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California’s Bear Robotics Nets $81M to Scale Its Waiter Robots
March 15, 2022

Hospitality technology firm Bear Robotics has raised $81 million in a Series B funding round, the Redwood City, California company announced Tuesday (March 15). Known for “Servi,” its self-piloting robotic waiter/busser, Bear Robotics has raised a total of $117 million to date. On its blog,...

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EarnUp Completes $31M Series C Funding
March 15, 2022

San Francisco-based FinTech EarnUp, which focuses on payment and data solutions for the mortgage industry, has closed an oversubscribed $31 million Series C financing round, according to a company press release Tuesday (March 15). New strategic investors LendingTree and KeyBank joined EarnUp’s fundraising round along...

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Bear Robotics Announces $81M Series B as Restaurants Struggle to Meet Dining Demand
March 15, 2022

As restaurants’ labor challenges continue with no end in sight, demand is rising for robotic solutions to automate time- and work-intensive tasks. Investors are taking note. On Tuesday (March 15), Bear Robotics, the Redwood City, California-based hospitality technology company behind “Servi,” a self-driving robotic waiter...

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B2B BNPL Platform Playter Raises $1.7M
March 15, 2022

Playter, a U.K. growth platform that offers buy now, pay later (BNPL) invoicing to startups, has raised $1.7 million in seed funding. The London-based company announced the funding on its blog Tuesday (March 15), saying it would use the money to sustain its growth over...

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Bazaar Raises $70M in Pakistan’s Second-Largest Funding Round
March 15, 2022

Bazaar Technologies, a B2B eCommerce startup based in Pakistan, has raised $70 million in what was the country’s second-largest funding round on record, according to published reports Tuesday (March 15). Founded in 2020 by friends Hamza Jawaid and Saad Jangda, Bazaar provides small merchants in...

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AI Platform AiFi Pulls $65M in Series B for Autonomous Retail
March 14, 2022

AiFi, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform for retailers to access autonomous shopping solutions, announced Friday (March 11) that a Series B funding round raised $65 million, a press release said. The money will be used to expand AiFi’s technical team. AiFi’s total funding is now...

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Brand Aggregator Flummox Raises $12.9M
March 14, 2022

Brand aggregator Flummox has raised $12.9 million (11.8 million euros) in a round led by Fasanara Capital, the Swiss company said in a news release Monday (March 14). With the new funding, Flummox said it will invest in its portfolio, adding at least 15 new...

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FinTech Stellar Closes $7M Round, Launches Beta Credit Platform
March 14, 2022

FinTech Stellar closed an oversubscribed $7 million initial funding round and launched a public beta on its credit-building and financial tools platform, according to a Monday (March 14) company press release. Stellar will also develop “comprehensive money management tools, partnerships for loan and credit card...

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Mobility FinTech Moove Raises $105M in Series A
March 14, 2022

Mobility FinTech Moove has raised $105 million in an oversubscribed Series A2 round, and now plans to take its mission of closing the vehicle financing gap in Africa to new markets. The funding, announced in a news release Monday (March 14), will let Moove expand...