Venture Capital

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

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Brazilian B2B BNPL Startup TruePay Grabs $32M in Series A Funding
Brazilian B2B BNPL Startup TruePay Grabs $32M in Series A Funding
November 23, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Brazilian-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup TruePay on Tuesday (Nov. 23) announced that it recently wrapped up a Series A funding round that brought...

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Patient Engagement Platform Luma Health Raises $130M
Patient Engagement Platform Luma Health Raises $130M
November 23, 2021  |  Healthcare

The patient engagement platform Luma Health has raised $130 million in a Series C, bringing the San Francisco company’s total funding to $160 million. “The...

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Venture Funding Chases FinTech Focus on Payments Last Mile, Compliance
Venture Funding Chases FinTech Focus on Payments Last Mile, Compliance
November 23, 2021  |  Fintech Investments

The conventional wisdom in payments holds that over the past few years, everything has changed. Ben Cukier, founding partner of Centana Growth Partners, an equity...

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Investors Drop $4.6M on Youth Fashion Platform TheDrop
Investors Drop $4.6M on Youth Fashion Platform TheDrop
November 22, 2021  |  Investments

TheDrop.com, a youth lifestyle marketplace platform, has raised $4.6 million through a Series A funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to $8.5 million. The...

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Indian Startup Mensa Brands Becomes Unicorn in Six Months
Indian Startup Mensa Brands Becomes Unicorn in Six Months
November 19, 2021  |  Investments

The founder of Indian direct-to-consumer (D2C) brand aggregator Mensa Brands on Thursday (Nov. 19) told CNBC that it has become a unicorn — a private...

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Blackstone Finalizes Majority Investment of SPANX, Inc., Driving Valuation to $1.2B
Blackstone Finalizes Majority Investment of SPANX, Inc., Driving Valuation to $1.2B
November 18, 2021  |  Investments

Global investment firm Blackstone has completed a majority investment in womenswear brand SPANX, Inc., pushing the 21-year-old company’s valuation to $1.2 billion and enticing several...

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Authentication Firm Stytch Raises $90M in Series B Funding at $1B Valuation
Authentication Firm Stytch Raises $90M in Series B Funding at $1B Valuation
November 18, 2021  |  Investments

Passwordless authentication platform Stytch on Thursday (Nov. 18) announced that it has raised $90 million in a Series B fundraising round that values the fledgling...

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UK FinTech Lands $3.4M to Help SMBs Turn Smartphones Into POS Terminals
UK FinTech Lands $3.4M to Help SMBs Turn Smartphones Into POS Terminals
November 17, 2021  |  Fintech Investments

For small and medium-sized businesses in emerging markets that can’t afford card point-of-sale (POS) hardware, U.K.-based FinTech Nomod couldn’t have come at a better time....

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B2B Payments Startup Podium Closes $201M Series D Funding Deal
B2B Payments Startup Podium Closes $201M Series D Funding Deal
November 15, 2021  |  Investments

Local business communication and payments platform Podium closes a $201 million Series D funding round at a $3 billion-plus valuation led by YC Continuity, with...

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