March 17, 2020
Oura raises $28 million for its health and sleep tracking ring
Smart rings are still a relatively young category in the wearable hardware...
February 15, 2020
6 strategic stages of seed fundraising in 2020
Seed fundraising is rarely easy, but it certainly used to be a lot less...
February 4, 2020
Payments infra startup Finix closes $35M Series B led by Sequoia
This morning Finix, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup selling payments tech...
December 2, 2019
Africa Roundup: Nigerian fintech gets $360M, mints unicorn, draws Chinese VC
November 2019 could mark when Nigeria (arguably) became Africa’s...
September 24, 2019
Fundbox raises $176 million Series C to build ‘Visa’ for B2B payments
Credit cards have become all but ubiquitous for consumer transactions, and it...
July 10, 2018
Toast raises $115M at a $1.4B valuation to create a one-stop management tool for restaurants
While massive restaurant chains might have resources to build out their own...
May 7, 2018
Venture capital firm GGV raises US$236M (RMB1.5B) in new RMB fund
GGV Capital has invested in over 200 companies in the US and China including...
April 27, 2018
Square is acquiring website builder Weebly for $365M
Square just announced that it’s reached an agreement to acquire Weebly for...
April 23, 2018
Square and Stripe investor Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co. invests in Malaysian fintech firm Soft Space
Soft Space also operates the Digital Payment Hub in Taiwan, a payment...
April 20, 2018
Square acquires corporate catering startup Zesty
Square has acquired elements of corporate catering startup Zesty . Square, which...