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Exclusive: Lending tech provider Ned raises $4.2M

Indonesian shipping plataform Andalin secures fresh funding as part of Series C Round

Tespire Closes Significant Pre-Seed Round, Paves Way for Educational Revolution

Local AI platform Quin AI raises £1.5M investment

Tunisia’s Wattnow closes multi-million dollar funding round

Indonesian fleet tracking startup Transtrack raises $12M, eyes expansion

SC Launch awards $250K investment to Greenville-based Bubble Paper

Mexican FinTech startup OCN raises $86m to expand car rental services for gig workers

London-based Slip raises €2.9 million to transform receipts into a data tool for retailers

Orange Charger Raises $6.5M in Seed Funding

Leasecake Announces $10 Million Series A Extension to Reinforce Market Leadership and Accelerate Growth

Cybersecurity innovator BreachBits secures seed funding

Logistics and delivery platform raises R$600,000 to make online shopping deliveries possible in underserved regions

Biodegradable and edible packaging solution acquired by Generation Food Rural Partners

Scrapays raises an undisclosed amount from Catalyst Fund

Robotics company for industrial paint jobs secures a $10M Series A round of funding

Stackable makeup company secures a $5M Series A round of funding to fuel growth into retail

Service desk and team management software provider receives investment of R$ 4.5M

Synthetic plant-based fur designer secured a $2.5M seed round and launched its ‘Savian’ consumer brand in partnership with Stella McCartney

Intelligence platform for advanced biosecurity monitoring raises €2M to combat global antibiotic resistance

Space technology company awarded SBIR contract from NASA for Lunar Surface Solar Power

AI-driven post-production VFX platform tool raises $500k pre-seed round led by Dasein Capital

Co-Founders named to Time100 Next 2023 for fintech helping Americans build credit by reporting on-time rent payments to credit bureaus

Fintech helping consumers pay off bad debt named overall winner of Visa Everywhere Initiative 2023 Black American Edition

White label lending platform that makes it easy to qualify borrowers and deploy capital, closes $1.6M pre-seed round

MedTech to help teams supercharge regulatory submissions raises $4M Pre-A round led by Wavemaker and BGV

Cross-border trading SaaS raises $5m oversubscribed round to bridge global supply chain financing gaps

AI risk management company raises CAD $2.2M to help firms comply with forthcoming regulation and mitigate safety concerns

SaaS for data gathering, analysis and translation, announces $1.6M seed round

Music therapy platform Gen Z founders raise $2M+ to tackle the youth mental health crisis

AI solution software company acquired by Digital Wave Technology to help power omni-experience retailers and brands

Generative AI startup raises $4M led by Dundee VC to make writing personalized sales emails easy

New $20M Tax-Advantaged Investment Offering (REIT) Horizon Residential Income Fund I launches, providing access to portfolio of real estate debt investments

Lithium-ion battery recycler raises $1M pre-seed funding led by Eneos Innovation Partners to speed growth

Orbital Transfer startup tows a $16M load of Series A funding to create tugboats in space

Platform for managing disparate SaaS apps — for example, Jira and Trello — announces $20M Series B funding round led by CDPQ’s Equity 253 fund

Real-time mining monitoring platform raises A$3M funding round to further rollout its technology to the global mining industry

Company making it easier to get EV charging in your building raises $2.5M funding round led by Baukunst

Lithium-ion battery recycler receives $1M pre-seed funding led by Eneos Innovation Partners to speed growth

Mayo Clinic takes a stake in PillBot developer, in know-how license agreement covering robotic GI tract camera device

London-based creative space booking platform raises more than £300k in crowdfunding round

AI for eCommerce raises $25M Series B to connect shoppers with products using algorithmic tools like search and product discovery

Robotics solution for $175B Painting Industry raises $3.5M seed round

Virtual hospital solution receives more than $1M+ funding from Swedish fund Cardo Health

Chemistry-first AI platform for beauty and cosmetics industry announced $5.65M in seed funding

Canadian home and auto InsurTech platform announces $2.1M pre-seed funding round

App for people with special dietary needs raises $700k pre-Seed round to go national

