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Delivery Hero leads a $1 billion investment in German grocery tech startup Gorillas

Daniel Levi Posted On October 19, 2021

With millions of people now working from home due to the pandemic, online delivery companies are now experiencing unprecedented demands for their services. According to Upserve, 60% of U.S. consumers order delivery or takeout once a week. 31% say they use […]

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UK-based online lending fintech startup Zopa raises $300 million investment led by Softbank; now valued at $1 billion

Nickie Louise Posted On October 18, 2021

Zopa, a UK-based digital banking startup that started as a peer-to-peer lender, has raised $300 million (£220 million) in a funding round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2, a venture arm of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group. The latest funding is the latest […]

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TrustedHousesitters, a UK-based tech startup and the world’s largest pet-sitting network, lands $10M to expand into the US market

Nickie Louise Posted On October 18, 2021

With all the difficulties and challenges of the covid-19, the pandemic has one silver lining–it has brought us closer to our pets. Over the past 18 months, there has been soaring pet ownership which increases demand for pet-care solutions globally. […]

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GitLab pops on IPO debut at $16.5 billion valuation, its now worth twice what Microsoft paid for its rival GitHub

Daniel Levi Posted On October 18, 2021

As you may recall, we wrote about GitLab back in September after the popular open-source code collaboration platform filed to go public after hitting a $6 billion valuation. The announcement came nearly a year after GitLab’s secondary share sale that valued the company […]

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German mobile bank startup N26 raises a whopping $900 million+, tripling its valuation to more than $9 billion in just one year

Daniel Levi Posted On October 18, 2021

We last wrote about N26 back in January when the Peter Thiel-backed mobile bank N26 hit a new milestone after it surpassed 7 million customers in the EU and the US. In recent years, the German banking startup has been luring deposits from […]

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BMW, Gates-backed EV battery startup ONE raises $25M to double the range of electric vehicles

Daniel Levi Posted On October 18, 2021

Our Next Energy (ONE), a Michigan-based EV battery startup that develops advanced battery storage solutions to expand access to sustainable power, has emerged from stealth mode with $25 million in Series A funding from high-profile investors ranging from German automaker BMW to […]

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You can now invest in private companies before they go public via a new D/XYZ platform that lets everyone bet on early tech startups

Nickie Louise Posted On October 15, 2021

We all dream about discovering the “next Facebook” or “next Google.” Imagine you invested $10,000 in Amazon when it first went public in 1997. How much is your investment going to be worth today? Over $13,620,000! That’s right, millions of dollars […]

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Fintech startup Tala raises $145 million to democratize financial access for the underbanked and expand globally and into crypto

Nickie Louise Posted On October 15, 2021

According to data from the World Bank, globally, about 1.7 billion (31 percent) adults remain unbanked—without an account at a financial institution or through a mobile money provider in 2017. In 2014 that number was 2 billion. Unfortunately, the situation is far […]

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Bitcoin rockets past $60,000, more than double its June price on growing U.S. ETF hopes

Daniel Levi Posted On October 15, 2021

On June 22, bitcoin crashed below $30,000, a level we haven’t seen since January 2021. The crash led to nearly $800 million worth of liquidated positions across the major exchanges as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency was trading at $29,482.10. Fast forward […]