Zen Educate, an online marketplace that algorithmically matches schools with the best available teachers, has raised £19.3 million ($21 million) in a Series A extension round of funding. Founded out of London in 2017, Zen Educate is setting out to supplant the traditional approach to recruiting teachers, a system that typically involves third-party agencies and […]
Zen Educate, a marketplace that matches schools with teachers, raises $21M to fuel U.S. expansion by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Focused on Southeast Asia, Ayoconnect’s APIs make it faster for businesses to launch new financial services, instead of needing to build their own tech infrastructure. It is also licensed by Indonesia’s central bank, enabling it to offer more services. The open finance startup announced today it has closed a $13 million Series B extension round […]
Open finance startup Ayoconnect’s APIs enable financial inclusion in Southeast Asia by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
There’s a new VC fund in town — at least if you live in Paris. Meet Resonance, a new $150 million fund (€150 million) backed 100% by Otium Capital. You may already be familiar with Otium Capital. It is Pierre-Edouard Stérin’s family office. Back in 2003, Stérin co-founded Smartbox Group, the company behind many popular […]
Resonance is a new $150 million VC fund based in Paris by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
Pillow aspires to be an all-in-one platform that helps even newbie users save, spend and invest in crypto currency. The Singapore-based startup announced it has raised $18 million in Series A financing co-led by Accel and Quona Capital, with participation from Elevation Capital and Jump Capital. The app currently has more than 75,000 users in […]
Pillow wants to make crypto saving and investing easy for new users by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Investors are paying more attention to founder and startup behavior and many won’t invest in startups that could compromise their ethics.
6 investors share where they draw the line when it comes to ethical issues by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
Fintech fundraising has fallen along with the rest of the venture activity. But the portion of VC activity that fintech can lay claim to is also in decline.
Fintech fundraising has reverted to the mean by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
EV maker Polestar has unveiled the Polestar 3, its first SUV designed to help propel the startup to bona fide mass market automaker. Priced from $83,900, the 489-horsepower Polestar 3 will achieve an estimated 300-mile range, according to Polestar – a competitive set of figures designed to compete with a forthcoming crop of battery-electric luxury […]
Polestar steers towards the mass market with its first electric SUV by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch