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Kaszek Ventures raises $600 million in two funds as Latin America’s startup market booms
Kaszek Ventures, the investment firm that has been one of the primary architects of the recent boom in startup financing…
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India’s Lendingkart raises $30M to help small businesses access working capital
As India continues its race to adopt digital payments at a pace and scale seen rarely worldwide, the country’s startups…
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Drip Capital raises $25M to help exporters access working capital
Drip Capital, a startup that helps small and medium-sized exporters secure working capital, has raised $25 million to expand its…
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US mobile bank MoneyLion raises $100 million at ‘near unicorn’ valuation
There’s a new fintech startup in the U.S. that is inching closer to the unicorn status. New York City-headquartered MoneyLion,…
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India’s 30-year-old MyMoneyMantra raises $15M to scale its financial services marketplace
MyMoneyMantra, a 30-year-old New Delhi-based firm that operates a marketplace of financial services, has raised $15 million in its maiden…
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WeChat is quietly ranking user behavior to play catch-up with Alibaba
Over one billion people leave behind trails of information on WeChat every day as they use the messenger to chat,…
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After much drama, LendingClub founder Renaud Laplanche gets a slap on the wrist by the SEC
In May of 2016, LendingClub CEO Renaud Laplanche faced the most embarrassing outcome imaginable for a founder. He was forced…
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Understanding Renaud Laplanche’s next Upgraded act
Renaud Laplanche spent ten years building LendingClub. In the process, he created an industry from scratch. Circumventing conventional banking channels…
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The ambitious real estate ‘unicorn’ Opendoor just made its first acquisition, snapping up Open Listings
Opendoor, a four year-old, San Francisco-based company, has from the outset intended to make it possible to buy and sell…
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