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Embedded Finance

[Inc42] Wholesale Ecommerce Startup ApnaKlub Raises $10 Mn From Tiger Global To Take Its Platform To 20K Partners

Since 2020, ApnaKlub has welcomed more than 5,000 partners on its platform and is planning to expand its reach. The startup raised about $4 Mn…

[TechCrunch] Kenya-based agritech Apollo raises $40 million in Softbank-led round, joined by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, CDC

Kenya-based agritech Apollo Agriculture, which helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing and markets, plans to double the number of farmers it is serving by…

Why We Invested In Kamino: Gives Much-Needed Boost to High-Growth LATAM Startups

Repeat Founders Build Financial Infrastructure to Accelerate Time-to-Market and Provide End-to-End Financial and Corporate Solutions for New Businesses

[Forbes] Fintech Startup Helps Families Keep Track Of Food Stamps And Other Government Benefits

Raises $50 Million In Series B Round Led By Nyca Partners

February 24, 2022

[Crowdfund Insider] Instant Checkout Provider Skipify Receives Investment from PayPal, Amex Ventures, Others

Skipify, an “instant checkout” platform for merchant websites, has received a strategic investment round from PayPal Ventures, Synchrony, Amex Ventures, and Okta Ventures. The amount…

February 24, 2022

[Finance Magnates] Skipify Receives Strategic Investment Led by PayPal Ventures

Skipify received the funding to help it expand its business. The e-commerce marketing platform aims to reduce friction in the buying process.

February 24, 2022

Zaapi is building the digital commerce infrastructure for Southeast Asian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME)

February 16, 2022

[TechCrunch Live] Unit CEO Itai Damti and Flourish’s Emmalyn Shaw to explain fundraising strategies

Itai Damti co-founded Unit in 2019 to help businesses integrate banking services into their consumer products.

February 15, 2022

Why We Invested In Brick: Seamlessly connecting consumers to embedded financial products with a single line of code

Why We Invested: Brick Southeast Asia is home to over half billion people with a rapidly maturing digital economy. Like the rest of the world,…

February 09, 2022

[TechCrunch] Brick closes $8.5M seed to enable open finance across Southeast Asia

Financial apps are proliferating across Southeast Asia, making things like bookkeeping or securing an online loan easier. But this means fintechs need access to large…

January 04, 2022

[Future Startup] ShopUp Extends Series B Funding Round with $34 Million from Tiger Global and Others

ShopUp, the Dhaka-based full-stack B2B commerce startup digitizing neighborhood shops with an ecosystem of solutions from marketplace to logistics to capital, has closed a $34-million…

December 08, 2021

[The New York Times] How Tech Is Helping Poor People Get Government Aid

Even as the government expanded aid programs, many people faced barriers to using them. That problem is now being addressed with apps and streamlined websites.