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 EnKash Lands Funding For B2B Payments Platform
India’s EnKash Lands Funding For B2B Payments Platform
April 25, 2019  |  B2B Payments

EnKash, an India-based B2B payments platform, announced new funding from backers at Mayfield India and Axilor Ventures, reports in VCCircle said on Wednesday (April 24)....

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SoftBank Mulls Stake In Wirecard
SoftBank Mulls Stake In Wirecard
April 24, 2019  |  Investments

SoftBank is considering investing in German financial company Wirecard, according to Bloomberg. The Japanese company could get as much as a 5 percent stake in Wirecard,...

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Tencent Invests In Argentinian Mobile Banking Startup
Tencent Invests In Argentinian Mobile Banking Startup
April 23, 2019  |  Investments

Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent has invested in Argentinian mobile banking startup Uala, according to a report from Reuters. Point72 Ventures and George Soros have also...

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Airbnb’s Business Travel Investment Leads B2B Funding For The Week
Airbnb’s Business Travel Investment Leads B2B Funding For The Week
April 19, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The big news in B2B FinTech investment this week came from Airbnb, which is bolstering its presence in the business travel market with new funding,...

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China’s Starbucks Rival Luckin Raises $150M
China’s Starbucks Rival Luckin Raises $150M
April 18, 2019  |  Investments

Luckin, a Chinese coffee startup that aims to dominate rival Starbucks in the Chinese coffee market, has raised $150 million in a Series B-plus fundraising...

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Newly Funded Airbase Consolidates Spend Management
Newly Funded Airbase Consolidates Spend Management
April 18, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Airbase, a spend management company looking to consolidate a range of expense management processes for organizations, has announced new funding for its technology. According to...

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OTT Pay Teams With Canada’s Wonderland; Citcon Raises $5M In Series B Funding
OTT Pay Teams With Canada’s Wonderland; Citcon Raises $5M In Series B Funding
April 17, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes OTT Pay’s tie-up with Canada‘s Wonderland to offer new mobile payment...

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P2P Chinese Lender Dianrong Seeks $100M Amid Regulations
P2P Chinese Lender Dianrong Seeks $100M Amid Regulations
April 17, 2019  |  Investments

Chinese peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Dianrong wants to raise $100 million in an attempt to outlast a regulatory squeeze on the industry in the country, according...

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Returnly Raises $19M To Help Retailers Handle Returns
Returnly Raises $19M To Help Retailers Handle Returns
April 17, 2019  |  Investments

Returnly, the post-purchase payments company, announced on Tuesday (April 17) that it has raised $19 million in venture funding. In a press release, the company...

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