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South African startup Aerobotics raises $17M to scale its AI-for-agriculture platform

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Aerobotics , a South African startup that provides intelligent tools to the world’s agriculture industry, has raised $17 million in an oversubscribed Series B round. Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raises $6M Series A led by Anthemis. million, according to Aerobotics. Aerobotics has experienced record growth in the last few years.

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MVP Match, a tech-talent marketplace, raises $5M from Stage 2 Capital

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Tech-talent marketplace MVP Match has raised €5 million ($5 million) seed funding from Stage 2 Capital to double down its strategy for pairing companies with talent from across the globe. MVP Match, a tech-talent marketplace, raises $5M from Stage 2 Capital by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch.

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Sweden’s Tink raises $103M as its open banking platform grows to 3,400 banks and 250M customers

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Tink , a startup out of Stockholm, Sweden that aggregates a number of banks and financial services by way of an API so that those can in turn be accessed via new channels, has raised €85 million (or $103 million at current rates), at a post-money valuation of €680 million (or around $825 million). It has now raised €175 million in total.

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Cajoo raises $40 million for its instant grocery delivery service

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French startup Cajoo is raising some money in order to compete more aggressively in the new and highly competitive category of food delivery companies. There are a lot of players that have raised a lot of money. So the company faces some of the challenges that Deliveroo and Uber Eats also face. But it’s a regulated market.

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Feedzai raises $200M at a $1B+ valuation for AI tools to fight financial fraud

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— it was originally founded in Portugal but now is based out of San Mateo — and towards business development, specifically via partnerships to integrate and sell its tools. This latest round comes nearly four years after Feedzai raised its Series C, a $50 million round led by an unnamed investor and with an undisclosed valuation.

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Ukio, a premium apartment rental platform for Europe’s ‘flexible workforce,’ raises $28M

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Ukio , a short-term furnished apartment rental platform aimed at the “flexible workforce,” has raised €27 million ($28 million) in a Series A round of funding. “Ukio was created to overcome this challenge.” Ukio’s raise comes as several similar platforms have raised sizable rounds of funding.

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Shield, a communication compliance platform for financial institutions, raises $20M

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Another challenge, according to Weitzman, is the difficulty in capturing data transmitted through apps such as WhatsApp. To meet this rising demand for “more advanced” cross-channel surveillance, Shield announced Thursday it has raised $20 million in a Series B round of funding.