startups

Startup or start up is a company or project initiated by an entrepreneur to seek, effectively develop, and validate a scalable business model. Hence, the concepts of startups and entrepreneurship are similar.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Le Collectionist Raises $63M for Luxury Vacation Rental Platform
Le Collectionist Raises $63M for Luxury Vacation Rental Platform
December 02, 2022  |  Investments

French startup Le Collectionist has raised 60 million euros (about $63 million) for its vacation rental platform. Users of Le Collectionist can browse luxury properties...

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Health Financing Platform PayZen Raises $200M
Health Financing Platform PayZen Raises $200M
November 22, 2022  |  Healthcare

As medical bankruptcies continue to plague Americans, PayZen has raised $220 million in new funding as it looks to expand its “affordability financing” offering for...

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Texas FinTech Bank GloriFi Shutters as Funding Falls Through
Texas FinTech Bank GloriFi Shutters as Funding Falls Through
November 21, 2022  |  Banking

GloriFi, a Texas startup that billed itself as a conservative alternative to “woke” Wall Street firms, is reportedly closing its doors. The company has laid...

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Opn Enters US Payments Market With $400M MerchantE Deal
Opn Enters US Payments Market With $400M MerchantE Deal
November 15, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Japanese FinTech unicorn Opn has entered the American payments market with its purchase of MerchantE, a B2B digital commerce platform. “With the acquisition, Opn’s global...

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Kyte Raises $60M to Expand on-Demand Car Rental Offerings
Kyte Raises $60M to Expand on-Demand Car Rental Offerings
November 11, 2022  |  Investments

On-demand car rental startup Kyte has raised $60 million in Series B growth equity financing, which it will use to accelerate its product development, add...

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Founders Unite to Connect African Tech Community, Plug Funding Gap
Founders Unite to Connect African Tech Community, Plug Funding Gap
November 10, 2022  |  Technology

Although African startups secured close to $5 billion in venture capital (VC) funding in 2021, double of what was raised year-on-year (YoY), it still pales...

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Egyptian Digital Lender Blnk Raises $32M
Egyptian Digital Lender Blnk Raises $32M
November 10, 2022  |  Investments

Blnk, an Egyptian buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup, has raised $23.7 million in equity and debt funding and a further $8.3 million via securitized...

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Report: Tiger Global Cuts Tech Investments by Billions of Dollars
Report: Tiger Global Cuts Tech Investments by Billions of Dollars
November 09, 2022  |  Investments

As declining technology stocks have hacked the value of investor Tiger Global Management’s public stocks this year, the company has also slashed the value of...

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Macy’s Joins Vendor Diversification Trend
Macy’s Joins Vendor Diversification Trend
November 07, 2022  |  Retail

Saying that only 1.3% of the total venture capital dollars that were invested in the United States in 2021 went to a startup with a...

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