Australian fintech Zeller raises $100M AUD Series B at $1B AUD valuation
Zeller’s EFTPOS terminal. Image Credits: Zeller Zeller, the Australian neobank for SMBs, has raised a $100 million AUD Series B (about $72.7 million USD), doubling its valuation to more than…
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Blockchain infra startup Tenderly raises $40M after seeing 500% YoY revenue growth
Tenderly, a startup that aims to make it easier for web3 developers “of all skill sets” to build blockchain products, has raised $40 million in a Series B round of…
Read More »As API-first startups multiply, GGV builds an index
When GGV Capital reached out and said that it had built an index of API-first companies, I was curious. Venture-built indexes of startups and other firms have proved useful tools…
Read More »M-KOPA raises $75M as it clocks 2 million customers across four African markets
A 2019 World Bank report says 85% of Africans live on less than $5.50 per day. A large percentage of these adults are unbanked and underbanked; thus, they don’t have…
Read More »Shark Tank India host Ashneer Grover resigns from BharatPe board amid turmoil at Indian fintech
Ashneer Grover, a founder and the public face of BharatPe, has resigned from the board and left the managing director position he held at the Tiger Global-backed Indian fintech startup…
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Fintech Roundup: More female founders in fintech? Yes, please
Welcome to my new weekly fintech focused column. I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm,…
Read More »Peruvian startup Leasy secures $17M in debt, equity to provide auto loans to LatAm ride-hailing drivers
Leasy, a startup that offers automobile financing to ride-hailing drivers in Latin America via a subscription model, has secured $2 million in equity and $15 million in debt. Italian-born Gregorio…
Read More »Gloria Lin thinks construction needs to ‘catch the wave of fintech’
As an engineering program manager at Apple, Gloria Lin was part of a group that conceptualized and built initial prototypes for what is now Apple Pay. She moved on from…
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This startup wants to help renters get rewarded for paying their rent on time
While there are positives to being a renter — think no maintenance headaches — many renters still feel like they are essentially throwing money away every month when they make…
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