Keyway secures funding to buy property from a small business owner and lease it back to them

Keyway, a startup that buys property from small and medium-sized business owners and then leases it back to them, has secured $70 million in debt financing on the heels of a $15 million equity raise. Founded in September 2020, the New York-based company – which was previously named Unlock – says it uses data science […]... →

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11:41 04.03.2022

Volocopter raises $170M, now valued at $1.87B, to fuel the first commercial launches of its flying taxi fleet

Volocopter, the startup out of southern Germany (Bruchsal) that has been developing electric VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft and a business model for operating them in taxi-style fleets in urban areas, has picked up another big round of funding as it inches closer to its first commercial launches. It has raised $170 million, funding […]... →

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20:00 03.03.2022

How Lido raises the stakes for crypto and DeFi investors

The world’s most-used blockchain, Ethereum, is switching to a new validation system this summer called proof-of-stake (PoS). PoS, favored over its predecessor for its relative energy efficiency, lets users validate transactions on the network by temporarily depositing, or staking, a certain amount of their tokens in return for rewards. But ETH holders have been hesitant […]... →

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17:00 03.03.2022

MyPlace raises $5.8M to scale its private home-sharing social network

New York-based MyPlace, a social network designed to help friends share their private homes, has raised $5.8 million in seed funding led by Freestyle Ventures. The platform was originally launched in 2019 by entrepreneurs Zach Bell and Rameet Chawla as a way for them to share their private homes with their friends. Since then, the […]... →

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16:13 03.03.2022

Apollo.io raises $110M as its crosses 16K paying users of its sales intelligence platform

One of the bigger impacts of Covid-19 has been that more business than ever before is now being carried out online. To meet that opportunity, today a startup called Apollo.io — which has built an all-in-one sales intelligence and engagement platform, to find sales prospects from a database of 220 million would-be buyers; build out […]... →

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16:00 03.03.2022

Atomic lands $40M in funding, just five months after its Series A, to connect banks and fintechs to consumers’ paychecks

Atomic, a provider of payroll APIs, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding just five months after announcing its series A financing. Mercato Partners and Greylock co-led Atomic’s latest round, which the company described as “preemptive,” meaning that it was not technically seeking to raise but rather was approached by investors. It has […]... →

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15:57 03.03.2022

Shares raises $40 million for its social investment app

Shares has closed a $40 million Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures. The company has been working on a mobile app that lets you easily buy and sell shares, but with a social twist. You can follow your friends’ moves and talk with other users directly from the app. Today, the company is […]... →

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10:04 03.03.2022

Nigeria’s Sudo Africa raises $3.7M pre-seed for its card-issuing API platform

Sudo Africa, a fintech that provides a card-issuing API for developers and businesses in Nigeria, has raised $3.7 million in pre-seed funding. San Francisco-based Global Founders Capital (GFC) led the round. Participating VCs include Picus Capital, LoftyInc Capital, Rallycap Ventures, Kepple Africa, Berrywood Capital, ZedCrest and Suya Ventures. Several African fintech founders such as Olugbenga […]... →

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21:00 02.03.2022

Australian neobank Zeller raises $100M AUD Series B at $1B AUD valuation

Zeller, the Australian neobank for SMBs, has raised a $100 million AUD Series B (about $72.7 million USD), doubling its valuation to more than $1 billion AUD (about $727 million USD). The funding was led by Headline, with participation from Australian superannuation fund Hostplus. Returning investors included Square Peg, Addition and Spark Capital. The fintech […]... →

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19:00 02.03.2022

How Ukraine is spending crypto donations

Ukraine’s official Twitter account has been sharing cryptocurrency wallet addresses for the past few days to raise funds during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As I previously reported, it seems likely that the Ukrainian government is in control of the funds received on these wallet addresses as a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation […]... →

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17:00 02.03.2022

Blockchain infra startup Tenderly raises $40M after seeing ‘500x’ YoY revenue growth

Tenderly, a startup that aims to make it easier for web3 developers “of all skill sets” to build blockchain products, has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding – just months after closing on its Series A. The financing is yet another example of the rapid succession of funding rounds in the […]... →

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17:00 02.03.2022

Dynamic application security testing service NeuraLegion raises $20M Series A round

NeuraLegion, a startup that focuses on dynamic application security testing and identifying business logic issues, today announced that it has changed its name to Bright Security. In addition, the company also said that it has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Evolution Equity Partners. Previous investors DNX Ventures, J-ventures, Fusion Fund […]... →

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