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

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Melonn , a Colombian startup that provides fulfillment and software services to small and medium-sized e-commerce companies in Latin America, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by QED Investors. They were brought back together by the pandemic to start the e-commerce enablement company. So, just how does it work?

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AI chip startup Sima.ai bags another $30M ahead of growth

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As the demand for AI-powered apps grows, startups developing dedicated chips to accelerate AI workloads on-premises are reaping the benefits. He has a deep history of investing in deep tech startups that have gone on to disrupt industries across AI, data, semiconductors, among others.” billion by 2025. “Sima.ai

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AI-powered supply chain startup Pando lands $30M investment

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Signaling that investments in the supply chain sector remain robust, Pando , a startup developing fulfillment management technologies, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B round, bringing its total raised to $45 million. billion by 2025, per Markets and Markets — up from $17.4 billion in 2019.

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India’s central bank cracks down on fintech startups

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For nearly all fintech startups, lending has long been the end game. Several startups including Slice, Jupiter, Uni and KreditBee have long used the PPI licenses to issue cards and then equip them with credit lines. A notice from India’s central bank this week has thrown a wrench into the ecosystem, scrutinizing just who all can lend.

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Akeyless secures a cash infusion to help companies manage their passwords, certificates and keys

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Today, Akeyless is thriving, Angel tells me — despite fierce competition from incumbents like Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager and Google Cloud’s Secret Manager. Akeyless’s co-founders attribute the startup’s success in part to the comprehensiveness of its product offerings. billion by 2025.

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South Africa’s Mobiz nabs $4M to expand personalized SMS marketing into the US

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Mobiz , a South African startup integrating hyper-personalization into mobile marketing, has raised a pre-Series A round of $ 4 million from HAVAÍC, Futuregrowth, Launch Africa, Allan Gray E-Squared Ventures, CapaciTech and Endeavor’s Harvest Fund. The investment comes as the startup is ramping up efforts to expand into the U.S.

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Minna Technologies, a subscription management tool for banking customers, raises $18.8M

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Founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016, Minna enables customers to manage subscription services via their existing bank’s app. The average European is spending £301 (€333) a month on 11 subscriptions, which is predicted to increase to £459 (€508) a month on 17 subscriptions by 2025. It has now raised $18.8 million (€15.5