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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WorldRemit Hits $5B Valuation, Rebrands As Zepz
WorldRemit Hits $5B Valuation, Rebrands As Zepz
August 23, 2021  |  Investments

The digital cross-border payment platform Zepz — formerly WorldRemit — became a $5 billion company on Monday (Aug. 23) after raising $292 million in new...

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New Funding Drives DriveWealth To $2.8B Valuation
New Funding Drives DriveWealth To $2.8B Valuation
August 20, 2021  |  Investments

The global brokerage firm DriveWealth has wrapped a $450 million Series D, valuing the firm at $2.85 billion. The Chatham, New Jersey-based company said on...

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Canada Drives Says $100M Funding Will Drive Expansion
Canada Drives Says $100M Funding Will Drive Expansion
August 18, 2021  |  Investments

Canada’s largest online car shopping and delivery platform says it plans to expand with the help of $100 million in new funding. Canada Drives announced...

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FinTech Lender OneBlinc Intros Mastercard For The Underbanked
FinTech Lender OneBlinc Intros Mastercard For The Underbanked
August 17, 2021  |  Financial Inclusion

The FinTech lending startup OneBlinc is introducing a checking account and debit Mastercard to help people who are unbanked and underbanked to better manage their...

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Travel FinTech Hopper Wraps Up $175M Series G
Travel FinTech Hopper Wraps Up $175M Series G
August 17, 2021  |  Investments

The travel FinTech Hopper announced on Tuesday (Aug. 17) that it had completed a $175 million Series G funding round. The company says it will...

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Plaid’s Latest Funding Shows Open Banking Is Front And Center In US
Plaid’s Latest Funding Shows Open Banking Is Front And Center In US
August 17, 2021  |  Digital Banking

Conventional wisdom might hold that open banking is a strictly European phenomenon. After all, the rise of the Revoluts of the world – the challengers...

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Payroll, Accounting FinTechs Capture VCs’ Attention
Payroll, Accounting FinTechs Capture VCs’ Attention
August 13, 2021  |  B2B Payments

B2B FinTech funding is gearing up to keep its venture capital funding ball rolling. Most recently, Stage 2 Capital announced the launch of an $80...

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Reddit’s Value Surges To $10B Amid New Funding Round
Reddit’s Value Surges To $10B Amid New Funding Round
August 12, 2021  |  Investments

Social media platform Reddit’s valuation is up to more than $10 billion as it works to raise as much as $700 million in a fundraising...

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Luxury Marketplace Chrono24 Nets $118M In Series C Funding
Luxury Marketplace Chrono24 Nets $118M In Series C Funding
August 11, 2021  |  Retail

Digital luxury watch marketplace Chrono24 announced on Wednesday (Aug. 11) that it has raised more than 100 million euro ($118 million) in a Series C...

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