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Flex Raises $3.2 Million for HSA and FSA Payment Acceptance
September 04, 2024

Health and wellness-focused FinTech Flex raised $3.2 million in seed funding. The new financing will help the company with its mission of offering direct-to-consumer health and wellness brands an easier way to accept health savings account (HSA) and flexible spending account (FSA) payments online, according...

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OpenAI Vet Sutskever’s Startup Reportedly Raises $1 Billion
September 04, 2024

Safe Superintelligence, the company co-founded by OpenAI veteran Ilya Sutskever, has reportedly raised $1 billion. The company plans to use the funds to boost its computing power and hire talent, management told Reuters in an interview published Wednesday (Sept. 4). Safe Superintelligence (SSI) declined to share its...

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PayPal-Backed Ume Raises $15 Million to Expand Payment Network
September 04, 2024

Brazilian FinTech Ume has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round to expand its payment network and merchant services platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) on Pix. The round was led by PayPal Ventures, the companies said in a Friday (Aug. 30)...

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Dubai’s Ziina Raises $22 Million as UAE’s Small Business Sector Grows
September 03, 2024

Ziina has raised $22 million to provide FinTech services for UAE-based small businesses. In an interview with TechCrunch Tuesday (Sept. 3), Co-founder and CEO Faisal Toukan said there were a few factors that made the company attractive to investors, including the rapidly-growing small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) segment in the...

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Bridge Raises $40 Million for Global Stablecoin-Based Payments Platform
August 30, 2024

Bridge reportedly raised $40 million to support its efforts to build a stablecoin-based payments platform designed to simplify global money movement. The funding brings the total amount the company has raised to $58 million, CoinDesk reported Friday (Aug. 30), citing a paywalled article by Fortune....

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Paytm Gets India’s Blessing to Invest in Payment Services Unit
August 28, 2024

Paytm won approval from India’s finance ministry to invest in its payment services operation. The company announced the approval Wednesday (Aug. 28) in a disclosure posted to its website. Paytm has faced scrutiny this year after being ordered to close its payments bank in January....

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G Squared Raises $1.1 Billion Amid ‘Secondary Market’ Interest
August 26, 2024

Venture capital group G Squared has reportedly raised $1.1 billion for its latest fund. The firm aims to tap into increasing investor demand for G Squared’s strategy of buying pre-existing stakes in start-ups, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (Aug. 26). As that report noted,...

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Revenew Raises $4.55 Million, Launches Solution for Platforms and Marketplaces
August 22, 2024

Revenew has raised $4.55 million in venture capital (VC) funding and launched its flagship product Clarity. The company provides an all-in-one solution that helps platforms and marketplaces manage their payments, optimize their margins and streamline their financial operations, according to its website. With Revenew’s solution,...

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Efficient Capital Labs Raises $11 Million for Revenue-Based Financing
August 21, 2024

Efficient Capital Labs (ECL) has raised $11 million in Series A funding to expand its cross-border revenue-based financing offering for B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies operating in the South Asia-U.S. corridor. The company, which already operates in the United States and India, will use the new funding...