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Automotive and IoT Cybersecurity Software Firm Dellfer Nets $8M in Series A
October 20, 2021

Dellfer, an automotive and IoT cybersecurity software company, announced an $8 million Series A investment from mobility supplier DENSO and specialist cybersecurity private equity firm Option3. The funds will be used to accelerate the time to market for its cybersecurity solutions for the automotive industry,...

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Czech Document Processor Rossum Raises $100M 
October 20, 2021

The document processing platform Rossum has raised $100 million in a Series A funding round, and could be valued at between $500 million and $1 billion.  As VentureBeat reported Wednesday (Oct. 20), the Czech company plans to use the funds to invest more in its...

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Indonesia’s GoTo Raises $400M Ahead of IPO
October 20, 2021

Indonesia’s GoTo Group has raised $400 million from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) ahead of an initial public offering that could value GoTo at as high as $30 billion.  As Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (Oct. 20), the funding marks the first principal investment from...

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Product Protection Startup Clyde Raises $41M Led by Headline
October 20, 2021

Product protection startup Clyde has raised $41 million, including $25 million in a Series B funding round and $16 million in working capital, led by Headline, with participation from Vulcan, Spark Capital, Crosslink and other investors. The fresh infusion of capital will be used to...

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Indian FinTech Cred ’s $251M Funding Pushes Company’s Value to $4B
October 19, 2021

Credit card bill payment platform Cred has generated $251 million in a Series E funding round, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 19) report from Deal Street Asia. Co-led by Tiger Global Management and Falcon Edge Capital with participation from new investors Marshall Wace and Steadfast...

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$230M Venture Fund Draws Big Names, Focuses on Transforming Transportation
October 19, 2021

Making transportation and logistics cleaner, faster, safer and lower-cost is the goal of a $230 million early-stage venture capital fund that launched on Monday (Oct. 18). The final close of the fund was announced by early-stage venture capital firm UP.Partners. It is backed by some...

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UK P2P Lender Zopa Nets $303M
October 19, 2021

United Kingdom-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Zopa has generated just shy of $304 million in its latest fundraising effort, according to a blog post on the company’s website on Monday (Oct. 18). Led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with contributions from Silverstripe, Northzone and Augmentum, the...

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London FinTech Primer Raises $50M
October 19, 2021

FinTech payments startup Primer raised $50 million from ICONIQ Capital, the wealth manager of technology billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey. Other backers included Balderton Capital, RTP Global, Seedcamp, Speedinvest and Accel. Headquartered in London and founded in 2020 by Gabriel Le Roux and...

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Deel Nets $425M in Series D Funding
October 18, 2021

Remote hiring company Deel has generated $425 million in its most recent Series D funding round, pushing the total amount raised to more than $630 million, according to a Monday (Oct. 18) press release. With the latest funding round, led by U.S.-based Coatue, the 2-year-old...