More than 70.3 billion real-time payments transactions were processed globally in 2020, a surge of 41 percent compared to the previous year, as the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically accelerated trends away from cash and checks toward greater reliance on real-time and digital payments, a new global report from ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) and GlobalData reveals. The...
GreenTech startup FuelGems announced the completion of a successful funding round that raised a total of $928,690. The fundraising was carried out through Wefunder, with primary investment from Austin-based venture capital fund and startup accelerator Sputnik ATX.
FuelGems’ revolutionary fuel additive uses nanoparticles to transform the operation of diesel and gasoline-powered engines....
Pilot, the largest provider of back office services for startups and small businesses in the U.S., announced today that it has closed on additional funding led by Bezos Expeditions (the personal investment company of Jeff Bezos) and Whale Rock Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures, that...
Cube Incubation team, which is the Incubation Center of Teknopark Istanbul, is expanding its global mentoring network with international collaborations. Cube Incubation started to collaborate with Europe-based GDEXA, which operates on a global scale, focusing on mentorship.
With the cooperation, the two parties will be bringing together their mentor pools with the...
Launch, a boutique livestreaming production company and creative agency announce the minting and auction of the first-ever concert to be released as an NFT (non-fungible token), the March 13, 2021 livestream concert of blues legend Ana Popovic and GRAMMY-winning guitarist Paul Nelson live from The Music Room in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. This auction will grant a...
The Black Ocean project has opened its potential customer whitelist and confirmed candidates will be notified privately about how it will be run. As a reminder, the official launch of the Black Ocean exchange is planned for Q2 2021.
The first customers will be able to run all systems and...
y42 (formerly Datos Intelligence), a no-code business intelligence platform, today announces a seed round of $2.9 million, led by La Famiglia VC. Additional investors include the co-founders of Foodspring, Personio and Petlab.
With the advent of cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery and Snowflake, it's now possible for organizations of any size to...
Arteria AI Inc., a global leader in enterprise digital contracting ("Arteria"), is pleased to announce that it has closed an oversubscribed Series A funding round, led by Information Venture Partners ("Information VP") and Illuminate Financial Management ("Illuminate"), with participation from Golden Ventures and StandUp Ventures. Arteria will use these...
The investments made in 2020 and startups that raised funds were examined in the 2020 Turkey Investment Report published by StartupCentrum on 19/01/2021. In addition, much detailed information such as education and gender distribution of the entrepreneurs who raised funds were also included. Investors were examined as the most...
Grab launched a programme aimed at increasing vaccine access and education for all stakeholders on its platform. The programme includes a myriad of measures to encourage all passengers, driver and delivery partners to get vaccinated. Furthermore, Grab plans to work closely with governments across the region to offer mobility,...
