Jeffrey Katzenberg backs the $10M Seed round for HUBUC’s embedded finance API

I recently wrote about the so-called “Embedded finance” trend, citing the example of Intergiro’s recent fund-raising in the space. There’s now yet another example of this trend in the shape of HUBUC. Billing itself as “AWS for financial services” the

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Korean internet giant Naver backs e-commerce aggregator New Vessel in seed round 

According to eMarketer, Japan and Korea’s e-commerce markets were estimated at $144 billion and $121 billion, respectively, in 2021. Despite the large e-commerce market size, both countries have fewer e-commerce aggregators than other countries with smaller markets, South Korean e-commerce aggregator New

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Michael Jordan Among Other Athletes Backs WatchBox, Which Closes in on $1 Billion Valuation

Image: WatchBox Michael Jordan has joined the list of athletes investing in WatchBox, a site that allows people to buy, sell, and trade luxury watches. WatchBox announced recently that it raised US$165 million of equity capital. Jordan joins the likes

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