funding

Funding is the act of providing financial resources, usually in the form of money, or other values such as effort or time, to finance a need, program, and project, usually by an organization or company.

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Alibaba Weighs Fundraise for Its Freshippo Supermarkets at $10B Valuation
Alibaba Weighs Fundraise for Its Freshippo Supermarkets at $10B Valuation
January 14, 2022  |  Investments

Alibaba is weighing a fundraise for its Freshippo grocery chain in China that has an estimated valuation of $10 billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Jan....

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Kenyan BNPL startup Lipa Later Raises $12M, Eyes More African Markets
Kenyan BNPL startup Lipa Later Raises $12M, Eyes More African Markets
January 13, 2022  |  Investments

Lipa Later, the buy now pay later (BNPL) company operating in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Nigeria, has raised $12 million from a group of investors,...

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Barcelona-Based Last.app Drums Up $2.5M to Expand Restaurant Management Platform
Barcelona-Based Last.app Drums Up $2.5M to Expand Restaurant Management Platform
January 13, 2022  |  Investments

Last.app, the Barcelona-based startup, has received 2.2 million euros ($2.5 million) to expand its restaurant management platform, the company announced Thursday (Jan. 13). The company’s...

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Omnichannel SMB Messaging Platform Superchat Raises $15.6M
Omnichannel SMB Messaging Platform Superchat Raises $15.6M
January 13, 2022  |  Investments

Superchat, an all-in-one messaging platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has raised 13.6 million euros ($15.6 million) in a Series A round, EU-Startups reported....

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Workplace Intelligence Security Company Shield Gets $15M Investment
Workplace Intelligence Security Company Shield Gets $15M Investment
January 13, 2022  |  Investments

Shield, the Israeli workplace intelligence platform for compliance firms, closed a $15 million Series A funding round, the company announced Thursday (Jan. 13). Macquarie Capital...

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SaaS Funder Arc Launches With $161M
SaaS Funder Arc Launches With $161M
January 13, 2022  |  Investments

Arc, a startup that offers a finance platform for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), announced Thursday (Jan. 13) it had emerged from stealth with $161 million in funding....

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After $1B Fundraise, Checkout CEO Says Company Is 100% Enterprise Focused
After $1B Fundraise, Checkout CEO Says Company Is 100% Enterprise Focused
January 13, 2022  |  Investments

Two days after his company announced it had raised $1 billion, Checkout.com Founder and CEO Guillaume Pousaz appeared on CNBC’s TechCheck, where host Deirdre Bosa...

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Location Analytics Platform Placer.ai Raises $100M in Series C Round
Location Analytics Platform Placer.ai Raises $100M in Series C Round
January 12, 2022  |  Investments

Placer.ai, a location analytics platform serving companies with data around consumer foot traffic, has raised $100 million in a Series C round, VentureBeat reported Wednesday...

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Global Startups Raised $621B in 2021
Global Startups Raised $621B in 2021
January 12, 2022  |  Startups

Investors doled out about $621 billion to startup companies around the world looking to get themselves on solid financial ground, more than doubling the record...

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