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Canadian startup Rose Rocket raises Series A to scale its transport software business

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Freight transportation-focused Rose Rocket recently raised a $25 million round. Per venture data aggregated by Carta , average logistics-themed Series A rounds since the start of 2020 have sported median cash raises of $8 million and post-money valuations of around $50 million. We should probably pay it more heed.

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Payments company Paystone raises $23.8M to help service-based businesses engage with customers

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Today it provides electronic payments and customer engagement technology to businesses, particularly those that provide services, CEO Tarique Al-Ansari told TechCrunch. The new funding gives Canada-based Paystone total funds raised in 2021 of $78.8 It raised $54.9 Refer a friend, get a reward. Write a review, get a reward.

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Peek raises $80M as its travel experiences software and marketplace business passes $2B in bookings

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Today a company focused on experiences — museum visits, skydiving, local cooking classes and more — is announcing a round of growth funding on the back of seeing its own business bounce back. ” Peek has now raised more than $100 million in the last 10 years. Peek was also not immune.

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Grover raises $71M to grow its consumer electronics subscription business

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A startup tapping into the concept of the circular economy, where people don’t buy items outright but pay an incremental amount to use them temporarily, has raised some funding to scale its business in Europe and beyond. The fresh funding allows us to bring these possibilities to even more people across the world.

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Nigerian retail automation platform Bumpa raises $4M, led by Base10 Partners

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Millions of small and medium businesses still operate inefficiently due to dependency on manual processes, which limits their capacity to grow and scale; this is despite contributing to about 48% of Nigeria’s GDP in the last five years, But the tide is turning. Some include Pastel , Kippa and OZÉ. .

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Edtech boom continues as IntellectoKids raises $3M from Allrise Capital and others

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IntellectoKids , a developer of educational apps for children aged 3 to 7 years, has raised $3 million in a Series A financing led by U.S.-based IntellectoKids says it has more than 2 million installs across North America and Central and Northern Europe. based Allrise Capital and other investors, including Genesis Investments.

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Airwallex raises $200M at a $4B valuation to double down on business banking

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Business, now more than ever before, is going digital, and today a startup that’s building a vertically integrated solution to meet business banking needs is announcing a big round of funding to tap into the opportunity. Cross-border fintech Airwallex raises $100M Series D extension at new valuation of $2.6B.