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Enable bags $45M for B2B rebate management platform

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Enable , a startup developing a cloud-based software tool for business-to-business rebate management, announced Wednesday a $45 million Series B funding round. and moved to San Francisco in 2020, was co-founded by Andrew Butt and Denys Shortt in 2015 but launched fully in 2016. The company, which started in the U.K.

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Open finance startup Ayoconnect’s APIs enable financial inclusion in Southeast Asia

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It is also licensed by Indonesia’s central bank, enabling it to offer more services. The open finance startup announced today it has closed a $13 million Series B extension round led by SIG Venture Capital, with participation from CE Innovation Capital and returning investor PayU, the payments and fintech business of Prosus.

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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 startup did not disclose its valuation. Mizuho Bank provided the debt facility.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

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Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. The reality of most startups is about survival. It’s a new year – 2016. We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle.

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Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos

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Apple has quietly acquired a Mountain View-based startup, WaveOne , that was developing AI algorithms for compressing video. ” WaveOne was founded in 2016 by Lubomir Bourdev and Oren Rippel, who set out to take the decades-old paradigm of video codecs and make them AI-powered. Well, the obvious answer is more efficient streaming.

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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. Zego has now raised more than $200 million since launching in 2016.

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Female-led startups dominate Catalyst Fund’s inclusive fintech 2021 cohort

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With a focus on Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Mexico and India, selected startups receive £80,000 (~$100,000) in grant capital, six months of support and connections with follow-on investors. However, the selected six startups this year are from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Here are the startups in the 8th cohort.

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