Oura raises $28 million for its health and sleep tracking ring

Smart rings are still a relatively young category in the wearable hardware...


6 strategic stages of seed fundraising in 2020

Seed fundraising is rarely easy, but it certainly used to be a lot less...


Payments infra startup Finix closes $35M Series B led by Sequoia

This morning Finix, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup selling payments tech...


Africa Roundup: Nigerian fintech gets $360M, mints unicorn, draws Chinese VC

November 2019 could mark when Nigeria (arguably) became Africa’s...


Fundbox raises $176 million Series C to build ‘Visa’ for B2B payments

Credit cards have become all but ubiquitous for consumer transactions, and it...


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...


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...


Square is acquiring website builder Weebly for $365M

Square just announced that it’s reached an agreement to acquire Weebly for...


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...


Square acquires corporate catering startup Zesty

Square has acquired elements of corporate catering startup Zesty . Square, which...