Tech
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Telegram raises $150M from Mubadala and Abu Dhabi CP via pre-IPO convertible bonds
Messaging platform Telegram, which recently passed 500 million monthly active users but still isn’t monetizing all the digital chatter it hosts —...
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Insuretech startup Counterpart raises $10M in funding round led by Valor Equity Partners
Insuretech startup Counterpart, has raised $10 million in funding led by Valor Equity Partners. Also participating was Susa Ventures and Felicis Ventures....
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Jumio raises $150M as its all-in-one ID authentication platform crosses 300M verified identities
Digital identity services — used as a key link between organizations to verify that you are who you say you are online...
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490Jeff raises $1M to build alternative credit scoring and other fintech products for Southeast Asia
According to the World Bank, more than one billion people in South and East Asia lack access to a bank account. For...
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Afriex raises $1.2M seed to scale its payments and remittances platform across Africa
Sending money from the U.S. to Nigeria can be a painstaking process. For remittance platforms like Western Union, it will cost a...
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China to ban apps from collecting excessive user data starting May
Starting May 1, apps in China can no longer force users into providing excessive personal data, according to a document jointly released...
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Niantic announces partnership with Nintendo on new augmented reality ‘Pikmin’ title
Nearly five years after the launch of Pokémon Go, Niantic announced Monday that they are partnering with Nintendo to co-develop a new...
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Tencent Music now has joint labels with all ‘big three’ record labels
The music streaming arm of Tencent is further tightening its ties with the “big three” record label companies, its major licensing partners....
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815Ro raises $500M to grow its remote and in-home primary care platform
Healthcare tech startup Ro has raised $500 million to help fuel continued growth of its hybrid telehealth/in-home primary care platform, which also...
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466Do we need so many virtual HQ platforms?
Teamflow, founded by ex-Uber manager Flo Crivello, has raised an $11 million Series A just three months after raising a $3.9 million...