Tagged: startups

March 23, 2023 @ 5:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nomura‘s digital assets subsidiary, Laser Digital, announces a strategic investment in ClearToken, a startup that will introduce a clearing house to the digital asset marketplace, enabling “the scale and structure required for mass institutional engagement with digital assets.” As part of Laser’s strategic investment, its… Read More

March 19, 2023 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At a time when the UK and US tech sectors were exposed to what can only be described as financial chaos, Payhawk, the spend management solution for domestic and international businesses throughout Europe, the US, and the UK, continued “to show their dedication and support… Read More

March 16, 2023 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Oren Barzilai, CEO at EquityBee, the startup employees’ stock options funding solution. Oren Barzilai from EquityBee talked about what led to them compiling their latest report on startups. Barzilai also discussed how common stock options have become at startups. In addition… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global asset manager and tech lender Liquidity Group is reportedly planning “to offer about $3 billion in emergency loans to start-up clients hit by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.” Liquidity has “about $1.2 billion ready in cash to make available in the coming weeks,”… Read More

March 12, 2023 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liquidity Group, an Israel-based fintech and asset manager, is looking to provide $500 million this year “to support startups in the UAE and across the Middle East.” The company reached unicorn status last month, “with fresh investment of $40 million from Japan’s MUFG at a… Read More

March 11, 2023 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the global financial technology platform of choice for businesses, announces that its annual Accelerator program is returning this spring “to empower another round of high-potential social enterprises and impact startups.” EMEA based businesses committed “to furthering the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can… Read More

March 3, 2023 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Startups in 2023 are facing compensation markets “unlike any in recent memory,” according to an update from Carta. Layoffs have “afflicted large, public tech companies as well as companies across the VC ecosystem.” In the private markets, declining valuations and increasing intervals between funding rounds… Read More

March 3, 2023 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

trackd, the cybersecurity start-up automating vulnerability remediation without the fear of disruption, announced that it is emerging from stealth-mode behind $3.35MM in seed funding, and will bring its approach to the cybersecurity community in 2023. trackd’s unified vulnerability and patch management platform “leverages the collective… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Doconomy, the climate technology startup helping banks, brands, and consumers to better understand and reduce their environmental impact – has acquired Stockholm-based financial wellbeing fintech Dreams Technology. This marks the “first” deal of its kind “to bridge the unique intersection of behavioural economics and climate… Read More

February 17, 2023 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PARSIQ claims it has long been interested in creating a “bright” and sustainable future for Web3 technology. That’s why they claim to work so hard “to make accessing data, and monitoring blockchain activity as easy as possible for developers.” They’re pleased to announce their partnership… Read More

February 13, 2023 @ 2:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex has released Brex Startup Review — a comprehensive data report that “looks back at the startup and macro trends of 2022 and what they may indicate for 2023.” The report delivereod several key findings, including: Later-stage companies are making larger cuts in spending overall,… Read More

February 5, 2023 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gobi Partners, the “most interconnected” Pan-Asian venture capital (VC) firm with US$1.5 billion (RM6.5 billion) in assets under management has “onboarded four more promising Malaysian startups to its Gobi Superseed II Fund (Gobi SSII Fund).” The four firms “being onboarded are Islamic-themed streaming service Durioo+,… Read More

February 5, 2023 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fibery, the work and knowledge hub for startups, today announced that it has raised $5.2 million in a Series A funding round “led by Tal Ventures, with additional funding from Altair Capital.” This investment round “brings total investment in the company to $8.3 million, following… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mayfair, a Fintech startup backed by Tiger Global and Amity Ventures, is helping companies put “every last idle dollar to work.” Its clients avoid “the price and liquidity risks of financial products typically marketed to businesses, and can take advantage of automated cash management to… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

docStribute, the “smart” solution that allows immutable file sharing for a wide range of industries using distributed ledger technology (DLT), is now “available to members of Penrith Building Society, digitizing member communications.” London-based RegTech startup docStribute has joined forces with Penrith Building Society in order… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eazy Digital, a Thai insurtech startup that provides digital platforms for insurance companies, has raised US$850,000 in an oversubscribed seed funding round. The investment round was “led by Wavemaker Partners, with participation from Seedstars International Ventures, Wing Vasiksiri, and Sasin Bangkok Venture Club.” Eazy Digital… Read More

January 29, 2023 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OneSpan Inc. (NASDAQ: OSPN), the digital agreements security company, announced that it has agreed to acquire ProvenDB, an Australia-based startup that delivers secure storage and vaulting for documents based on blockchain technology, “to provide an industry-leading trust model for high assurance contracts and documents.” ProvenDB… Read More

January 27, 2023 @ 2:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Salv, the regtech startup founded by former Wise and Skype employees, closes a €4m seed round extension “led by ffVC, with German G+D Ventures and existing investors also participating.” The funds will allow Salv “to further develop its modular regtech technology and support geographical expansion… Read More

January 10, 2023 @ 3:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fractal Homes, a UK-based start-up offering fractional home ownership across Europe’s capital cities, has launched a second home co-ownership model “aimed at streamlining purchasing, maintenance, and upkeep of select properties for GCC residents.” To coincide with this announcement, Fractal Homes has “launched a new website… Read More

January 9, 2023 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Oxford Ionics – the startup solving the critical scalability issues facing the future of quantum computing, has raised £30 million in Series A funding from some of the “world’s leading” quantum and tech investors. The investment round was “led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Braavos… Read More