Leading childcare center management software provider raises $26M Series B, plans to move its Buffalo HQ to new office space

Recycling tech company selected to Google Black Founders Fund in Africa 2022, including $100k non-dilutive funding

Plant-Based Fur Startup Closes $500k Pre-Seed Funding Round

Human-grade fresh pet food delivery company acquired by LiveFit, a brand of Ethey Group, Canada's Leading Sustainable Food Producer

Orbital propulsion startup among SpaceWERX's 124 Orbital Prime contracts awarded, each including STTR Phase 1 funding

Digital publishing startup selected to 500 Global's Sanabil MENA seed accelerator cohort 4

Last-mile delivery startup selected to Google Black Founders Fund, receiving equity-free funding

Plant-based sashimi alternative protein startup wins Startup Investor Accelerator's first trans-Atlantic Demo Day, secures $125k prize

Procurement management platform for enterprises raises $3M seed funding from Susa Ventures, Amplo, GoPoint Ventures, Bungalow Capital and Operator Partners

Foodtech company receives investment from Newday for Inventory Management System to optimise planning, purchasing, and use of food with data-driven insight

B2B marketplace raises $2.5M to solve stockouts, financing challenges for informal retailers across West and Central Africa

Commercial real estate platform raises $12M Series A to fuel expansion into new markets

Leading circular economy sharing app raises €2.3M for continued expansion after growing revenue 200%+ in 2021

Capitalizarme acquires Chilean real estate marketplace GoPlaceIt

Solution for tracking early childhood development milestones raises $2.5M seed funding round

Startup featured by Sports Illustrated: Best Fitness Apps of 2022

Remote Talent Marketplace Raises $13 Million Series A Led by Tiger Global

Islamic fintech raises $6.9M seed round for e-ticketing, branchless banking, micro-finance, and payments gateway solutions

Cross-border e-commerce startup raises $7M Series A to allow Vietnam’s SMEs to bring products to global consumers

Tech helping renters build credit named a 2022 Forbes Fintech 50: The Year's Most Innovative Startups In Personal Finance, Investing, Payments And Crypto

Mental HealthTech startup wins Collision Conference 2022 startup pitch competition

Public sector procurement platform secures six-figure pre-seed funding

Startup delivering 80% cheaper decoration projects raises R$ 650k, plans international expansion

The impact fintech helping renters to build credit became a 'unicorn' with SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led $130M Series B

Leading Indonesian cross-border digital logistics and shipping platform announced a $4M funding round led by Intudo Ventures

The no-code app builder raised AUD $6.3M pre-Series A led by Sequoia India’s rapid scale-up program, Surge, and Australia’s Tidal

Costa Rican FinTech exceeds pre-seed target with $1M raise from Loyal VC and angel investors

Low-code pricing optimization RetailTech raised $655k pre-seed from angels investors and VC

Female-led digital receipt app closes £750,000 ahead of summer launch for mobile retail tech

$800,000 Pre-Seed Funding Raise to Expand Artist-Centered Music Therapy Platform

Low-code RetailTech raised $655,000 pre-seed from business angels and VC

The centralized pickup point provider for receiving packages and deliveries from all couriers announced a €1M pre-seed round led by Xpress Ventures

The cross-border supply chain financing platform for mid-market companies raised $2M in pre-Series A funding from B&Y Venture Partners, Loyal VC and other investors

The platform to improve employee onboarding and engagement announced a €1M seed funding round led by Eleven Ventures

The Curitiba-based provider of automated creation, production and delivery of customized products for companies received non-dilutive capital from Google Black Founders Fund in first cohort of Brazilian startups

Raised $20M Series B for award-winning end-to-end investment platform for local real estate entrepreneurs

The now Buffalo, New York-based provider of software solutions for childcare facilities announced a $6M investment round led by Cultivation Capital

Edtech acquired by Vivadí, in bet on the consolidation of Brazilian soft skills market

Majority stake acquired by iCandy Interactive, part of global gaming ‘power house’ strategy

