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10 fintech investors discuss what they’re looking for and how to pitch them in Q1 2022
We interviewed fintech investors to shed some light on just what they’re looking for and the best way to pitch them.
Employment Hero raises $181M AUD at $1.25B AUD valuation, acquires KeyPay
Human resources platform Employment Hero announced today it has raised $181 million AUD (or about $129 million USD), putting it at unicorn valuation in Australian dollars of $1.25 billion (or about...
Hong Kong’s offline and virtual events platform EventX closes $18M Series B
As countries ease up on COVID restrictions, activities are going back in person. But the virtual event space continues to attract investors, at least in Asia. Hong Kong-based events management plat...
Following acquisition by Bowery, Traptic’s strawberry-picking robotics pivot to vertical farming
We’ve been charting Traptic’s progress ever since the South Bay-based startup appeared on the Disrupt Battlefield stage back in 2019. The company carved out a potentially meaningful agtech niche in...
New Waymo Via partnership gives it access to 200,000 shippers and carriers
Waymo Via, Waymo’s autonomous trucking and cargo unit, has found another long-term strategic partner to see it through to commercialization. The company is gearing up to launch a pilot with C...
Genesis raises $200M in Tiger-led round to grow its finance-focused low-code application platform
Genesis, which has built a low-code/no-code application platform specifically for the financial markets, announced today it has landed a $200 million investment led by Tiger Global Management. The ...
Cansativa Group grabs capital as Germany readies for recreational cannabis market
Cansativa Group is the only approved company in Germany providing business-to-business tools for customers to manage every stage of the cannabis value chain.
Snapchat partners with Ticketmaster to match users with live events near them
Snapchat is partnering with Ticketmaster to launch a new way for users to discover live entertainment events within the Snap Map, the company announced on Wednesday. The new feature will be accessi...
Stronghold launches $100M venture arm to invest in underrepresented founders and fintech
Payments infrastructure company Stronghold has launched a venture capital arm to deploy $100 million of its balance sheet capital in startups and funds in three core strategies — underreprese...
CrowdForce raises $3.6M to increase access to cash for underserved communities in Nigeria
Nigeria has an average of 4.8 bank branches and 19 ATMs per 100,000 adults, compared to the world average of 13 bank branches and 40 ATMs. Reports also say that less than one-third of Nigerian adul...
African fintech Flutterwave triples valuation to over $3B after $250M Series D
African fintech Flutterwave has raised $250 million in a Series D round that tripled the company’s valuation to over $3 billion in just twelve months. In March 2021, the San Francisco-headquartered...
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Appboxo raises $7M to turn any app into a super app
Mini-apps are lightweight programs that run within a larger app and serve as additional sources of user engagement and revenue. They became popularized by “super apps” like WeChat, Alibaba and Grab...
SME lender Funding Societies raises $144M led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, plus $150M in debt lines
Small businesses are the backbone of Southeast Asia’s economy, but many struggle to secure working capital loans because they don’t have traditional credit records or collateral, say the founders o...
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Inside the Uber and Google settlement with Anthony Levandowski
One of Silicon Valley’s most infamous characters has narrowly avoided — yet again — the wor...
Why startups may want to rent hardware instead of buying it
“Time is the most valuable resource in a startup, so if remote employees can get up and running faster and easier, I can see companies paying a premium for that.”
Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes
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New DocuSign-Zoom integration lets you sign docs in a Zoom meeting
Anyone who had to get documents signed early in the pandemic knows how harrowing and dangerous the situation was. Nobody wanted to meet face-to-face, but we still had to conduct business. Today, in...
Airbnb’s pandemic slingshot nears completion
Let’s chat through Airbnb’s quarterly results’ highlights and our occasional quibble as we digest a world for technology companies that appears increasingly like the pre-pandemic ...
TC Sessions: Mobility 2022
The early bird has landed — buy your in-person pass to TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 today and save
Who’s ready to mobilize and meet up in real life? And by “mobilize” we mean join more than 2,000 mobile-minded movers and shakers at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California, on May 18-1...
Akamai acquires Linode for $900M
Akamai, the company you probably mostly think of as a content delivery network but that also offers security and edge computing services, today announced that it has acquired Linode. The price of t...
