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India’s Captain Fresh in talks to raise $50 million in new funding

January 22, 2024

Captain Fresh, a business-to-business harvest-to-retail marketplace for animal protein, is engaging with investors to raise up to $50 million in fresh funding, according to sources familiar with the matter. The startup is in advanced stages of deliberations to raise the capital from Nekkanti Sea Foods, SBI Investment, Evolvence, Tiger Global, and Prosus Ventures, the sources […]

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Terraform Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 

January 22, 2024

Singapore-based Terraform Labs (TFL), the company behind digital assets TerraUSD (UST) and Luna, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware following the collapse of its cryptocurrencies in 2022.  Terraform Labs confirmed that it had filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. as “a strategic step that will enable it to continue its operations and support […]

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Kenyan agtech Shamba Pride raises $3.7M to grow its merchant network

January 22, 2024

Shamba Pride has since 2016 worked to enhance last-mile distribution for farm inputs and tackle price exploitation and quality issues for farmers through its merchant network dubbed digishops. The agtech has, so far, built a network of merchants (agro-dealers) extending across 24 counties in Kenya, which represents just over half of the country. It now […]

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Flexport taps Shopify for cash, behind the wheel of the Kia EV9 and where Amazon wants to invest

January 21, 2024

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It’s fun watching fintech startups grow

January 21, 2024

Covering companies’ growth from the seed stage gives reporters a glimpse of what investors must feel like.

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