The video-first dating app raised a £1.25M seed funding round

Finalized $5M investment round to advance in-space transportation services

The Nigerian logistics platform raised funding from GreenTec

The payments gateway for retailers across Francophone Africa raised $2.4M round from 4DX Ventures and Flutterwave

Enterprise drone solutions provider announced $4.29M seed round led by Wavemaker Partners

Healthtech startup treating insomnia announced R$ 2M investment for behavioral therapies application to improve users’ night rest

Vietnamese HR tech firm announced seed money raised from CyberAgent Capital

Developer of mobile esports tournament platform BAASH, announced BAASH acquired by Coda Payments

Announced in the Washington Post new partnership program with Freddie Mac to help renters build credit

Automated credit assessment fintech gets a $620k pre-seed funding boost

Announced €300k pre-seed angel round for deployment first neobank for unbanked and underserved consumers in Francophone Africa

Agri-tech marketplace selected by Google Black Founders Fund for non-dilutive capital and mentorship in 2021 Africa Fund

Raised pre-seed investment round for try-before-you-buy (TBYB) e-commerce platform

Online therapy services startup takes home $500k investment from 43North competition

Raised $6M in funding round led by existing investor Cultivation Capital, for childcare center management software

Leading interactive content creation platform raises $20M Series B led by 645 Ventures and Owl Ventures

a cloud computing services pioneer, announces $16M Growth Equity Investment to fuel cloud native solutions on AWS

Raises $16M Series A for using AI to make the world more Customer-Centric

Indigenous and diasporic African medical data repository raised $1.5M from IsimoVest

Raises $650k in seed funding to accelerate smart manufacturing software

Raised R$ 2 million from KPTL for document scanning technology

Pre-seed fundraising round joined by Starta VC for smart aircraft industry marketplace

Acquired by US brand Slinger, adding the sports data and analytics software company ahead of upcoming NASDAQ listing

a smart energy storage platform, joins Techstars Alabama EnergyTech 2021 class

Connected fitness device leader for boxing and martial arts sports raised $90M Series B round

Cybersecurity and DevOps automation platform acquired by Sophos

Rent-reporting social impact fintech announced $10M Series A, including investment from Serena Williams

Raised $2.5M to Advance the Careers of Underrepresented Talent Through the Power of Mentorship

Agritech startup receives $100K funding from Guinness and Promasidor at the UN World Food Programme’s Zero Hunger Sprint

Mobile App and Marketplace for after school activities raised $1M seed funding round

Announced Angel Investment of £340k for the gaming company to fuel rapid growth in the mobile esports space

Awarded USAF SBIR Phase II Contract to Improve Aircraft Maintenance with AR

Automated subtitling and translation startup for content creators raised $1M seed funding round

Spanish Traveltech topped up Series A with additional €2M funding announcement

Waste tech and recycling startup won $40k prize from Nestlé at global awards ceremony

Curated talent and EQ-based hiring platform announced follow-up investment from Loyal VC

D2C eyewear startup now based in Morocco received 3 million DH investment from CDG

Founder Dina Aboughazala named recipient in Google News Initiative’s Middle East, Turkey and Africa Innovation Challenge

Accepted into the Techstars Atlanta 2021 seed accelerator cohort

Maker of sensors for powered wheelchairs joins Google For Startups Accelerator’s Women Founders Class of 2021

Language-learning mobile app announced $250k raised

High-speed 3D printing company raised funding from Laurence Innovation

Platform for plant and garden care took home $250k investment from Pelion Venture Partners at StartMadness Pitch competition

Blockchain-enabled fintech received funding via cryptocurrency investment (ETH 43.7821) from UNICEF Innovation Fund

Indonesian digital cross-border shipping platform Raises Series A Funding led by Sembrani Nusantara Fund (SNF), a fund operated by corporate VC firm BRI Ventures

Sri Lankan blockchain-as-a-service platform raised Rs. 21M in capital from LAN’s Angel Fund

Presentation and infographics software tool announced soon to close new round of international financing, thanks to its presence in New York