Armed with $160M in funding, LatAm’s Merama enters the e-commerce land grab – TechCrunch

Merama, a five-month old e-commerce startup focused on Latin America, announced today that it has raised $60 million in seed and Series A funding and $100 million in debt. The…

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MessageBird acquires SparkPost for $600M using $800M Series C extension – TechCrunch

MessageBird, a communications platform out of the Netherlands, had a busy day today with two huge announcements. For starters, the company got an $800 million extension on its $200 million…

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Canada to provide $10M to support fight against COVID-19 in India: PM Trudeau

Canada will provide 10 million Canadian dollars to India to support the country in its fight against the unprecedented second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has…

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Opsera raises $15M for its continuous DevOps orchestration platform – TechCrunch

Opsera, a startup that’s building an orchestration platform for DevOps teams, today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A funding round led by Felicis Ventures. New investor…

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Near acquires the location data company formerly known as UberMedia – TechCrunch

Data intelligence company Near is announcing the acquisition of another company in the data business — UM. In some ways, this echoes Near’s acquisition of Teemo last fall. Just as that deal…

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Jio Platforms, BYJU’s in Time Magazine’s first-ever list of 100 most influential companies

Two Indian firms, Reliance Industries' technology arm Jio Platforms and e-learning startup BYJU's have figured in the Time Magazine's first-ever list of 100 most influential companies.On its website, Time said…

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