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Notch Raises $10M to Help Restaurants Go Digital
January 19, 2023

Notch has raised $10 million in its efforts to help the hospitality sector go digital. The company, which makes software for the food service industry, announced the funding — led by investment platform Portage — in a news release Thursday (Jan. 18). It comes as...

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Finance App Anyfin Raises $30M as Consumers Tighten Belts
January 18, 2023

Swedish loan refinancing app Anyfin is reportedly looking to expand after raising $30 million. The funding will allow Anyfin to broaden its offering and expand to new parts of Europe, Financial Times-backed news site Sifted reported Wednesday (Jan. 18). The Series C financing round comes...

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Take-Private, Bolt-On Deals Provide Shelter From Underperforming European Markets
January 17, 2023

European private equity (PE) dealmaking defied economic headwinds in 2022. In general, dealmaking was characterized by smaller but more numerous deals, as checks and valuations got smaller and the cost of borrowing increased. As Pitchbook’s annual European PE Breakdown reveals, both deal count and total...

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Marijuana Bill Introduced in Congress as Industry Readies for Growth 
January 16, 2023

The first marijuana bill of the new Congress has been introduced. Cannabis stocks in the United States and Canada typically rise when legal reforms are proposed, as they did in December when President Joe Biden signed a marijuana research bill into law, Seeking Alpha reported...

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Dutch B2B Payments Firm Sprinque Raises $6.5M
January 16, 2023

Amsterdam-based B2B payments platform Sprinque hopes to expand following a $6.5 million funding round. While it initially targeted merchants in Spain, Germany, and its home country, Sprinque now hopes to expand to other countries and offer assistance to companies amid a rise in B2B (business-to-business)...

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Cake Ventures Launches $17M Fund Focused on Demographic Change
January 13, 2023

Cake Ventures has announced a $17 million seed and pre-seed fund focused on demographic change. The venture capital firm aims to invest in founders building companies and products catering to Americans over the age of 65, women, and Asian, Black and Latino people, Cake Ventures Founding...

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Butter Raises $22M to Help Subscription Merchants Combat Accidental Churn
January 12, 2023

FinTech Butter Payments has raised $22 million in Series A funding to fight accidental churn. Accidental churn — in which payments are falsely declined in an effort to stem fraud — is the leading cause of subscription churn. It accounts for $500 billion in lost...

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Mondu Tops Up Series A Funding With Additional $13M
January 12, 2023

B2B BNPL startup Mondu has added $13 million to its Series A round. The latest top-up brings the total raised in the Berlin-based startup’s Series A to $56 million, according to a tech.eu report. The investment was led by Valar Ventures, with participation from FinTech...

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Germany’s Translation Tech Firm DeepL Becomes Latest AI Unicorn
January 12, 2023

German startup DeepL reached a 1 billion euro ($1.085 billion) valuation following its latest funding round. Although the total amount raised has not been disclosed, the billion-euro figure has been widely reported after Techcrunch broke the news on Wednesday (Jan. 11). Since the company was...