Startup
- Aug- 2021 -10 AugustNews
Colombia’s Merqueo gets funding of $50M
A full-stack, on-demand delivery service operator in Latin America, Merqueo gets funding of $50 million in a Series C round. IDC Ventures, Digital Bridge, and IDB Invest co-led the round. It also included participation from MGM Innova Group, Celtic House…
- Jul- 2021 -20 JulyNews
Wecasa raises $17.7 million for its wellness startup
French wellness startup Wecasa has raised a $17.7 million funding round (€15 million). Blisce is leading the funding round with existing investors Serena, ISAI, and Frédéric Mazzella also participating. A little about the wellness startup Wicasa Wicasa has been building a marketplace…
- 19 JulyNews
Opaque raises $9.5M in seed round
Opaque is a new startup born out of Berkeley’s RISELab. It announced a $9.5 million seed round to secure sensitive data in the cloud. Opaque raise the money to be able to securely access and work with sensitive data. Intel Capital…
- 17 JulyNews
Edge Delta raises $15M Series A
It was announced that Edge Delta raises a Series A round of $15 million. The Seattle-based company is a startup building a modern distributed monitoring stack. This is competing directly with industry heavyweights like Splunk, New Relic, and Datadog. The Series…
- 12 JulyNews
Mmhmm – the startup, raises $100M
Mmhmm, the startup, has managed to raise funding worth $100M recently. It’s Phil Libin’s second act after Evernote. Mmhmm was born during the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, it provides improved video chat tools that include automatic background removal and advanced presentation…
- 1 JulyNews
FamPay, a fintech in India, raises $38 million
Fampay has raised $38 million in its Series A round led by Elevation Capital. General Catalyst, Rocketship VC, Greenoaks Capital and existing investors Sequoia Capital India, Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital and Venture Highway also participated in the new round,…
- Jun- 2021 -19 JuneNews
Aurora to merge with Y – talks in the final stage
Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora is in talks to merge with Y, a newest SPAC, and reinvent technology partner.
- 18 JuneNews
SentinelOne files for $100M IPO
AI cybersecurity provider SentinelOne files for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). it uses AI and machine learning for security,
- 8 JuneNews
QuintoAndar lands $300M at a $4B valuation
Brazil’s proptech QuintoAndar lands $300 million in a Series E round of funding that values it at an impressive $4 billion.
- 7 JuneNews
MotoRefi gets $45M led by Goldman Sachs
In another round of investment led by Goldman Sachs MotoRefi gets $45M, just 5 months after $10 million were put into the fintech startup.
- May- 2021 -28 MayNews
OpenUnit raises a $1M seed round to be the online face of self-storage
OpenUnit is a startup that gives the needed technology to the mom-and-pop stores to help them keep up with the giant chain stores. Self-storage companies now move their services like rentals, leases, and payments online. Hence, it’s becoming increasingly difficult…
- 28 MayNews
The MSS holds P4G Startup Challenge as part of the 2021 P4G Seoul Summit
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups of the Republic of Korea (Minister Kwon Chil-seung, hereinafter “MSS”) announced that it will hold “P4G Startup Challenge,” an online IR pitching event for the startups representing 12 P4G member nations and investors at home and…
- 22 MayNews
Air-Taxi Startup Volocopter Unveils Four-Seater Suburban Shuttle
In pursuits of expanding planned travel offerings outside city limits, Volocopter GmbH unveiled a larger, longer-range electric aircraft. All about the new Volocopter model aircraft The new VoloConnect has a seating capacity of up to four people and can fly to…
- 18 MayNews
How Duolingo became a $2.4B language unicorn
Duolingo was made with a mission – to make free education and increase income potential through language learning. However, the same mission that has helped it grow to a business valued at $2.4 billion with over 500 million registered learners,…
- 6 MayNews
BlaBlaCar raises $115m and says next financing could be an IPO
Carpooling and transportation marketplace BlaBlaCar has raised $115m, after coming out of 2020 that has been a year marked by Covid-19 travel restrictions relatively well. BlaBlaCar is a Paris-based company, which was founded in 2006. It became France’s first-ever unicorn in…
- Apr- 2021 -24 AprilNews
MIT startup Pickle raises $5.75M for a package-picking robot
With the events of the past year, the Robotics industry has seen getting a lot of attention. Especially warehouse and logistics have been in the spotlight for the automation push as the businesses struggled to keep going while dealing with…
- Mar- 2021 -29 MarchNews
DataGrail snares $30M Series B to help deal with privacy regulations
What is DataGrail DataGrail is a startup that helps customers understand where their data lives to help comply with a growing body of privacy regulations. It has recently announced a $30 million Series B. The round was led by Felicis…
- 25 MarchNews
Norwegian education start-up Kahoot targets Asian expansion
As the Norwegian online education startup, Kahoot launches a “re-IPO” to the main market listing in Oslo, it is looking to use its biggest shareholder SoftBank to crack Asia and is on the hunt for acquisitions. What is Kahoot and…
- 24 MarchNews
K-Chemicals Cyber Exhibition, helping 266 chemical Korean startup grow overseas
K-Chemicals Cyber Exhibition with the chemical and wonder sector because the main topic are going to be held Mar. 22-29.This online exhibition is hosted by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and arranged by KOTRA and KSCIA (Korea Specialty industry Association). To support and expand the overseas expansion of…
