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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ToursByLocals Gets $25M To Match Travelers With Guides
ToursByLocals Gets $25M To Match Travelers With Guides
January 13, 2020  |  Investments

The tours and experiences market is rapidly growing, and analysts predict that it will be worth $183 billion in 2020. One particular startup, ToursByLocals, aims...

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Google Pay Co-founders’ Indian Neobank Has Raised $13.2M
Google Pay Co-founders’ Indian Neobank Has Raised $13.2M
January 13, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Two co-founders of Google Pay in India have raised $13.2 million in a Seed funding round for its neo-bank epiFi, led by Sequoia India and...

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Zomato Notches $150M In Funding From Ant Financial
Zomato Notches $150M In Funding From Ant Financial
January 10, 2020  |  Retail

As part of a fresh raise from a current investor, India’s Zomato has notched $150 million in funding. The total valuation of the FoodTech unicorn...

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A New B2B FinTech Unicorn, And More Funding Ahead
A New B2B FinTech Unicorn, And More Funding Ahead
January 10, 2020  |  B2B Payments

B2B technology startups continue to gain valuable attention among venture capitalists. In a recent report, seed investors explored why their focus has turned to enterprise...

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China VCs Challenged By Increased Competition, Cautious Investors
China VCs Challenged By Increased Competition, Cautious Investors
January 10, 2020  |  Investments

Foreign venture capital (VC) is not doing well in China, according to reports, amid the pulling out of Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator, and changing...

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AGI Firm Soul Machine Snags $40M To Advance Human-Machine Connections
AGI Firm Soul Machine Snags $40M To Advance Human-Machine Connections
January 09, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

Autonomous animation platform Soul Machines has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Temasek, with new participation from Lakestar and Salesforce...

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Hillbilly Elegy’s J.D. Vance Raises $93M To Fund Science, Tech Startups
Hillbilly Elegy’s J.D. Vance Raises $93M To Fund Science, Tech Startups
January 09, 2020  |  Investments

Bestselling author J.D. Vance, who penned the popular memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” has started a VC fund called Narya Capital, according to a report Thursday (Jan....

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Israeli Tech Startups Boost Funding 30 Pct. YOY
Israeli Tech Startups Boost Funding 30 Pct. YOY
January 08, 2020  |  Investments

Israel’s technology sector had a banner year in 2019, raising $8.3 billion in 522 deals, a 30 percent growth over 2018, ZAG law firm announced...

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Hundreds Of FinTechs Move From UK To EU Ahead Of Brexit
Hundreds Of FinTechs Move From UK To EU Ahead Of Brexit
January 08, 2020  |  International

No one knows just what Brexit will mean for commerce, for international trade, for currencies across the Continent.  The only certainty is that the effects...

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