With more than 930 investors on the Seedrs investment platform, FinTech firm Paysend has notched an £8.5m Series B fundraising round from GVA Capital. Seedrs raised £4.6m for the company, while GVA invested £3.95m in the firm, UKTN reported. Paysend CEO Ronald Millar said, according...
Standard Cognition, a startup that develops autonomous checkout technology that rivals Amazon’s, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round and is valued at $535 million, according to a report by TechCrunch. The company is based in San Francisco. It uses artificial intelligence...
Messaging firm Quiq raised $12.5 million in a series B funding round led by the Foundry Group that will enable it to build out its services with artificial intelligence (AI). Other investors included Teamworthy Ventures, Venrock, and Next Frontier Capital, VentureBeat reported on Thursday (July 25)....
Startup companies in Vietnam, ranging from FinTech to logistics and artificial intelligence, are attracting a record amount of venture capital money in the country, according to a report by the Financial Times. The fund managers are attracted to Vietnam because it’s one of Asia’s fastest...
Payroll startup Gusto announced Wednesday (July 24) that it has raised $200 million led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management and Fidelity Management & Research Company. Gusto aims to unravel payroll complexity for small and medium businesses (SMBs). In the past...
An Indonesian startup that provides consumer brands with omnichannel marketing and sales products, including cash-back rewards, has raised $3 million in a Series A-2 funding round, according to a report by TechCrunch. The funding round for Pomona was led by Vynn Capital. It follows a Series...
Japan’s SoftBank is going to launch a second investment vehicle based on its mega popular $100 billion Vision Fund, according to a report by The Telegraph. The new fund, like the previous one, is meant to spark investment in cutting-edge technology companies around the globe....
Home services may be the next frontier in real estate — and possibly, a bit less dependent on new transactions. As noted in this space yesterday, there’s been a rush by venture capital firms to find and fund startups that focus on the digital transformation...
Thumbtack, a local services marketplace that matches consumers with professionals like plumbers and yoga teachers, has raised $150 million in a funding round and has a valuation of around $1.7 billion. Sequoia is leading the funding round, according to a report in TechCrunch. In a blog...
