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Checkout Startup Volume Notches $2.4M
April 27, 2022

Volume, which calls itself a “transparent checkout startup,” announced it has raised a pre-seed capital fundraising round of $2.4 million. The funding round was led by Firstminute Capital and also included Seedx and Hatch Ventures, according to a company news release posted by media outlets...

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Volvo Invests in Carwow, Expecting to Sell Half Its Cars Online by 2025
April 26, 2022

Volvo Cars has taken a minority stake in Carwow, the European online car retailer, a Financial Times report said Tuesday (April 26). The Swedish brand is looking at selling half its cars online by 2025, and its Carwow stake will boost Volvo’s digital sales and...

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Food Rocket Snags $25M for Grocery Delivery Expansion
April 26, 2022

Food Rocket, the San Francisco company that promises grocery delivery in the Bay Area within 15 minutes, has secured $25 million in Series A funding that it will use to expand the service in Chicago and other U.S. cities, reinforce its artificial intelligence software and...

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Lifestyle-Focused Digital Bank Cogni Debuts With $23M Series A Funding
April 26, 2022

Cogni, a lifestyle-focused digital bank, received $23 million in Series A funding, rolling out what it called a new way to modernize personal finance options, according to a Tuesday (April 26) press release. New York-based company said it will use the cash to build its...

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London-based Juno Gets $4M to Personalize Employee Benefits
April 26, 2022

Juno, the London company whose mission is to allow employees to choose benefits that work for them, has raised 3.7 million pounds ($4 million), BusinessCloud.com reported Tuesday (April 26). This latest injection of capital will allow Juno to improve its product, add physical debit cards...

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Gravy Raises $2M to Give Renters Taste of Home Ownership
April 26, 2022

Home-buying platform Gravy said it has launched out of beta and completed a $2.6 million seed funding round. Gravy gives renters a place where they can save money to purchase their first home, as well as guidance for how to approach home buying. “Homeownership is the...

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Cybersecurity Company Intigriti Nets $22.4M in Series B Funding
April 26, 2022

Brussels-based cybersecurity platform Intigriti has raised 21.1 million euros ($22.4 million) in a Series B round, the company announced Tuesday (April 26). The latest infusion of funds will enable Intigriti to accelerate its rapid detection, reporting and validation of corporate vulnerabilities and empower “ethical hackers”...

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Payments Startup Airwallex Could Seek $150M Funding
April 26, 2022

Payments platform Airwallex could seek $150 million in an extended Series E funding round while the startup also explores a possible initial public offering (IPO) in 2024, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (April 26), citing unnamed sources with insider information.   Backed by Tencent Holdings, Airwallex has...

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SoftBank Cuts Spending, Leaving Camera Startup Light Scrambling for Cash
April 25, 2022

Light, a Redwood City, California-based camera startup, is on the hunt for backers after the world’s largest tech investor objected to putting more cash into the company, Bloomberg reported Monday (April 25). SoftBank Group Corp., the Japanese holding company, owns roughly 30% of Light. In...