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People are addicted to credit cards —  and it’s no wonder, given the lucrative rewards that many of them offer. But for merchants, credit cards tend to be less appealing. That’s because they’re on the hook for interchange fees, or transaction fees a merchant’s bank must pay whenever a customer uses a card to make […] Link raises $30M to help merchants accept direct bank payments by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Autonomous vehicle technology may no longer be the fuel powering the hype machine. But companies applying the technology to agriculture, commercial and logistics applications are still attracting venture capital. Take Outrider, a Golden, Colorado startup developing autonomous electric yard trucks, for example. Distribution yards are the nerve center of the supply chain. Its where all […] Outrider raises $73M to brings its autonomous electric yard trucks into the mainstream by Kirsten Korosec originally publ... →

Oro, an open source ecommerce platform co-created by Magento’s cofounder and former CTO, today announced it has raised $13 million in a strategic growth round of funding. Founded in 2012, Los Angeles-based Oro’s platform constitutes a range of applications, including OroCommerce, its flagship B2B ecommerce platform for building storefronts and marketplaces; OroMarketplace, an end-to-end management […] Oro, an open-source B2B ecommerce platform from Magento’s cofounder, raises $13M by Paul Sawers originally ... →

Founded by Ece Kural and Furkan Bayraktar, Scrintal is a visual note-taking and collaboration tool. The Sweden-based company’s product combines visual canvases with documentation to help professionals and teams go from idea to presentable work on the same screen — think Miro meets Notion meets a slew of other tools companies use to keep their knowledge […] Scrintal raises $1 million for its visual collaboration tool by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

The majority of unicorns are valued at less than $2 billion, which makes it likely that most won't keep that status after their next raise. Losing the horn: VCs think majority of unicorns aren’t worth $1 billion anymore by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

Often, first-time ecommerce entrepreneurs don’t know what they need to build an effective funnel and cart experience for their platforms. It’s not their fault; the problem’s challenging. According to one source, the average cart abandonment rate across all industries is 69.57%. That means roughly seven out of 10 shoppers won’t complete their transaction, leading to […] ThriveCart, which sells tools to build ecommerce carts, raises $35M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

GoMechanic has laid off 70% of its workforce as the Sequoia India-backed startup grapples with funding crunch after the existing and potential investors found that the founders had misstated facts. The move comes as the Gurgaon-headquartered GoMechanic, which offers auto-services such as repairing and carwashing, has been struggling to raise funds for over a year […] Sequoia India-backed GoMechanic cuts 70% jobs after ‘grave errors’ in financial reporting by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

MENA-based buy now, pay later startup Tabby has raised $58 million, led by Sequoia Capital India and STV, at a valuation of $660 million. The investors co-led the fintech’s Series B extension round last June.  PayPal Ventures, the global corporate venture arm of PayPal, is one of the participating investors (this marks its first investment […] Tabby raises $58M at $660M valuation as PayPal Ventures makes first investment in the GCC by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch... →

PeopleFund, a South Korean marketplace that connects borrowers and investors to enable lending, has recently added $20 million to its $63.4 million Series C. Existing backer Bain Capital led the extension, with participation from previous investors such as Access Ventures, CLSA Capital Partners Lending Ark Asia, D3 Jubilee Partners, 500 Global, Kakao Investment, TBT Partners […] P2P lending platform PeopleFund raises $20M Series C extension led by Bain Capital by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch... →

In the coming decades, Africa will be a significant growth market for mobile games driven by the proliferation of technology adoption among the continent’s youthful population. And as gamers in sub-Saharan Africa increase to over 180 million in the next five years per a report, startups such as South Africa-based Carry1st are strategically positioning themselves […] African gaming startup Carry1st raises $27M from Bitkraft Ventures and a16z by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch... →

Komunal is reaching out to Indonesia’s rural customers by going where they are. The fintech partners with more than 220 banks in tier 2 and tier 3 cities spread through 19 provinces. Founded in 2019, the startup announced today it has raised $8.5 million in funding led by East Ventures Growth Fund, with participation from […] Komunal raises $8.5M to digitize Indonesia’s rural banks by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

GoMechanic has laid off a significant number of its workforce as the Sequoia India-backed startup struggles to raise funds amid serious concerns of accounting troubles, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The Gurgaon-headquartered startup has cut 70% of the workforce and asked the remaining staff to work without pay for three months, Indian […] Sequoia India-backed GoMechanic faces severe trouble by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Several years ago, co-founders Leena Joshi, Ben Cheung and Erik Buchanan experienced frustration with the amount of manual work they were putting into collecting information about sales and marketing accounts. The tools in the market were focused solely on the collection of information, they say, instead of curating what was actually relevant, actionable and up […] CloseFactor raises $15.2M to automate repetitive sales processes by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Cumul.io, the company behind a low-code business intelligence (BI) analytics platform for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, has raised €10 million ($10.8 million) in a Series A round of funding. Founded out of Belgium in 2015, Cumul.io works in a similar space to well-established BI incumbents such as Tableau and Looker, but sets itself apart with a […] Cumul.io, a low-code embedded analytics platform for SaaS companies, raises $10.8M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Before founding The Edit LDN, Moses Rashid frequented sneaker festivals and exhibitions to buy limited edition shoes. But Rashid, who describes himself as a “huge sneakerhead,” was often disappointed by the shopping experience. “I found it crazy that I was dropping $850 on a pair of sneakers but I wouldn’t even get a bag to […] The Edit LDN raises seed round to serve sneakerheads around the world by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

Never rely on external resources to do the fundraising for your startup. If your CEO isn’t pitching to VCs, you’ll never raise money by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Kwara, a Kenyan fintech digitizing credit unions (saccos), more than doubled its client base last year, and its eyeing enormous growth in the coming years after raising a $3 million seed extension, and signing an exclusive digital solutions distribution agreement with the Kenya Union of Savings & Credit Cooperatives (Kuscco), the national umbrella body representing […] Kenyan fintech Kwara raises $3M seed extension, signs deal to reach over 4,000 credit unions by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCru... →

Many VCs have said startups should always choose a down round over a structured round, but it isn't that cut and dry. Does it ever make more sense to raise a structured round over taking a valuation cut? by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

It hasn’t decided on a name, it’s still on the hunt to fill some important roles, and its early alpha has less than 100 users as of today. But, riding the wave of interest in the current state of Twitter, a startup hoping to disrupt it has raised $1.1 million in funding. T2, the project […] Twitter rival ‘T2’ raises its first outside funding, $1.1M from a group of high profile angels by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

When Alec Hartman first decided he wanted a house after his first child was born several years ago, he was surprised by the lack of options. “I didn’t like anything I saw, and I wanted a new house and I couldn’t get one,” he recalls. “And like every crazy tech person, you have to ask […] From cloud computing to proptech: Digital Ocean co-founders raise $29M for Welcome Homes by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →