Indian startup Groww has raised $21.4 million in a Series B financing round led by U.S.-based VC firm Ribbit Capital. Existing investors Sequoia India and Y Combinator also participated in the round. Groww has raised about $29 million to date. Groww allows users to invest...
As it prepares to go public, delivery company Postmates has raised $225 million at a $2.4 billion valuation, according to a report by TechCrunch. The investment was led by GPI Capital, and it brings the company’s total funding amount to date to almost $1 billion....
For its customer satisfaction terminals, HappyOrNot notched $25 million in funding that is said to be used to keep building its customer base and technology. The company produces hardware to record if customers are satisfied by allowing them to tap a face and software to...
FinTech Stripe is raising $250 million in its latest funding round and has reached a pre-money valuation of $35 billion, according to a release on Thursday (Sept. 19). General Catalyst, Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz all participated in the round. Stripe said it’s going to use...
Indonesian peer-to-peer lending platform JULO is closing its Series A2 funding round with $15 million raised, after extending its initial $5 million Series A funding by an additional $10 million, according to a report. The Series A round was led by Quona Capital, and companies...
The New York-based FinTech company Petal has announced a $300 million debt round from global investment bank Jefferies, adding to existing venture capital investments from Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Rosecliff Ventures and others, the company announced in a press release on Wednesday (Sept. 18). Last...
The Trump administration has revealed tougher rules for foreigners who want to invest in U.S. businesses that rely on sensitive technology, infrastructure and data. Treasury Department officials are getting set to implement the law passed by Congress last year that will expand the scope of...
Trulioo, the global identity verification provider, has raised $70 million in new funding, eyeing growth in its core digital identification efforts, the company announced Tuesday (Sept. 17). The company said in a release that the funding includes $60 million in a Series C round that...
Israeli-based technology company Trigo raised $22M in a Series A funding round for its automated grocery checkout technology, according to a report by TechCrunch. The company wants to use cameras and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software to track what a customer gets without them ever having...
