The rental platform Apartment List has raised $50 million in a new funding round led by Janus Henderson Investors, doubling its valuation to over $600 million. Other backers include Allen & Co., Canaan Partners, Tenaya Capital and Quantum Partners LP, a fund managed by Soros...
Supply chain technology startup project44 raised $100 million in a Series D funding round led by existing investor Insight Partners, with additional support from Eight Partners VC LLC, Emergence Capital Partners, Omidyar Technology Ventures, Sapphire Ventures LLC, Sozo Ventures and Underscore VC. “We are the...
Snap Accounts Payable (SnapAP) has completed the first stage of a new funding round with help from a group of Israel-based angel investors, a press release says. The intent of the round is to help SnapAP on the first stage of its planned $2 million...
Gojek, which bills itself as “Southeast Asia’s leading on-demand services and payments platform,” said in a news release that it has invested in Indonesia-listed technology-based Bank Jago. Gojek produces a digital wallet and payments platform called GoPay. Jago’s home country, Indonesia, has one of the...
PayPal is extending additional support to Black-owned businesses by way of a $5 million grant that builds on the $10 million PayPal Empowerment Grant program launched in June. “When we made our initial commitment, we understood that decisive action was needed to make progress toward...
Canadian FinTech Neo Financial said that it has raised CAD $50 million in a Series A funding round that included $25 million in funding and $25 million in debt facility financing. The round was led by Valar Ventures, a VC firm founded by James Fitzgerald,...
Katapult Holding, Inc. and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) FinServ Acquisition Corp. said on Friday (Dec. 18) that they have entered into a definitive merger deal. The arrangement will create a combined firm that will run as Katapult and is intended to trade on the Nasdaq with...
General Motors (GM) is leading a Series B funding round for $23 million for Yoshi, an on-demand car maintenance service, CNBC reported. This marks the second time GM’s venture capital arm has invested in Yoshi since 2018, and the round will go toward helping Yoshi...
Resale eCommerce firm StockX has raised $275 million in a Series E funding round, according to Reuters. The round was led by Tiger Global Management and the company is now valued at $2.8 billion. Other participants included Altimeter Capital, Sands Capital and Whale Rock Capital...
