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Vyne raises $15.5M seed round to grow its merchant-focused open banking solutions

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Firstly, because of its early traction — the company says that it’s already processing millions of pounds in transactions in the U.K. Europe has followed on, and although there are companies like Plaid in the U.S. Why fintechs are buying up legacy financial services companies. million consumers in the U.K.

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Barbershop technology startup theCut sharpens its platform with new $4.5M round

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million in total funding since the company was founded in 2016, founder Obi Omile Jr. Indeed, the company generated more than $500 million in revenue for barbers since its launch and is adding over 100,000 users each month. The latest funding gives theCut $5.35 told TechCrunch. In addition, the app averages 1.5

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40+ YC startups are now hiring for interns in the YC Summer Internship Program

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We’ve nearly doubled the number of YC startups looking for interns this summer, and the companies & roles are posted on Work at a Startup ! Click below to learn more about each company and to apply. Obie (S19). Front (S14). Front was founded on the idea that people could be happier at work. Coral Genomics (S18).

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Identitypass, an identity verification API for Africa, raises $2.8M seed funding

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However, for the folks at Lagos-based Identitypass, it wasn’t the love for reducing the high rates of fraud that led them to start the company. “We knew it would never work for us,” said Ogungbe, who founded the company with Niyi Adegboye and Ebuka Obi last year.

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What has KOBO360 been up to in the last 2 years?

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At KOBO360, the company had achieved product-market fit and business was growing fast off the back of its $30 million equity and debt investment from Goldman Sachs and other investors. In an interview with TechCrunch, KOBO360 CEO Obi Ozor narrated the problems that came with the pandemic and with restrategizing.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

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So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. As the war began, the company relocated the team of 70 to safer regions in western Ukraine and EU.

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Landlord-focused insurtech Obie lands $25.5M led by Battery Ventures

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Obie , a real estate-focused insurance technology company, has raised $25.5 Since the company’s last raise — a $10.4 Chicago-based and Y Combinator graduate Obie says its platform stands out because it offers instant quotes (by instant, they mean in about five minutes). Landlord-focused insurtech Obie lands $25.5M