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Opportunity knocks: Exhibit at TC Sessions: Mobility 2021

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No matter what slice of the mobility market you’ve claimed as your own — AVs, EVs, data mining, AI, dockless scooters, robotics or the batteries that will charge and change the world — you won’t find a better place to showcase your extraordinary tech and talent than TC Sessions: Mobility 2021. TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 takes place June 9.

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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. Then in the first quarter of 2021, it began offering a “pay-by-link” service as well. Bold ended 2021 with more than 100,000 merchants using its services.

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European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021

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Gone are the days when pitches to VCs would have to overcome skepticism on market size, and consumer readiness to adopt tech-enabled learning solutions. Not surprisingly, 2021 saw a boom in edtech investment across a spectra of investors. billion in 2021 from $790 million in 2020, compared to global funding growth of 34% to $20.1

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Afterparty Secures $5M in Funding to Debut Afterparty AI; Enables Creators to Infinitely Scale Fan Interactions 

American Entrepreneurship

The funding fuels Afterparty’s latest product development and mission to enable scalable interactivity between creators and fans. Founded in 2021, Afterparty’s suite of creator tools and fan experiences streamlines content monetization and ownership. Time has always been one of the biggest barriers for me to connect with more fans.

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Brick closes $8.5M seed to enable open finance across Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

This amount includes Brick’s previously undisclosed seed funding, which TechCrunch reported in May 2021 , but the majority of it is fresh capital, said co-founder and CEO Gavin Tan. Fintech outperformed the market in 2021, and it’s set to do even better. The company announced today it has closed a $8.5

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Meet the Female Founders Alliance startups from TC Include at TC Sessions: Justice 2021

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We’re less than two weeks away from TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a day-long deep dive into the state of diversity, inclusion and equity in tech. I-Ally : I-Ally is a community-driven app that saves millennial family caregivers time and enables informed decision-making by providing services that fulfill their unique needs.

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Colombian e-commerce enablement startup Melonn raises $20M to help SMBs scale in LatAm

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They were brought back together by the pandemic to start the e-commerce enablement company. And in January, fulfillment is up 20% compared to November of 2021. Melonn is currently working with more than 300 brands and has fulfilled close to 500,000 items –– “well over” 100,000 of which were fulfilled in December.