Top 10 Fintech Startups in Israel
Israel is known as a global high- tech powerhouse, the economy of Israel is a highly advanced, free- market, primarily knowledge-based economy. The country's rapid growth of economy has attracted a stable and balanced stream of investment, fixing the country at the forefront of global fintech innovation and making it known as a "startup nation." Here is the list of the...
NFT Marketplace OpenSea secures US $23M in their latest funding round
A New York-based NFT marketplace, OpenSea, secured a sum of US $23M in a Series A funding round made public on the 18th of March, 2021. Led by the prestigious Andreessen Horowitz, the investment also enjoyed contributions from a pool of angel investors and firms including Mark Cuban, Naval Ravikant, Alexis Ohanian, Dylan Field, and Linda Xie to mention a few. OpenSea has...
NY-based blockchain security service provider Fireblocks raises US$ 133M
NY-based Fireblocks, a blockchain security service provider for moving, storing and issuing digital assets, raised US$ 133 Million in Series C Funding on 18 March 2021. Investors: The funding round was led by The Bank of New York Mellon and SVB, with participation from previous investors, Paradigm, Galaxy Digital, Swisscom Ventures, Tenaya Capital and Cyberstarts Ventures. The company has raised...
Customer engagement platform Twilio acquires CPaas company ValueFirst
India-based communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) company ValueFirst was acquired by San Francisco-based cloud communications and customer engagement platform Twilio on 18 March 2021. The acquisition comes a year after Twilio began its operations in India. Terms of the deal: The amount of the acquisition deal was not disclosed. The acquisition will help Twilio to penetrate the Indian market, with over 700...
Karnataka based start-up Pixxel raises USD 7.3 Million
Bangalore, India based start-up Pixxel has secured USD 7.3 million funds on 17th of March in seed funding round led by Techstars and Omnivore VC. Investors: The acquisition of USD 7.3 million funds took place in the seed funding round led by Techstars and Omnivore VC along with the involvement of previous investors like Blume Ventures, Inventus Capital and Lightspeed...
New York based Oso raises USD 8.2 Million
New York, US based start-up Oso has secured USD 8.2 Million funds in a Series A funding round led by Sequoia. The company has raised a total of USD 10.9 Million in funding over 2 rounds. Investors: The capitalisation of USD 8.2 Million took place in Series A funding round led by Sequoia along with some other investors like SV...
Bangalore based company Stelis Biopharma secures US $ 195 million in Series B and C combined
Stelis Biopharma, the biotech arm of Strides Pharma Science, announced on 19th March 2021 that it has raised US $ 195 million in its Series B and Series C rounds combined. The Series C round was led by TPG Growth along with participation from other investors including RouteOne, GMS holdings, Think Investments and Mankekar Family Office; whereas the Series...
Nigerian no-fee digital bank Kuda secures US $ 25 million in Series A
Kuda, a Yaba (Nigeria) based digital bank announced on 18th March 2021 that it has raised US $ 25 million in its Series A funding round. The round was led by Valar Ventures along with participation from existing investor Target Global. Investors: Valar Ventures is a New York, United States, based venture capital firm that was founded in the year...
Everything You Need to Know About NFTs
In the past few weeks, NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), which seemingly came out of nowhere, have taken over the internet and that’s all that anyone’s talking about. We’ll help you demystify the current internet sensation-NFT and tackle some serious questions regarding its implications and impact.
Emerging Trends: The rise of virtual reality
Introduction Virtual reality (VR) technology, the use of computer software simulation and modeling, allowing an individual to interact with artificial three-dimensional visual or other sensory environments, is revolutionizing the industry today. Although this innovation has been around for decades, the recent advances in the tech space have brought this trend and its potential to the attention of the populace. Intending to...
