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Financial comparison “super app” Jeff raises $1.5M seed extension

TechCrunch

The funding brings Jeff’s total raised to about $2.5 Founded in 2019, the startup is operational in Vietnam and has applied for a license to launch in Indonesia. Part of the funding will be used to increase Jeff’s team from about 15 people now to more than 40 employees for its offices in Latvia and Southeast Asia.

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With over 1.3 million users, Nigerian-based fintech FairMoney wants to replicate growth in India

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” FairMoney, founded by Laurin Hainy , Matthieu Gendreau and Nicolas Berthozat , is a licensed online lender that provides instant loans and bill payments to underserved consumers in emerging markets. And with over 100 staff spread across Nigeria, France, and Latvia, the company hopes to build an engineering and marketing team in India.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

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Our data licensing and API with X is an incredible business. It added that, unlike its competitors TikTok and Instagram, Twitter hasn’t struck a music licensing deal for the use of copyrighted music. The app even appears to have deleted its web page explaining the “government-funded media” labels.

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