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E-commerce aggregator Merama gets its horn after just 12 months in business

E-commerce aggregator Merama gets its horn after just 1...

The company touts this new round of funding as “the largest Series B round ever ...

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Chainguard lands $5M to help companies secure their software supply chains

Chainguard lands $5M to help companies secure their sof...

By late last year, the alarm bells were just starting to ring. Researchers disco...

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Developer productivity startup Gadget raises $8.5M led by Sequoia and Bessemer

Developer productivity startup Gadget raises $8.5M led ...

Ottawa-based Gadget, a developer productivity company founded by two former Shop...

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Silicon Valley’s share of US VC funding falls to lowest level in more than a decade

Silicon Valley’s share of US VC funding falls to lowest...

So far in 2021, only about 27% of U.S. VC dollars have gone to Bay Area startups...

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Black Ops Ventures launches to invest in Black founders

Black Ops Ventures launches to invest in Black founders

The venture capital market is on a tear, pumping capital into a host of startups...

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Upmesh closes $7.5M pre-Series A, launches its livestream shopping app for Instagram Live merchants

Upmesh closes $7.5M pre-Series A, launches its livestre...

Two months after its seed round announcement, Singapore-based startup Upmesh has...

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Kenya’s fintech Kwara lands $4 Million in seed round from Breega, SoftBank to build neobank for credit unions

Kenya’s fintech Kwara lands $4 Million in seed round fr...

The Kenyan fintech Kwara was launched in 2019 to help credit unions (savings and...

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Collective helps freelancers work together as a team

Collective helps freelancers work together as a team

Meet Collective, a French startup that wants to redefine what it means to work a...

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Egyptian fintech Sympl raises $6M for its ‘save now, pay later’ service

Egyptian fintech Sympl raises $6M for its ‘save now, pa...

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) offerings have existed for a long time, but increased ...

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African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent

African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by N...

As many edtech companies benefited from the disruption of the pandemic, attracti...

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Petra emerges from stealth with $30M raised for tunnel-boring robot, Swifty

Petra emerges from stealth with $30M raised for tunnel-...

Petra emerged from stealth this week, announcing a $30 million Series A. The rou...

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Probus Insurance raises $6.7 Mn

Probus Insurance raises $6.7 Mn

Mumbai-based Insurtech firm Probus Insurance has raised $6.7 million from BlueOr...

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WayFr scoops up 3 Cr in seed round

WayFr scoops up 3 Cr in seed round

SaaS platform WayFr has raised 3 cr in a seed round from 2am VC, Relentless Vent...

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NPCI certifies PayPhi’s tokenisation service on RuPay cards

NPCI certifies PayPhi’s tokenisation service on RuPay c...

In a first, the National Payments Corporation of India certified PayPhi, Phi Com...

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EV infra startup Exponent Energy raises $5 Mn

EV infra startup Exponent Energy raises $5 Mn

EV infra startup Exponent Energy has raised $5 million in funding led by YourNes...

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Samosa Party raises $2 Mn in pre-Series A round

Samosa Party raises $2 Mn in pre-Series A round

QSR brand Samosa Party has raised $2 million in a pre-Series A round by Kalaari ...