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Osome , a Singapore-headquartered business assistant app that digitizes accounting and compliance tasks, has raised $3 million. The startup currently has about 4,500 SME clients across Singapore, Hong Kong and the UnitedKingdom, founder and chief executive officer Victor Lysenko told TechCrunch.
The company announced today it has raised a $25 million Series B from Illuminate Financial, AFG Partners and Winter Capital. This brings Osome’s total raised since it was founded in 2017 to $51 million. Osome currently serves more than 11,000 business in Singapore (where it is is headquartered), Hong Kong and the UnitedKingdom.
Human resources platform Employment Hero announced today it has raised $181 million AUD (or about $129 million USD), putting it at unicorn valuation in Australian dollars of $1.25 It has now raised a total of $220 million AUD. billion (or about $890 million USD).
That pivot has proven to be a smart move for the company, which today announced it has raised $275 million in a Series F “growth” funding round at a $7.25 With the latest round, the company has raised a total of $1.3 TripActions raises $155M at $5B valuation as corporate travel recovers from pandemic lows. billion valuation.
Co-founder and chief executive officer Jack Zhang told TechCrunch that the new funding will be used for Airwallex’s United States launch in the second quarter of this year, expand its payment coverage to new regions like the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America, and add more products, including physical cards.
California-based Presight Capita l and Kingsway Capital out of the UnitedKingdom co-led the round, which also included participation from existing backers such as Kaszek, Upper90 and FJ Labs. In April, Merama announced it had raised $60 million in seed and Series A funding and secured $100 million in debt.
Companies recently capturing investment dollars for similar technology include Sift, which raised $50 million in April for a valuation of over $1 billion, and Socure , which announced $100 million in Series D funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. As such, he intends to use the new funding to hire developers across Europe and in the U.S.
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 In February, the New York-based startup raised $133 million in a Series C round at a $700 million valuation. billion in just over five months.
The company announced today it has raised $12 million led by Glade Brook Capital, which has also invested in marketplaces like Airbnb, Meituan, Uber and Instacart. Travel activities platform KKday raises $75 million Series C as it focuses on ‘staycations’ But as travel gradually resumes, Headout identified “two massive tailwinds.”
” CARDIFF, UNITEDKINGDOM – DECEMBER 22: A Deliveroo rider at work at night on December 22, 2018 in Cardiff, UnitedKingdom. As REEF raises money for expansion, it’s tapping into a new theory of urban development embraced by mayors from Amsterdam to Tempe, Ariz.
The South Korea-based startup announced today it has raised an $18 million Series A led by returning investor Must Asset Management, at a valuation of $90 million. Ringle is preparing to launch a program for school kids later this year, and also has plans to open offine educational spaces in South Korea and the United States.
The startup announced today that it has raised a $5 million seed round led by Israeli early-stage venture firm Aleph, with participation from returning investors Entrée Capital and SeedIL Ventures. MyInterview previously raised $1.6 MyInterview previously raised $1.6
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On the heels of Heroes announcing a $200 million raise earlier today, to double down on buying and scaling third-party Amazon Marketplace sellers, another startup out of London aiming to do the same is announcing some significant funding of its own. North Wall Capital was behind the debt portion of the deal.
Wayflyer , a revenue-based financing platform for e-commerce merchants, has raised $76 million in a Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital. The raise comes just after Wayflyer raised $100 million in debt funding to support its cash advance product, and 14 months after the Dublin, Ireland-based startup launched its first product.
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Ubco, the New Zealand-based electric utility bike startup, has raised $10 million to fund a global expansion focused on the U.S. The company already works with Domino’s in New Zealand and the UnitedKingdom, as well as a range of other national clients, like the New Zealand Post, the Defense Force, the Department of Conservation and P?mu,
The Sydney, Australia-based company announced today it has raised a $45 million AUD (about $34.8 The capital will be used for expansion and growth in markets including New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the UnitedKingdom. million) Series D, bringing its valuation to more than $250 million AUD ($193.4 million USD).
Australia-based Employment Hero raises $45M AUD for its global expansion. “We We had been speaking with them for years, so when they asked if we would consider raising, we agreed it was definitely worth exploring. Remote raises $150M on a $1B+ valuation to manage payroll and more for organizations’ global workforces.
The startup announced today it has raised $2.2 The round, which Maya said is the largest raised by a Bangladeshi health tech company so far, was led by early-stage fund Anchorless Bangladesh and The Osiris Group, a private equity firm focused on impact investing in Asian markets. million in seed funding.
Playter has raised backing to do this, as has Hokodo, Billie and Tranch, to name a few other players. Mondu has now raised a $43 million Series A round led by U.S.-based The company has now raised $57 million to date. Berlin-based Billie has raised €138.2 has raised $5.6 Mondu will have to expand quickly.
Singapore-based Thunes , a fintech focused on making cross-border money transfers easier, announced today it has raised a $60 million growth round led by Insight Partners. Thunes raises $60 million for cross-border payments in emerging markets. When Insight approached Thunes, it was not planning to raise more funding.
