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Japanese e-commerce enabler AnyMind raises funding in equity, debt for acquisitions

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Japanese commerce enabler AnyMind , which helps brands and influencers’ online operations, has closed a ¥5 billion (approximately $36 million) Series D round on the back of that boost to make additional acquisitions in Japan and globally. The Series D funding, which brings its total funding to date to approximately $91.7

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Colombia’s Bold raises $55M in Tiger Global-led round to enable digital payments in LatAm

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Bold , a technology company working to enable financial access to electronic payments in Colombia, has raised $55 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. It claims that merchants supported by Bold have seen sales grow about 25% on average simply by enabling digital payments. . “If

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

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I’ve heard a lot of people question whether there is too much money in venture capital chasing too few great deals. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. So here’s a reminder of why 2019 is 10000x better than 20 years ago. “We We’re in a new tech bubble!”

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Ribbit Capital leads $26.7M round for Brazilian fintech Cora

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Cora , a São Paulo-based technology-enabled lender to small-and-medium-sized businesses, has raised $26.7 million in a Series A round led by Silicon Valley VC firm Ribbit Capital. Kaszek Ventures, QED Investors and Greenoaks Capital also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total raised to $36.7

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Searchlight puts new capital to work with expanded talent intelligence tools

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Kerry Wang told TechCrunch that she felt some interview processes didn’t enable enough time for them to fully demonstrate how they were different. million seed round in 2019. Talent comes in all shapes and sizes, and Searchlight is the latest to see its approach backed by venture capital. Image Credits: Searchlight.

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Zego, the tech-enabled commercial motor insurer, raises $150M at $1.1B valuation

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Zego , the insurtech that got its start by offering flexible motorbike insurance for gig economy workers but has since expanded with a range of tech-enabled commercial motor insurance products, has raised $150 million. Leading the London-based company’s C round — giving it a $1.1

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Cloud kitchen startup CloudEats raises more capital to ramp up Southeast Asian expansion 

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The latest funding will also enable CloudEats to develop its brands, grow its team and double down on investment in the shared kitchen technology. . Along with its previous round of $5 million, the latest capital brings its total funding to $14 million. . “As CloudEats says it has served more than 2.5 million orders.

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