French startup Upway has raised a $25 million Series A round led by Exor Seeds and Sequoia Capital. The company sells second-hand electric bikes that have been refurbished and are […]
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Back to news homeSouth Africa’s Talk360 raises $4M to build single payment platform for Africa
Many businesses looking to set up pan-African operations are often met with the challenge of establishing payment services that are appropriate for each country they go to. Most of the […]
Indonesia’s Astro raises $60M to work on 15-minute grocery delivery
Indonesia’s sprawling archipelago has long been a headache for logistics companies, but there’s no lack of brave challengers. Jarkata-based Astro, which provides 15-minute grocery delivery, has recently closed a $60 […]
Amazon flexes its retail muscle with a brick-and-mortar clothing store
Signaling its ambitions to make a dent in the apparel market, Amazon today opened its first physical clothing store, Amazon Style, in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Offering a twist […]
Namibian B2B e-commerce retail platform JABU raises $15M led by Tiger Global
More venture capital keeps trooping into Africa’s B2B e-commerce retail, a space where startups are digitizing informal trade to get thousands of merchants to operate more efficiently. This time, it’s […]
SwipeRx lands $27M from MDI and Gates Foundation to digitize the pharma industry in Southeast Asia
SwipeRx, a platform for pharma professionals, said Tuesday it has secured a $27 million Series B round led by Indonesia’s MDI Ventures, with participation from the Gates Foundation, Johnson & […]
Stripe expands its infrastructure play with Data Pipeline to sync financial data with Amazon and Snowflake
Stripe — the payments giant valued at $95 billion — is on a product sprint to expand its services and functionality beyond the basic payments that form the core of […]
ZMO.ai secures $8M led by Hillhouse to create AI generated fashion models
With breakthroughs in machine learning, it’s no longer uncommon to see algorithmically generated bodies that can move and talk authentically like real humans. The question is now down to whether […]
How to evolve your DTC startup’s data strategy and identify critical metrics
Michael Perez Contributor Direct-to-consumer companies generate a wealth of raw transactional data that needs to be refined into metrics and dimensions that founders and operators can interpret on a dashboard. […]
Uber Eats pilots autonomous delivery with Serve Robotics, Motional
Uber Eats is launching two autonomous delivery pilots in Los Angeles on Monday with Serve Robotics, a robotic sidewalk delivery startup, and Motional, an autonomous vehicle technology company. The new […]