Voilà, a German-based company that connects consumers with fine dining experiences at home, has closed on 8.8 million euros (about $10 million) in funding to accelerate its European expansion, EU-Startups.com reported Tuesday (Feb 15). “We started out to bring the best restaurants, most renowned chefs...
Swappie, a Finnish smartphone reseller aimed at offering people access to the “circular smartphone economy” has raised $124 million in a Series C funding round. According to multiple media reports Tuesday (Feb. 15), the funding round was led by growth equity firm Verdane, bringing Swappie’s...
FinTech company RapiPay has raised $15 million in investment funding toward digital banking super app NYE, according to a Tuesday (Feb. 15) Mint report. Varun Jaipuria (RJ Corp), DLF Family Office, Rahul Gautam (Sheela Foam) and Rohan Kumar (DS Group) led RapiPay’s fundraising efforts, the...
Alternative lender Blackstone Inc. says it will back a $23.8 billion recapitalization of Mileway, Europe’s largest urban warehouse operator and last-mile logistics company. The private equity giant announced the move in a news release Tuesday (Feb. 15), showing the firm betting on logistics amid the...
Duplo, a Nigeria B2B payment digitization startup, has raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding, and announced it will take part in accelerator Y Combinator’s winter batch, according to published reports. Founded last year by Tunde Akinnuwa and Yele Oyekola, Duplo lets B2B companies automate their...
Next-day delivery startup Veho has raised $170 million in an early-stage funding round that valued the San Francisco-based firm at $1.5 billion, the company announced in press release Tuesday (Feb. 15). The round was led by Tiger Global, with participation from SoftBank Vision Fund 2....
In today’s FinTech news, banks and FinTechs are finding more ways to coexist and complement one another’s skills, with Bank of America investing $20 million in the U.K. FinTech Banked to bring more customers a Pay by Bank solution, eliminating card processing fees for merchants....
Gaia, the fertility care startup, has closed on a 14-million-pound ($20 million) Series A funding round, the London-based company announced Monday (Feb. 14). Founded in 2019 to make in vitro fertilization (IVF) more affordable, Gaia said it will use the funding to scale its operations...
PropTech and real estate sales platform Nawy has raised $5 million in its latest funding round, the company announced Monday (Feb. 14). The Egypt-based online real estate startup said it will use the cash to provide more services and capitalize on digital technologies. Nawy, which has...
