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B2B Marketplace Ula Closes Series B Round with Additional $23.1M
November 16, 2021

B2B marketplace Ula has closed out its $87 million Series B funding round with an additional $23.1 million, bringing the total funding to $110.1 million, according to reports on Tuesday (Nov. 16). The additional funding was led by Tiger Global and Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal....

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Upgrade at $6B Valuation After $280M Series F Funding 
November 16, 2021

Credit and mobile banking platform Upgrade, Inc. on Tuesday (Nov. 16) announced it has raised $280 million in a Series F fundraising round led by Coatue Management and DST Global, and is now at a $6 billion pre-money valuation.  Other companies participating in Upgrade’s fundraising...

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Aplazo Raises $27M in Series A Funding for Mexico BNPL Growth 
November 16, 2021

Mexican omnichannel buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform Aplazo on Tuesday (Nov. 16) announced it’s raked in $27 million in Series A funding, four months after it grabbed $5.25 million in seed funding, and it plans to use the fresh capital for growth, including adding...

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Canadian FinTech Float Nets $30M for Its V-Card, Spend Management Offerings
November 15, 2021

Float, a corporate card and spend management platform, has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round, FinTech Futures reported. The company’s total funding is now $34 million. Float’s business involves putting out Visa-issued cards, which can integrate with a company’s bank account to...

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Personal Care Vendor SOS Lands $3.4M in Funding 
November 15, 2021

SOS, the women-founded interactive vending machine operator, has raised $3.4 million, the Boston-based company announced Monday (Nov. 15). “The company is solving the age-old problem of broken, out-of-stock tampon machines with a modern device and service that delivers essential personal care and beauty products from...

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B2B Payments Startup Podium Closes $201M Series D Funding Deal
November 15, 2021

Local business communication and payments platform Podium closes a $201 million Series D funding round at a $3 billion-plus valuation led by YC Continuity, with participation from Durable Capital Partners, Arpex Capital, Accel, Album VC, IVP, Sapphire Ventures, Summit Partners and Sorenson Capital, according to...

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eBike Startup Zoomo Notches $60M Series B Funding  
November 15, 2021

Australian electric bike startup Zoomo has raised $60 million in Series B funding, according to a Monday (Nov. 15) report from Tech Crunch.   Zoomo provides monthly subscriptions of bike rentals in the U.K., France and Australia, as well as New York City, Philadelphia, Jersey City,...

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Investment Capital Finds Its Place at the Intersection of Software and Payments
November 15, 2021

It may seem like a lifetime, but it was only a few years ago — nearly three, in fact — when the payments mega-deals began to surface. Global Payments inked a deal to acquire TSYS for more than $21 billion. First Data was bought by...

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Mexican FinTech Stori Grabs $200M in Series C Funding
November 11, 2021

Mexican FinTech Stori on Thursday (Nov. 11) closed a $125 million oversubscribed Series C equity funding round led by venture capital firm GGV Capital and growth-stage investor GIC, paired with a debt raise to fund Stori’s credit card portfolio. General Catalyst and Goodwater Capital also...