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Nala, a remittance startup that is now widening its portfolio through a new B2B payments platform, has raised $40 million equity in a rare deal that becomes one of the largest…

Nala to use $40M Series A to build B2B payments platform, scale remittance services

A travel-focused startup that the COVID pandemic could have killed has instead thrived. TravelJoy, a company providing a suite of tools for travel entrepreneurs and travel business operators, is now…

Backed by $10M Series A, TravelJoy is riding the post-COVID demand for expert travel planning

The company added a B2B component called Nomad Agent, which provides a network for real estate agents to collaborate with one another and standardize commission-sharing.

Nomad Homes adds software for real estate agents following $20M capital infusion

The concept of a data mesh has been around for a few years. At a high level, it’s a data platform architecture that allows users to access data without transferring…

Nextdata is building data meshes for the enterprise

Here’s a peek under the hood of the pitch deck that Nokod Security used to raise its $8M seed round.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Nokod Security’s $8M seed deck

Building credit is hard when it’s difficult to even get credit. And while it’s not impossible to get loans or credit cards, they are usually offered at high interest rates…

StellarFi lands $15M to help people build credit by paying bills, rent on time

It’s widely understood that after machine learning models are deployed in production, the accuracy of the results can deteriorate over time. Arthur.ai launched in 2019 with the goal of helping…

Arthur.ai machine learning monitoring gathers steam with $42M investment

The company is targeting the region’s challenges of customer acceptance, conversion and fraud with its “Commerce 3.0” payment infrastructure. 

DEUNA enters Latin America’s crowded one-click checkout sector flush with $37M

The past several months haven’t been entirely kind to the NFT market — while transaction volume hasn’t stuttered too significantly, the dollar amount invested in the space has been in…

Cryptoys banks a16z funding to build NFTs for kids

Over the past year, numerous notable women investors have left their roles at established firms to launch funds of their own.

Women are leaving VC firms and creating a new class of emerging investors
Venture

The case for down rounds

Media outfits reported earlier this week that the crypto lending platform BlockFi is looking to raise roughly $100 million in fresh funding in a round that would value the company…

The case for down rounds

Hybrid Cloud Up Time (HYCU), a self-described “backup-as-a-service” company for customers managing hybrid and multicloud environments, today announced that it raised $53 million in a “majority equity” Series B round…

HYCU locks down additional funding to grow its cloud data protection business

A banking app built for online creators, Creative Juice announced its $50 million fund to underwrite creator businesses. YouTubers and other social media stars can apply for upfront cash to…

Creative Juice launches a $50M fund to invest in creators

Identity management is at the heart of how a lot of organizations aim to keep their systems secure, but that leaves a big question unanswered: How secure is the identity…

Silverfort nabs $65M with a ‘holistic’ approach to protecting ID management across IT silos and legacy systems

Dragoneer Investment Group and Tiger Global are backing Bazaar, a startup that is attempting to digitize Pakistan’s retail with e-commerce, fintech and last-mile supply chain solutions, they said today, joining…

Bazaar raises $70 million from Tiger Global and Dragoneer to digitize Pakistan’s retail

Alternative investments are having a moment. Their popularity has surged over the last decade, with the asset class growing from just over $3 trillion in 2008 to more than $10…

Alto raises $40 million to help individuals make tax-savvy investments in assets like crypto and artwork

One of the most noticeable — and noted — effects of climate change has been its impact on how other events in the environment — be they natural or man-made…

Kettle books $25M for its reinsurance platform against fire and other catastrophes

Ketch’s OTC enables developers to embed security and governance into a piece of data as they build software.

Ketch raises another $20M as demand grows for its privacy data control platform

La Haus, which has developed an online real estate marketplace operating in Mexico and Colombia, has secured $100 million in additional funding, including $50 million in equity and $50 million…

Acrew Capital, Jeff Bezos back Colombia-based proptech La Haus’ $100M debt, equity round

Exabeam, a late-stage startup that helps organizations detect advanced cybersecurity threats, has landed a new $200 million funding round that values the company at $2.4 billion. The��Series F growth round…

Cybersecurity unicorn Exabeam raises $200M to fuel SecOps growth

Pie Insurance, a startup offering workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses, announced this morning that it has closed on $118 million in a Series C round of funding. Allianz X…

Pie Insurance raises $118M for data-driven workers’ comp coverage

Ketch, a startup aiming to help businesses navigate the increasingly complex world of online privacy regulation and data compliance, is announcing that it has raised $23 million in Series A…

Ketch raises $23M to automate privacy and data compliance

Passion Capital, the early-stage venture firm in London, told TechCrunch earlier this week that — in an apparent first for a European fund —  it plans to crowdfund the final…

Crowdfunding limits are poised to change next week, but most VCs aren’t paying attention — yet

Aqua Security, a Boston- and Tel Aviv-based security startup that focuses squarely on securing cloud-native services, today announced that it has raised a $135 million Series E funding round at…

Aqua Security raises $135M at a $1B valuation for its cloud native security platform

As of 2019, the majority of venture firms — 65% — still did not have a single female partner or GP at their firm, according to All Raise. So naturally,…

Ex-General Catalyst and General Atlantic VC announces $68M debut fund

Venture funds have historically counted on several types of limited partners — or LPs — for their own investing capital. One of these groups is institutional investors — think pension…

Two new efforts could widen the pool of people investing directly in venture funds

Cybersecurity insurance startup At-Bay has raised $34 million in its Series C round, the company announced Tuesday. The round was led by Qumra Capital, a new investor. Microsoft’s venture fund…

Cyber insurance startup At-Bay raises $34M Series C, adds M12 as a new investor

With $90 million in deposits and $18.25 million in new financing, HMBradley is making moves as the Los Angeles-based entrant into the challenger bank competition. LA is home to a…

HMBradley raises $18.25 million planting a flag as LA’s entrant into the challenger bank business

Superpeer, a startup that helps experts share and monetize their knowledge online, is announcing that it has raised $8 million in additional funding. As I wrote in March, the Superpeer…

Video mentoring platform Superpeer raises $8M and launches paid channels

The alchemy for a successful startup can be hard to parse. Sometimes, it’s who you know. Sometimes it’s where you go to school. And sometimes it’s what you do. In…

La Haus is bringing US tech services to Latin America’s real estate market