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Indonesia’s Astro raises $60M to work on 15-minute grocery delivery

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The Series B round was led by Accel, Citius and Tiger Global, with participation from existing investors AC Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Lightspeed and Sequoia Capital India. Revenues grew more than 10x over the past few months and downloads hit 1 million, the company said.

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Column Tax announces $5.1M seed round to launch mobile tax-prep products

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Bain Capital Ventures led the seed round alongside South Park Commons, Core Innovation Capital, and Operator Partners. Before Atomic, it wouldn’t be possible to understand someone’s tax position mid-year without them downloading a pay stub and sending it to you via email,” Nachbar said.

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Former Myntra chief’s fashion startup Virgio valued at $161 million in new funding

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Prosus Ventures, Alpha Wave and Accel co-led Virgio’s Series A funding, valuing the one-year-old startup at $161 million (post-money). Virgio says consumers’ fashion preferences are changing rapidly and they are not satisfied with the incumbents’ offerings.

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Accel backs Mexican startup Flink’s effort to bring consumer investing to Latin America

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That platform, called Flink , attracted the attention of Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Accel, which just led a $12 million Series A for the company. And, the app was recently ranked in the top 10 of all apps downloaded in Mexico via Google Play, surpassing Spotify and Facebook app downloads, according to Amozurrutia.

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Taxfix, the Berlin-based mobile tax filing app, raises $220M at a $1B+ valuation

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The funding is being led by Teachers’ Venture Growth, the rebranded venture fund the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (a prolific investor for years in tech), with previous backers Index Ventures, Valar Ventures, Creandum and Redalpine also participating. and it’s often free money owed to you!

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Radical Ethereum entrepreneurs are redefining what ‘rape kit’ means

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Users download Leda Health’s app and are prompted to type in information while they save evidence of the assault, such as ripped panties, in separate Ziploc bags. . Critics cast the startup’s entrepreneurial approach as greedy opportunism. We might be followed,” Campbell said. .

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Welcome Tech, which wants to build a ‘Super App’ for immigrants, raises $30M

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-based company’s $35 million Series B in April 2021, which was co-led by TTV Capital, Owl Ventures and SoftBank Group Corp.’s s SB Opportunity Fund. Joining TTV in doubling down on their investment in the company were Owl Ventures, SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund, Mubadala Capital and Next Play Capital.