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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MindFi gets $2M seed to create localized mental wellness programs for APAC markets

Mental wellness startup MindFi operates throughout APAC, but wants to deliver “culturally competent” care in each of its markets. To do that, it develops programs for its app, available as an employee benefit, with local providers that take into account

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BasiGo secures $4.3 million in seed funding to accelerate mass transit EV adoption in Kenya

Kenya-based EV startup BasiGo has closed $4.3 million in seed funding, three months after setting up operations in East Africa’s biggest economy, to provide clean-energy mass transit vehicles in a country that is heavily-reliant on fossil-fuel buses. The startup said

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Cobalt launches from beta with a $2.8M seed to assist creators start products – TechCrunch

As internet creators and influencers mature their followings, it’s not always intuitive what the most effective way to monetize could possibly be. For some creators, they may discover a path to monetization by subscriber-only written content and branded posts, but

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