Fundraising news and trends

Huma Gets $80 Million to Build ‘Shopify for Digital Health’

July 16, 2024
Argentine FinTech Tapi Raises $22 Million Amid Expansion Into Mexico
Payment Methods // July 14, 2024

Argentina-based payments processor Tapi has reportedly raised $22 million in new funding. The company will use the Series A funding to help fuel its expansion into Mexico, Co-Founder/CEO Tomas Mindlin said in a Bloomberg News interview Friday (July 12). According to the report, Tapi processes...

SendBlocks Raises $8.2 Million for Blockchain Data Management
Investments // July 03, 2024

Israeli blockchain data management startup SendBlocks has raised $8.2 million in seed funding. The company, which has just emerged from stealth, announced the funding in a news release Wednesday (July 3) that also outlined its platform, which lets blockchain enterprises, ecosystems, protocols and applications “define...

Mexican Payments/Commerce Platform Clip Raises $100 Million
Investments // June 18, 2024

Mexico-based digital payments/commerce platform Clip has raised $100 million in new funding. The financing comes from investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Tactical Value, and from “one of the largest, most experienced West-Coast mutual fund managers,” the company said in a news release Tuesday (June...

You.com Reportedly Raising $50 Million for AI Assistants
Investments // June 17, 2024

You.com’s parent company is reportedly raising $50 million to tap the AI assistant market. This Series B round would value SuSea, the company behind the You.com search engine, at between $700 million and $900 million, Reuters reported Monday (June 17), citing a source familiar with...

Interviews & Exclusives
SimpleClosure CEO Says Automating Shutdowns Breaks the Taboo Around Startup Failures

September 14, 2023
It’s a challenging economy for consumers — and startups don’t have it any better. Nine out of every 10 startups that raise money end up failing over a 10-year period. Observers believe that venture-backed startups fail at higher numbers than the industry usually cites. Although far more businesses fail than eventually succeed, the process of shutting down a company can often […]

Paidy Tries To Simplify Mobile Payments — And Please Merchants While Doing So

July 26, 2018
A consumer can own multiple credit cards and live in a highly technological society and still want to pay via a method that can come pretty close to resembling cash....

NEW REPORT: Speeding And Securing Online Nonprofit Fundraising

July 11, 2018
In the push to make payments faster, platform and solutions providers are ratcheting up their payments processing infrastructure with new technologies and innovations. But in the rush to get faster,...

Quick Reads
Huma Gets $80 Million to Build ‘Shopify for Digital Health’

July 16, 2024
Healthcare AI startup Huma has raised $80 million to develop its new digital health cloud platform. The platform, announced Tuesday (July 16), is designed to bolster the company’s digital health initiatives while also letting others launch and scale their own products. “With its Huma Cloud Platform and the regulatory foundation that it is built on, […]

Argentine FinTech Tapi Raises $22 Million Amid Expansion Into Mexico

July 14, 2024
Argentina-based payments processor Tapi has reportedly raised $22 million in new funding. The company will use the Series A funding to help fuel its expansion into Mexico, Co-Founder/CEO Tomas Mindlin...

SendBlocks Raises $8.2 Million for Blockchain Data Management

July 03, 2024
Israeli blockchain data management startup SendBlocks has raised $8.2 million in seed funding. The company, which has just emerged from stealth, announced the funding in a news release Wednesday (July...

Mexican Payments/Commerce Platform Clip Raises $100 Million

June 18, 2024
Mexico-based digital payments/commerce platform Clip has raised $100 million in new funding. The financing comes from investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Tactical Value, and from “one of the largest,...