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Ericsson to acquire cloud communications company Vonage for $6.2B
Ericsson, an international networking company, decided it needed a dose of modernization and this morning announced its intent to acquire…
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Ireland’s Fonoa raises $20.5M to help digital-first businesses stay tax compliant as they scale globally
There are myriad tax pain points that come from selling goods, content or services globally. As the world has seen…
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Kaszek leads Z1’s latest round as it develops its bank app aimed at LatAm teens
Z1, a Brazilian neobank focused on offering digital accounts and a linked prepaid card to teenagers and young adults, secured…
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Render secures $20M Series A to scale its DevOps cloud platform
DevOps cloud platform Render, which won our Disrupt SF 2019 Startup Battlefield, announced today that it closed a $20 million…
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Helaina’s latest round brings it closer to market with human milk-equivalent baby formula
Helaina, a company producing a first-of-its-kind infant milk, announced $20 million in Series A financing to usher in its next…
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Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart to acquire an online pharmacy marketplace to foray into the healthcare space
Walmart-backed Flipkart is acquiring online pharmacy startup SastaSundar to enter the healthcare segment in India as e-commerce battle intensifies in…
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Primer Sazze Partners second $ 127 million funds for South Korean entrepreneurs
Primer Sazze Partners, a San Jose-based venture capital firm, announced today it has raised its second fund at $127 million…
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Zepto, an Indian grocery delivery app with a 10-minute delivery period, raises $60 million.
In an attempt to disrupt India’s crowded and highly competitive grocery delivery market, two 19-year-old entrepreneurs raised $60 million to…
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HOVERBIKES, Japan’s start-up targets supercar users with $700,000: Will it be a success or a failure?
Hoverbikes launched in Japan for £495,000. Technologies from Tokyo extend an unimaginative motor and four battery-powered units to run drones. In terms…
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10 ideas for Housewives- The Year of the New Work-from-Home Business
Staying at home doesn’t mean you’ll be financially reliant on your spouse. The Internet has provided housewives with several online…
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