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FintechOS nabs $61.5M for a low-code approach to modernizing legacy banking and insurance services
“Challenger” startups in banking and insurance have upended their industries, and picked up significant business, by building more customer-friendly tools and services — more personalized, easier to access, and usually competitively priced — than those typically provided their bigger, incumbent rivals. Now, a startup out of Romania that is building tools to help the incumbents […] Read more »
Source: TechCrunch | Published: 20 kwietnia, 2021 - 10:08 am
‘Pure’ nutritional supplements startup Feel closes $6.2M investment, led by Fuel Ventures
Earlier this year we covered the launch of Heights, a new supplements startup in an increasingly hot category. Feel, is a year-old UK startup with another twist on this world: pure nutritional supplements. It’s now closed a $6.2 million investment, led by Fuel Ventures, with participation from TMT Investments, Sova VC, Richard Longhurst (founder of […] Read more »
Source: TechCrunch | Published: 20 kwietnia, 2021 - 10:00 am
Cusp Capital launches with a $361M fund for early stage startups in Germany and Europe
In the past ten years, an investment team led by Christian Winter, Jan Sessenhausen, Helmut Klawitter and Wilken Engelbracht worked principally with German family offices, investing in startups such as Klarna, Zalando and Delivery Hero that went on to be worth around €80 billion in total. Today they are launching a VC firm of their own, Cusp Capital, with €300 million ($361m) […] Read more »
Source: TechCrunch | Published: 20 kwietnia, 2021 - 9:30 am
Qapita, a developer of equity management software for startups, raises $5M led by MassMutual Ventures
Qapita, a Singapore-based fintech that provides capitalization table and employee stock ownership plans (ESOP) management software, has raised $5 million in pre-Series A funding. The round was led by MassMutual Ventures, with participation from Endiya Partners and angel investors including Avaana Capital founder Anjali Bansal and Udaan co-founder Sujeet Kumar. Vulcan Capital and East Ventures, […] Read more »
Source: TechCrunch | Published: 20 kwietnia, 2021 - 7:17 am
Huawei is not a carmaker. It wants to be the Bosch of China
One after another, Chinese tech giants have announced their plans for the auto space over the last few months. Some internet companies, like search engine provider Baidu, decided to recruit help from a traditional carmaker to produce cars. Xiaomi, which makes its own smartphones but has stressed for years it’s a light-asset firm making money […] Read more »
Source: TechCrunch | Published: 20 kwietnia, 2021 - 7:00 am
European e-scooter and micromobility startup Dott raises $85 million
Dott has raised a new $85 million Series B funding round — this round is a mix of equity and asset-backed debt financing. Belgium-based investment company Sofina is leading the investment. Dott is a micromobility startup that is better known for its colorful electric scooters that you can find across several European cities. The company […] Read more »
Source: TechCrunch | Published: 20 kwietnia, 2021 - 7:00 am
Singapore-based fintech STACS raises $3.6M to develop blockchain platforms for financial institutions
Singapore-based fintech Hashstacs Pte Ltd (STACS) announced today it has raised $3.6 million USD in pre-Series A funding. The company develops blockchain platforms that can work with financial institutions’ existing infrastructure, and its core technology is also used in GreenSTACS for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments. The round was led by Wavemaker Partners, which […] Read more »
Source: TechCrunch | Published: 20 kwietnia, 2021 - 6:34 am
Indonesian edtech CoLearn gets $10M Series A led by Alpha Wave Incubation and GSV Ventures
Indonesian startup CoLearn started as a chain of physical tutoring centers and was in the process of shifting to a hybrid offline-online model when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The team sensed that remote learning would permanently change how students want to be tutored and decided to focus completely on its app, which launched in August […] Read more »
Source: TechCrunch | Published: 20 kwietnia, 2021 - 5:08 am
Payhawk raises $20M to unify corporate cards, payments and expenses
Fintech startup Payhawk has raised a $20 million funding round. QED Investors is leading the round with existing investor Earlybird Digital East also participating. Payhawk is building a unified system to manage all the money that is going in and out. Essentially, companies switching to Payhawk can replace several services they already use and that […] Read more »
Source: TechCrunch | Published: 20 kwietnia, 2021 - 1:00 am
Daily Crunch: Facebook announces new audio products
Facebook reveals its Clubhouse competitor, Parler will return to Apple’s App Store and a helicopter flies on Mars. This is your Daily Crunch for April 19, 2021. The big story: Facebook announces new audio products Yes, these products include new Clubhouse-style Live Audio Rooms, as well as the ability for podcasters to share long-form audio, […] Read more »
Source: TechCrunch | Published: 20 kwietnia, 2021 - 12:10 am