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South African SME finance startup Lulalend raises $6.5M Series A
South African digital lender Lulalend has raised a $6.5 million Series A round co-led by IFC and Quona Capital. The…
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GuestReady raises $6M to help hosts on Airbnb and other services manage their property
GuestReady, a three-year-old service that lets shared-economy hosts manage their business on Airbnb and other rental sites, has announced a…
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Alibaba proposes share split ahead of reported $20B Hong Kong IPO
Alibaba is being heavily linked with a public listing in Hong Kong, which could reportedly happen in Q3 and raise…
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Jeff Bezos wants to build the infrastructure for space startups
At its re:Mars conference, Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos took the stage today to be “interviewed” by Jenny Freshwater, Amazon’s director…
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Finance
EV Growth closes $200M fund to cover Southeast Asia’s Series B funding gap
East Ventures has long been known as one of Indonesia’s longest-serving and most active seed-stage investors, but now it has…
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Trends
Algorithmia raises $25M Series B for its AI automation platform
Algorithmia, a Seattle-based startup that offers a cloud-agnostic AI automation platform for enterprises, today announced a $25 million Series B…
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STARTUPS
Flying taxi startup Blade is helping Silicon Valley CEOs bypass traffic
One year after a $38 million Series B valued on-demand aviation startup Blade at $140 million, the company has begun…
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