Kakao Mobility Secures Additional Funding at $4.2 Billion Valuation
What is Kakao Mobility and what does it do? Kakao Mobility is a mobility as a service (MaaS) startup with its Kakao T app. Who founded Kakao Mobility? The parent company, Kakao corp was founded by Brian Kim. How much has Kakao Mobility raised? $55 million, it represents a stake of 1.3% in the company. […]
Jobandtalent Raises $500 Million Series E
What is Jobandtalent and what does it do? Jobandtalent is a workforce marketplace based in Spain. Who founded Jobandtalent? The company was founded by Juan Urdiales, Tabi Vicuña and Felipe Navio. How much has Jobandtalent raised? Half a billion dollars, valuing the company at $2.35 billion. Who has invested in Jobandtalent? The round was led […]
Urban SDK Increases Seed Funding to $3.7 Million
What is Urban SDK and what does it do? Urban SDK is a data analytics and visualization startup based in Florida. Who founded Urban SDK? The company was founded by Drew Lesser and Justin Dennis. How much has Urban SDK raised? $3.7 million in seed funding. Who has invested in Urban SDK? The round was […]
Airwallex Raises Another $100 Million as Valuation Soars to $5.5 Billion
What is Airwallex and what does it do? Airwallex is a global payments platform. Who founded Airwallex? The company was founded by Lucy Liu and Jack Zhang. How much has Airwallex raised? $100 million to close Series E with $300 million in total. Who has invested in Airwallex? The round was led by Lone Pine […]
Fashion Startup Centra Secures $11 Million
What is Centra and what does it do? Centra is a commerce platform specialised in DTC and wholesale operations for fashion brands. Who founded Centra? The company was founded by Piotr Zaleski and Frans Rosen. How much has Centra raised? $11.3 million. Who has invested in Centra? Verdane, a Northern European growth equity investment firm. […]
November 2021 Funded Startups and Their Domain Choices
Overview The leading business information Crunchbase has published its monthly funding recap, and here is what caught our attention. By the end of November, global funding for 2021 had surpassed $580 billion, compared to $335 billion in 2020. Freight, aerospace, cloud security, gaming, automotive, cryptocurrency, e-commerce, energy, transportation, workplace productivity, and biomedicines are among the […]
Reibus Secures $75 Million Series B Funding
What is Reibus and what does it do? Reibus is an independent metal marketplace. Who founded Reibus? The company was founded by John Armstrong in 2018. How much has Reibus raised? $75 million in Series B. Who has invested in Reibus? The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Reibus also saw some existing […]
Grover Secures $250 Million in Funding to Scale Its Us Business
What is Grover and what does it do? Grover is a German company that offers rental programs for technological devices. Who founded Grover? The company was founded by Michael Cassau. How much has Grover raised? $250 million, through an asset-backed facility deal. Who has invested in Grover? The deal was inked with Fasanara Capital. What […]
Global Edtech Unicorns and Their Domain Choices
We recently analyzed 99 Fast-Growing Edtech Startups in 2021 and Their Domain Names, and now we’ll focus on global Edtech Unicorns and their domain choices.
Raycast Raises $15 Million from Accel and Coatue
What is Raycast and what does it do? Raycast is a Developer-focused productivity tool. Who founded Raycast? The company was founded by Thomas Paul Mann and Petr Nikolaev in 2020. How much has Raycast raised? $15 million. Who has invested in Raycast? The round was led by Accel and Coatue. Some angel investors, Johnny Boufarhat, […]