When it comes to investing, there is a powerful force that can work in your favour over time: compound interest. Often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world, compound interest has the potential…
Yaydoo secures $20M, aims to simplify B2B collections,…
It’s no secret that the technology for easy business-to-business payments has not yet caught up to its peer-to-peer counterparts, but Yaydoo thinks it has the answer. The Mexico City-based B2B software and payments company provides…
Newtopia closes first fund of $50M to invest…
Early-stage venture capital fund Newtopia VC launched Monday with $50 million to invest in tech startups based in Latin America. The fund will invest between $250,000 and $1 million in startups at the seed stage…
How one founder turned her extensive retail experience…
The Yes founder and CEO Julie Bornstein helped some of the world’s biggest and best-loved brands develop industry leading e-commerce operations, and also served as COO at Stitch Fix, arguable one of the top success…
Element Ventures pulls in $130M to double-down on…
With the rise of Open Banking, Psd2 Regulation, InsurTech, and the whole, general Fintech boom, tech investors have realized that there is an increasing place for dedicated funds which double down on this ongoing movement.…
BoxGroup closes on $225M across two funds to…
BoxGroup has quietly, yet diligently, been funding companies at the early stage for over a decade. The 11-year-old firm in fact was the first investor in Plaid, a fintech company that nearly got sold to…
Singapore-based Nektar.ai gets $6M to help B2B sales…
Nektar.ai founders Aravind Ravi Sulekha and Abhijeet Vijayvergiya Organizing information about prospective deals is a challenging task for B2B sales teams, since salespeople usually rely on multiple tools (email, Zoom, WhatsApp, etc) to talk with…
2 climbers rescued in a Utah canyon after…
Photos showed the climbers clinging to the side of the mountain.April 11, 2021, 5:32 PM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleTwo climbers were rescued off a mountain in Utah after they got…
Feds Powell sees US boom ahead, with COVID…
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy is poised for an extended period of strong growth and hiring, the chair of the Federal Reserve said in an interview broadcast Sunday, though the coronavirus still poses some risk.Chair…