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Helcim Raises $16M in Series A to Expand Payments for Small Businesses
March 21, 2022

Helcim, a Canadian payments company for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has closed on a $16 million Series A funding round, the Calgary company announced Monday (March 21). The latest funding will be used to launch new products designed to make it easier for businesses...

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B2B Finance Platform Ramp Grabs $750M for $8.1B Valuation
March 21, 2022

Finance automation platform Ramp grabbed $750 million in financing to bring its valuation to $8.1 billion, according to a Monday (March 21) company press release. Ramp’s funding round included $200 million in fresh equity funding led by Founders Fund, with participation from all major existing...

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B2B Marketplace Ralali Closes First Series D Tranche
March 21, 2022

Indonesian B2B marketplace Ralali has wrapped the first tranche of its Series D funding round, raising an undisclosed amount. As Tech in Asia reported Monday (March 21), the company says it is still open to strategic partnerships with companies in the banking, logistics, point-of-sales, and...

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Startup Bionic Raises $65M in Series B Round
March 21, 2022

Application management platform Bionic has closed a Series B round for $65 million, according to a Monday (March 21) press release emailed to PYMNTS. Per the release, Bionic’s services are useful due to the business adoption of CI/DC, microservices and serverless technologies, where the surface...

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Profishop Nets $35M to Expand Its B2B Supply Storefront
March 20, 2022

Profishop, which sells equipment for business and industry directly from manufacturers, has announced $35 million in new funding, which it plans to use to expand, Yahoo reported last week. Profishop’s offers business-to-business (B2B) supplies like power tools, workbenches, agricultural equipment and office supplies. It deals...

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US Banks Took In $645M in Equity Capital Market Fees This Year, Down From $5.3B...
March 20, 2022

Big U.S. investment banks have taken a $4.6 billion revenue hit from the freeze on equity raisings, a Financial Times report said. A drought in initial public offerings (IPOs) this year arrived with the recent volatility on the market. Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of...

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Blockchain-Based Travel Startup TravelX Raises $10M in Seed Funding
March 18, 2022

Blockchain-based travel distribution startup TravelX has raised $10 million in seed funding that it will use to tokenize inventory in the travel space and develop new ways of distribution, according to press release Tuesday (March 15). Borderless Capital led TravelX’s fundraising effort, with participation by...

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AI Startup Aibee’s Valuation Tops $1B After New Funding From Xiaomi
March 18, 2022

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup Aibee closed a fundraising round of about $100 million that pushed its valuation to more than $1 billion, making it a unicorn, according to a Thursday (March 17) Bloomberg report. Smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp led the funding effort, with participation...

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Connected Rower Hydrow Closes $55M Series D
March 17, 2022

Connected rowing machine maker Hydrow has raised $55 million in Series D funding, the company said in a Thursday (March 17) news release. The company says the new money will help fund product innovation and global expansion, while also boosting brand awareness and scale operations....