Sleek , the corporate services platform that helps entrepreneurs launch and run new companies in Singapore and Hong Kong, has raised $4 million. Sleek co-founder and chief growth officer Adrien Barthel told TechCrunch that the funding is part of Sleek’s seed round and brings the startup’s total raised so far to $7 million.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed but it’s understood Spherics had raised £1.25m in equity financing from angel investors and £300,000 in grants. Headquartered in Bristol, UnitedKingdom, Spherics is the second Bristol startup to be acquired by Sage in the last year, after Brightpearl was picked up in 2021.
Creoate , a startup that lets independent retailers buy sustainable products from brands and wholesalers, has raised a $5 million seed round led by Fuel Ventures, with participation from Vinted founder Justas Janauskas. raised $696 million) and Ankorstore (France, raised €115 million).
But the close connection Facebook Dating has to the rest of the company’s products has raised concerns in the past. Facebook touts the service’s privacy features, with many of its more personal matching tactics entirely optional.
It was only in March that Pipe — which aims to be the “Nasdaq for revenue” — raised $150 million, but two months later had raised $250 million at a $2 billion valuation. More funding flows into Pipe, as buzzy fintech raises $250M at a $2B valuation.
Tracksuit’s tool now tracks insights for more than 1,300 brands across New Zealand, Australia, the UnitedKingdom and, most recently, the United States. Tracksuit raises $5M to make brand tracking more accessible by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch ” said Herbert.
The company already operates in Australia, the UnitedKingdom and the United States, and has recently expanded into new cities in those markets, like Manchester, U.K. The other half comes from asset-backed debt from Viola Group, which the startup will use to scale up its hardware into existing and new markets.
It has now raised $4.5 a similar company, Matterport, has raised $114 million to date. Matterport raises $48M to ramp up its 3D imaging platform. million in a funding round led by LAUNCHub Ventures and Hoxton Ventures. Also participating is HCVC (Hardware Club), alongside existing investor Change Ventures. In the U.S.,
.” Intellect’s seed round will be used to expand in Asian markets and to help fund clinical research studies it is currently conducting with universities and organizations in Singapore, Australia and the UnitedKingdom. Mental health startups are raising spirits and venture capital.
Launched on Black Friday, the campaign provides a list of demands for Amazon, which include raising pay for workers in Amazon’s warehouses, extending paid sick leave, and allowing workers to organize in unions. Amazon warehouse workers risked their lives as essential workers.”.
Faire, which has built a marketplace connecting retailers to indie brands globally, has raised a $416 million extension to its Series G financing , more than doubling the size of the round, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. Faire raised $400 million last November in a tranche that valued the company at $12.4
Nutrium , a digital health startup which links dietitians and their patients via an app, has raised a €4.25 Nutrium’s competitors include NutriAdmin , AppointmentPlus and Evolution Nutrition , which has raised $2.3 Today, Nutrium operates in more than 40 markets, having increased its turnover exponentially.”. million.
The London-based platform, which carries sneakers, streetwear and collectibles from pre-vetted resellers, announced today it has raised $4.8 The platform’s competitors include StockX and GOAT , other designer sneaker and streetwear marketplaces that have raised venture capital funding. million in seed funding.
Osome , a startup that combines multiple corporate services for SMEs into one “super app,” has raised a $16 million Series A. It now claims to be used by 6,000 companies in Singapore, the UnitedKingdom and Hong Kong, giving it $9.5 Singapore-based digital business assistant Osome raises $3 million.
Fintech startup StudentFinance — which allows educational institutions to offer success-based financing for students — has raised a $5.3 It’s now raised $6.6 Kostelec and Santo Amaro previously built Uniplaces, which raised $30 million as a student housing platform in Europe. million (€4.5 million total, to date.
Men’s health and well-being startup Manual has raised a $30 million Series A round from U.S.-based Manual is competing with Numan (which has raised $13 million), also from the U.K. it is competing with Ro (which has raised $876.1 FJ Labs and the GISEV Family Office also participated in the round. In the U.S.
s Cybsafe , which raised $7-9 million last year — are proliferating. The Cologne-based cybersecurity awareness and testing platform has now raised a $73 million Series B funding round led by growth-capital fund Highland Europe. Thus startups built to alleviate this gap — such as the U.K.’s
The Zebra , an Austin-based company that operates an insurance comparison site, has raised $150 million in a Series D round that propels it into unicorn territory. million Series C that Austin-based The Zebra raised in February of 2020. This new raise wasn’t to fund operations. million since its 2012 inception.
Doctor Anywhere , a startup that takes an “omnichannel” approach to healthcare, announced today it has raised $88 million SGD (about $65.7 The company’s Series C, which it claims is one of the largest private rounds raised by a Southeast Asian healthtech company, brings its total funding to more than $140 million SGD. .
On the heels of Personio raising a big round yesterday , one of its competitors and another big startup in the area of HR has also picked up some funding. Hibob last raised money about 10 months ago, a $70 million round in December 2020 (a round led by SEEK and Israel Growth Partners). The funding values the company at around $1.65
In November last year, digital freight forwarder Forto raised another $50 million in a round led by Inven Capital. In April this year, Nuvocargo raised $12 million to digitize the freight logistics industry. In May, Zencargo, with a freight-forwarding platform, raised $42 million. which has raised $9.5 million.
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