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Payments company Checkout.com is raising once again. The company has closed a $450 million Series C round with Tiger Global Management leading the round — Greenoaks Capital and all existing investors are also participating. According to the startup, it is now the fourth-largest fintech company globally.
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Squarespace has raised $300 million in a round of funding that values the company at a staggering $10 billion valuation. New backers include Dragoneer, Tiger Global, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, funds and accounts advised by T. That round was raised at a $1.5 Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
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Global investors are running from Chinese tech stocks in the wake of the government’s crackdown on Ant Group and Alibaba, two high-flying businesses founded by Ma Yun (Jack Ma) that were once hailed as paragons of China’s new tech elite. China postpones Ant’s colossal IPO after closed-door talk with Jack Ma.
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Remote , which provides tools to manage onboarding, payroll, benefits and other services for tech and other knowledge workers located in remote countries — be they contractors or full-time employees — has raised $150 million. Remote raises $35M to help orgs with global workforce payroll, benefits and more.
NewYork-based construction startup Toggle this morning announced that it has raised an $8 million Series A. The round was led by Tribeca Venture Partners and featured Blackhorn Ventures, Point72 Ventures, NewYork State and Twenty Seven Ventures. It follows a $3 million seed round raised in late-2019.
The NewYork-based company raised a $20 million Series A in a round of funding led by Sonoma Brands and including Global Founders Capital, Monogram Capital, Lakehouse Ventures and Brand Foundry. The new investment gives Mixlab total funding of $30 million, said Fred Dijols, co-founder and CEO of Mixlab.
Tomorrow, a new startup is launching in NewYork with a fresh take on on-demand delivery. According to TheRealDeal , JOKR has funding from SoftBank, as well as HV Capital and Tiger Global. It’s unclear how much the startup has raised. market with its NYC launch.
Moov, a data-fueled marketplace for used manufacturing equipment , has closed a $41 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. As for the new funding, Moov plans to use it to expand its domestic presence into other semiconductor hubs such as Austin and NewYork. With close to $1.5
The Vets , a tech-enabled pet healthcare platform that provides at-home care, has raised $40 million in seed funding led by Target Global, PICO Venture Partners and Bolt Ventures. Starting today, The Vets’ services are now available in NewYork City as well. The Vets has served more than 7,000 pets to date.
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Fireblocks , an infrastructure provider for digital assets, has raised $310 million in a Series D round of funding that tripled the company’s valuation to $2.2 The latter is the third global bank to invest in Fireblocks in addition to the Bank of NewYork (BNY) Mellon and SVB Capital. . billion in just over five months.
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government worth just over $500,000, none of which are expected to expire, the NewYork Times reported. Heading into this year’s tax filing period, ZenLedger had raised just $11.5 We weren’t the super-hot deal where people just wanted to get in because Tiger Global is here or something,” Larsen said.
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