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Logistics Platform Shipsy Secures $25M in Series B for International Growth
February 24, 2022

Smart logistics management platform Shipsy raised $25 million in a Series B funding round co-led by A91 Partners and Z3 Partners with participation by existing investors Info Edge and Sequoia Capital India’s Surge. The new capital will be used to help Shipsy continue expanding its...

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French Startup Finary Raises $9M Series A to Reinvent Private Banking
February 24, 2022

Wealth aggregator Finary raised $8.9 million in a Series A funding round (8 million euros) just a few months after its 2.2 million euros ($2.4 million) May 2021 seed round. The French startup’s comprehensive aggregator enables investors to track their holdings — bank accounts, real...

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Meal Kit Service Gousto Lands $230M
February 24, 2022

U.K. meal kit company Gousto has landed $230 million in funding from investors led by Japan’s SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Feb. 24). The financing marks SoftBank’s second investment in Gousto this year. In January, the firm invested $100 million in the food...

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PayPal Among Investors in Frictionless Checkout Firm Skipify
February 24, 2022

Frictionless commerce firm Skipify announced a strategic investment round Thursday (Feb. 24) with investors that include PayPal Ventures, Synchrony, Amex Ventures and Okta Ventures. Based in San Mateo, California, Skipify lets merchants offer instant checkouts on their websites, apps and marketing channels. “The shift in...

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Vietnamese eCommerce Firm OpenCommerce Group Raises $7M
February 24, 2022

Vietnamese cross-border eCommerce company OpenCommerce Group (OCG) has raised $7 million in Series A funding round led by VNG, a media company that is Vietnam’s first unicorn. According to media accounts Thursday (Feb. 24), OCG will use the funding to improve on its products and...

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German Delivery Platform Karla Raises $3.8M
February 24, 2022

German delivery startup Karla has raised $3.8 million in pre-seed funding, while also launching an app designed to optimize deliveries and provide transparency for eCommerce orders. As EU Startups reported Thursday (Feb. 24), the funding was led by 468 Capital, La Famiglia, and angel investors...

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FinTech NayaPay Lands $13M Seed to Grow Platform for Pakistan’s Underbanked
February 24, 2022

In one of the biggest seed funding rounds in South Asia, Fintech NayaPay secured $13 million to grow its two-sided digital banking platform to serve underbanked individuals and small businesses in Pakistan. The fresh capital will be used to scale its platform, which NayaPay describes...

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Tech Platform Promise Raises $25M in Series B
February 24, 2022

Promise, a tech platform that helps people pay debt, has raised more than $25 million in a Series B round, according to a Thursday (Feb. 24) press release emailed to PYMNTS. The company’s value is now over $520 million. Promise’s business model involves partnering with...

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Commerce Experience Platform Bloomreach’s Valuation Reaches $2.2B After Goldman Sachs, Bain Capital Investment
February 23, 2022

Bloomreach, the commerce experience cloud, has a new investment of $175 million, a company press release said. This more than doubles the company valuation in the past year to $2.2 billion. The funding comes after a $150 million investment from January 2021. The company says...