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TikTok rival Triller to go public via merger with SeaChange International 23.12.2021 4:33

Short video app Triller is set to go public via a reverse merger with video-tech company SeaChange International, the two companies announced on Wednesday. The combined entity will be valued at approximately $5 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ampla raises $40M Series A for its business of providing credit to commerce brands 22.12.2021 6:02

Ampla Technologies, a startup which provides financing to small-to-medium sized consumer-facing businesses, announced today it has raised $40 million in a Series A round of funding co-led by VMG Partners and Forerunner Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Airtable acqui-hires Walrus.ai’s founding team 22.12.2021 4:18

Airtable today announced that it quietly acquired Walrus.ai, a no-code software testing platform, earlier this year. ‘Acquired’ may be overstating things a bit, though. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rocket Companies buys Truebill for $1.275B 21.12.2021 5:04

Rocket Companies announced this morning that it will purchase Truebill for $1.275 billion in cash. Rocket Companies is best known for its Rocket Mortgage product, while Truebill is a consumer-facing app that helps consumers manage subscriptions, automate savings and budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Melbourne-based edtech startup Vivi raises $20M to accelerate overseas expansion in race to reach 1M classrooms 21.12.2021 5:18

Australian edtech start-up Vivi has raised $20 million from education investor Quad Partners, funds that it intends to use to improve its platform, upgrade its operational infrastructure, and hire more sales and marketing teams in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GDevelop wants to make game development accessible 20.12.2021 4:30

GDevelop is a game engine that lets you develop a video game without any specific development experience. While the ‘no-code’ trend has been quite popular this year, GDevelop has been around for a few years already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tiger Global backs fintech CreditBook in first Pakistan investment 20.12.2021 5:01

Two years ago, a group of entrepreneurs in Pakistan began surveying the market to understand why financial services weren’t reaching the majority of merchants in the world’s fifth most populous nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Z Fellows wants to give you $10K to launch a crypto startup 17.12.2021 3:41

Capital may help someone take the jump into entrepreneurship, but what about the activation energy to let them think that big in the first place? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gopuff, the instant grocery startup, is raising $1.5B in a convertible note at up to a $40B valuation, ahead of going public as soon as mid-2022 17.12.2021 3:17

Instant grocery — where urban-dwelling consumers buy food and other essentials and can get them delivered in 15 minutes or less — continues to be a big business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Taxdoo raises $64M to expand from tax compliance to a wider set of financial tools for e-commerce companies 16.12.2021 5:59

With e-commerce becoming increasingly globalized, a company called Taxdoo, which builds API-based tools to help e-commerce companies with tax compliance and other accounting needs, is announcing a round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Quo.com raises $7.2M seed round led by SignalFire to broaden access to mortgages 16.12.2021 4:13

Almost three million Americans a year are denied a mortgage. Most don’t even know where to start or understand what would qualify them. The system has become complex and confusing, causing people to never make it onto the housing ladder at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crypto company Anchorage raises $350 million at $3 billion valuation 15.12.2021 4:06

Less than a year after raising an $80 million Series C round, Anchorage is announcing that it has raised a $350 million Series D round. With today’s funding round, the company has reached a valuation of more than $3 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pair Eyewear focuses on adult glasses as it takes in $60M 15.12.2021 4:44

If Pair’s announcement is any indication, the direct-to-consumer eyewear market is doing quite well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Weather-focused IBISA raises seed round to back its microinsurance solutions for low-income small farmers 14.12.2021 4:21

Agricultural microinsurance startup IBISA raised a seed round of approximately $1.70 million led by London-based Insurtech Gateway, with participation from Rockstart’s AgriFood fund and others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brand incubator Harry’s Labs makes acquisition of D2C deodorant brand LumÄ“ 14.12.2021 3:49

Prior to agreeing to acquire LumÄ“, Harry’s had looked at over 100 companies for possible M&A opportunities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LiveKit co-founder believes the metaverse needs open infrastructure 13.12.2021 4:21

The company is developing a free, open source infrastructure for building and scaling real-time audio and video experiences in applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anakin’s pricing tool gives e-commerce companies jump on competitors 13.12.2021 3:57

The company launched its tool in March that help e-commerce stores and brands increase their revenue using pricing, products and trends data from other companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First Resonance brings its space-scale manufacturing OS to hardware makers with $14M A round 10.12.2021 5:32

First Resonance makes software for making hardware. The company’s Ion platform provides an all-in-one option for anyone who has to manage manufacturing lines, supply chains, engineering and design, among other things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deed raises $10M for its workplace giving platform 10.12.2021 3:26

As I wrote earlier this year, Deed‘s mission is a clearcut one: take the employee giving/charity/volunteer program that many big companies have, and make it better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Petra emerges from stealth with $30M raised for tunnel-boring robot, Swifty 09.12.2021 3:31

Petra emerged from stealth this week, announcing a $30 million Series A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Black Ops Ventures launches to invest in Black founders 09.12.2021 4:42

The venture capital market is on a tear, pumping capital into a host of startups around the world. It’s generally considered a great time to raise capital and build a technology-centered, disruptive business. For some, that is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lydia grabs another $100 million for its European financial super app 08.12.2021 4:44

Just a few weeks after announcing stock and crypto trading, French fintech startup Lydia is announcing that it has raised a $100 million Series C round. With this funding round, the startup has reached a unicorn valuation, which means that it is currently valued at more than $1 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ursa Major raises $85M to disrupt the vertically-integrated launch sector 08.12.2021 4:20

The launch sector is getting crowded. Many of the biggest players are building their own rocket engines, but space startup Ursa Major is betting that many new launch providers would rather outsource the engine than build it in-house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Supplier, grocer connector Clubbi secures $4.5M to expand in Brazil 07.12.2021 4:09

Clubbi launched in October 2020 with 24-hour delivery, no minimum order quantity and flexible payment terms. It is currently working with 1,000 grocery stores in Rio de Janeiro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Berlin’s Everphone raises $200M in debt and Series C equity 07.12.2021 3:36

Berlin-based smartphone-as-a-service provider Everphone has topped up with $65 million in a Series C equity raise in addition to taking $135 million in debt financing — for a total raise of $200 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices