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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India’s Tech Startups Have A Banner $11.3B Fundraising Year
India’s Tech Startups Have A Banner $11.3B Fundraising Year
October 23, 2019  |  Investments

As a record amount of capital has entered the local ecosystem in a significant rebound since 2016’s darkened funding environment, Indian tech startups are having...

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SoftBank Rescues WeWork With $8B Capital Infusion
SoftBank Rescues WeWork With $8B Capital Infusion
October 23, 2019  |  Investments

With a new capital infusion, SoftBank Group is extending a lifeline of up to $8 billion into the office space and workspace solutions firm WeWork....

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Fabric To Expand Robotic Fulfillment With $110M Funding Round
Fabric To Expand Robotic Fulfillment With $110M Funding Round
October 23, 2019  |  Investments

Fabric, an automated logistics company that used to be called CommonSense Robotics, has raised $110 million in a Series B funding round led by Corner...

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BitPesa Restructures, Secures $15M For Expansion
BitPesa Restructures, Secures $15M For Expansion
October 23, 2019  |  B2B Payments

B2B FinTech BitPesa, which operates a platform offering foreign exchange and cross-border payment services, is restructuring and has announced new funding to support its expansion...

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Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Lands $30M To Expand Into Vehicle Protection
Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Lands $30M To Expand Into Vehicle Protection
October 21, 2019  |  International

Israel’s Upstream Security has notched $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Renault Venture Capital, Upstream announced in a press release on...

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Thiel’s $3B Fund Looks To Inject Cash Into Private Tech Cos
Thiel’s $3B Fund Looks To Inject Cash Into Private Tech Cos
October 21, 2019  |  Investments

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel, who wrote Facebook its first check and invested heavily in SpaceX, is looking to raise almost $3 billion to invest in...

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How Crowdfunding Is Becoming Regular Investing
How Crowdfunding Is Becoming Regular Investing
October 21, 2019  |  Investments

A decade ago, an entrepreneur wanting to raise cash pretty much had to have rich relatives or pals, or gain entry into the clubby world...

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Edible Barcodes Turn Sights On Counterfeit Goods
Edible Barcodes Turn Sights On Counterfeit Goods
October 17, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

As the global digital economy grows, and consumers buy more items from their mobile and other web-connected devices, a problem grows along with that. We...

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French FinTech Lemon Way Gets $28M For API Expansion
French FinTech Lemon Way Gets $28M For API Expansion
October 17, 2019  |  Investments

The French payment processor Lemon Way has announced a near-$28 million (€25 million) investment round by the multi-asset fund management firm Toscafund, Aithority reported on...

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