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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Anti-Bias Lending Software Developer Zest AI Lands $15M
Anti-Bias Lending Software Developer Zest AI Lands $15M
October 20, 2020  |  Investments

Zest AI, which is developing software that it claims will help wring the bias out of lending, just got a multimillion-dollar vote of confidence. Zest...

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Global Processing Services Nets Visa Investment For Expansion
Global Processing Services Nets Visa Investment For Expansion
October 19, 2020  |  Investments

Global Processing Services (GPS), the payments issuer processor, has a new strategic investment from Visa to help GPS launch new products and continue expanding, according to...

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B2B Innovators Land Funding For AP, Cybersecurity
B2B Innovators Land Funding For AP, Cybersecurity
October 16, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Venture capital funding landed at startups focused on accounts payable (AP) and cybersecurity this week — with one payables startup raising $23 million in funding. A managed security services provider has also...

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Cover Genius Lands Funds To Expand Corporate Insurance Offerings
Cover Genius Lands Funds To Expand Corporate Insurance Offerings
October 14, 2020  |  Investments

Six-year-old insurance technology firm Cover Genius has reportedly raised A$15 million ($10.7 million USD) in capital, including funds from King River Capital and Leap Capital,...

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WeWork Co-founder Invests In Residential Real Estate Service
WeWork Co-founder Invests In Residential Real Estate Service
October 14, 2020  |  Investments

WeWork Co-founder Adam Neumann, who left the flexible office-space company during its attempt to go public, has invested $30 million in Alfred Club, a startup...

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Retailo Raises $2.3M In Seed Round To Boost Financial Inclusion
Retailo Raises $2.3M In Seed Round To Boost Financial Inclusion
October 12, 2020  |  Investments

Retailo, the Riyadh-based B2B eCommerce startup, has announced $2.3 million of funding in a pre-seed round to go toward boosting small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)...

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Ninjacart Lands New Funding From Walmart, Flipkart
Ninjacart Lands New Funding From Walmart, Flipkart
October 12, 2020  |  B2B Payments

India’s Ninjacart, which brings high-tech services including supply chain infrastructure to the country’s produce market, has secured new funding from existing investors Walmart and Flipkart...

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Instant Pay Startup Clair Notches $4.5M To Help Gig Workers
Instant Pay Startup Clair Notches $4.5M To Help Gig Workers
October 09, 2020  |  Investments

New York City-based FinTech startup Clair has raised $4.5 million in seed funding to disrupt payday lending schemes and help gig workers and freelancers get...

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Instacart Value Skyrockets To $17.7B With $200M Funding Round
Instacart Value Skyrockets To $17.7B With $200M Funding Round
October 08, 2020  |  Investments

Unicorn delivery app Instacart has raised $200 million as part of a new financing round, which upped the company’s valuation to $17.7 billion, the Silicon...

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