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Fintech startup Feedzai valued at $1 billion in KKR-led funding round
Financial technology group Feedzai announced that it had raised $200 million in a round led by investment company KKR valuing the startup at ...
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Sequoia raises $195 million for second seed fund to back entrepreneurs in India and Southeast Asia
Sequoia Capital India has closed a seed fund of $195 million to back promising entrepreneurs across India and Southeast Asia, the venture capital firm ...
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Lawyer Hub Startup Law Accelerator 2021 for African Tech Startups
Applications are now open for the Lawyer Hub Startup Law Accelerator 2021 to startups born in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Nigeria and South ...
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HSBC challenges fintechs with launch of SME banking app Kinetic
HSBC has officially launched its business banking app Kinetic, designed to offer small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) a comparative service to new fintech ...
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Pacaso raises $75M, goes from launch to unicorn in 5 months
Pacaso, a less-than-one-year-old startup that is out to give more people a chance at second home ownership, announced Wednesday that it has received ...
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Cross-border fintech Airwallex raises $100M Series D extension at new valuation of $2.6B
Airwallex, the Fintech company for cross-border businesses, has announced that it has added $100 million more to its Series D round, bumping its ...
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Orca Security raises $210M Series C at a unicorn valuation
Orca Security, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that offers an agent-less security platform for protecting cloud-based assets, today announced that it has raised a ...
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Insuretech startup Counterpart raises $10M in funding round led by Valor Equity Partners
Insuretech startup Counterpart, has raised $10 million in funding led by Valor Equity Partners. Also participating was Susa Ventures and Felicis Ventures. Counterpart ...
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Jumia is raising another $400 million just months after a $243 million share sale
Africa-focused e-commerce company, Jumia, is selling 9 million American depositary shares (ADS) in a move to raise more cash. With its stock trading ...
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Nigerian Fintech startup, Blueloop, gets YC backing as it plans global expansion
Nigerian fintech startup, Blueloop, has been accepted into the Winter 2021 batch of US-based accelerator, Y Combinator. The startup will be joining 10 ...