Naspers leads $11M investment in South African insurtech Naked – TechCrunch

South African insurtech platform Naked has raised $11 million in a Naspers-led round. Existing investors Yellowwoods and Hollard also participated in the funding round. This comes barely two weeks after…

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Suma Brands raises $150M to acquire more third-party brands for its Amazon roll-up play – TechCrunch

Amazon has become a lynchpin in the e-commerce machine over the years in part because it’s a site we consumers can visit to buy just about anything we want —…

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FullStory raises $103M at a $1.8B valuation to combat rage clicks on websites and apps – TechCrunch

Even with all the years of work that have been put into improving how screen-based interfaces work, our experiences with websites, mobile apps and any other interactive service you might…

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Neobanks’ moves toward profitability could be the path to public markets – TechCrunch

The global venture capital bet on neobanks is massive. London-based Starling Bank has raised more than $900 million, per Crunchbase. The same data source indicates that Chime has raised $1.5…

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Reserve Trust raises $30.5M to become the ‘Stripe for B2B payments’ – TechCrunch

Reserve Trust, a Denver-based financial services provider, has raised $30.5 million in a Series A round led by QED Investors. FinTech Collective, Ardent Venture Partners, Flywire CEO Mike Massaro and…

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[Funding alert] After Deepika Padukone, rapper Raftaar invests in FrontRow

Learning and community platform, FrontRow on Wednesday said it secured an undisclosed funding amount from music tycoon Raftaar and entertainment and music conglomerate AK Projekts. The fundraise came six months after…

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