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Cashfree Payments Secures $53M to Boost Market Reach

The Indian fintech startup Cashfree Payments has raised $53 million in a Series C funding round to accelerate the market growth of its innovative payment solutions across multiple digital sectors.

Science & Technology

Olas Secures $13.8M Funding to Launch AI Agent App Store

Olas has just secured $13.8M to unveil Pearl, the world’s first “agent app store” that lets anyone deploy and manage AI agents as effortlessly as downloading an app.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Slice Bank Seeks Financing to Expand

Indian fintech Slice Bank is looking to raise between $250-$300 million to expand its offering with merchant services.

Blockchain & Crypto

CoinList and AngelList to Help Fund Crypto Startups

CoinList and AngelList jointly introduce Crypto Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) and Crypto Roll-Up Vehicles (RUVs) to streamline fundraising and investment management for crypto startups.

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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.

Science & Technology

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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Trading Platform Groww Considers 2025 IPO

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

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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.

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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%.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Blockchain & Crypto

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.