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Fintech & Ecommerce

PayPal Leads $13M Funding Round for Insurtech Olé Life

Olé Life, supported by PayPal investments, focuses on redefining financial protection for families in Latin America by offering simple digital insurance products designed for long-term stability.

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Nvidia Invests in MetAI Startup Developing AI-Powered Digital Twins

Nvidia has made its first investment in a Taiwanese startup MetAI, focusing on AI-driven digital twin technology, within its $4 million seed funding round.

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Trading Platform Groww Considers 2025 IPO

India’s largest retail stock trading platform Groww is eyeing an initial public offering (IPO) this year.

Science & Technology

SoftBank and Arm Reportedly Weigh Acquiring Ampere Computing

Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group and its majority-owned Arm Holdings are currently considering the possibility of concluding the deal with semiconductor company Ampere Computing backed by Oracle.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Nevermined Secures $4M Funding to Develop PayPal-Like AI-Commerce Platform

Nevermined received fresh funding to develop a payment system tailored for seamless transactions between AI agents, addressing the limitations of traditional payment infrastructure in the rapidly evolving AI-Commerce space.

Finance & Economics

Indian Startup Funding Witnesses 20% Growth

In 2024, the Indian startup ecosystem recovered strongly, with funding exceeding $12 billion across 993 deals.

Finance & Economics

Indian Startups Raise 6% More This Year, With Funding Rounds Getting Scarcer

In 2024, Indian startups experienced a 32% decline in funding rounds compared to the previous year, although the aggregate funding amount itself grew by 6%.

Science & Technology

Rogbid Introduces First Smart Ring With Interactive Display

Smartwatch brand Rogbid presented the innovative smart ring model with an OLED touch display, which is the first product of this kind on the market.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Tyme Becomes Unicorn After $250M Funding Round Led by Nubank

Singapore-based digital banking group Tyme has successfully raised $250 million, bringing the business a ‘unicorn’ status.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Equipifi and Synergent Partner to Expand Credit Union Access to BNPL

U.S. fintech equipifi and a service organisation Synergent have formed a strategic partnership to enhance the ability of credit unions to offer Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions directly within their digital banking platforms.

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Australian Fintech Faces Contraction, Blockchain Hit Hardest

Despite global interest in cryptocurrency, Australia has seen the closure of several blockchain and crypto startups, amid the overall decline of fintech innovation in the country.

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Mesolitica Develops LLM for Malaysian GenAI Assistants on AWS

Mesolitica, a Malaysian startup focused on developing large language models (LLMs), has created a generative AI LLM designed for the Malaysian language, leveraging one of the world’s leading cloud platforms – AWS.

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GCash Weighs Record IPO

Philippine fintech platform GCash is reportedly considering an initial public offering (IPO) that can potentially raise between $1 billion and $1.5 billion in the second half of 2025.

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dLocal Becomes Certified PISP for Pix

dLocal achieved a regulatory milestone and became a certified Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) in Brazil, able to process Pix payments directly within the Open Finance framework.

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Argentex Expands to UAE

Argentex innovative currency risk management and payment solutions are now available in the UAE

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European VC Funding Down to $45B in 2024

Startups across the European region are projected to raise $45 billion from VC sources in 2024, a slight drop from the revised $47 billion in 2023.