Indian Neobank Niyo Raises $100 Million, tops 4 Million Customers Niyo, a consumer-facing neobank platform in India, has secured $100 million in a new financing round as it tries to expand its lending and insurance…
Is it Time to Worry about Fintech Valuations? Nubank’s parent company, Nu, released its fourth-quarter financial results today, and the business’s stock dropped 9% in regular trading today after plunging substantially in prior…
Target to Add Starbucks Orders and Returns to Its Curbside Pickup Service Target is making a number of adjustments to its Drive Up curbside pickup service to make it more enticing to customers. Customers will be able…
Game Studios Come Together to Grow Industry in Africa The Pan Africa Gaming Group (PAGG) has brought together ten African game production companies under one banner in an effort to unify the continent’s fragmented…
Alloy Automation Raises $20M to Scale its E-Commerce Automation Tech This morning, Alloy Automation, a Y Combinator graduate focusing on linking various e-commerce platforms, revealed that it has closed a $20 million Series A led…
Welcome to the Post-Pandemic Economy, Startups If you aren’t enthralled with the stock market, earnings season is usually a snoozer. So I understand if a meta-analysis of cross-sector earnings is the…
Zendesk Spurns $17B Private Equity Takeover Offer When someone comes knocking on your door holding a $17 billion check, you have no choice but to welcome them in for a chat. Zendesk’s…
Startups are Evolving to Manage Growth alongside Profitability It was only a matter of time before it happened. With more information on the financial state of many startups becoming available as more digital…
Create a Social Media Punch list for Cryptocurrency Marketing Facebook began allowing crypto advertisers to buy advertising on its platform in December. This small but significant move signaled the reopening of a hitherto closed…
Lyft’s Revenue Growth Masks Active Riders Slippage Lyft, the popular ride-hailing service in the United States, released its fourth-quarter financial results on Tuesday, revealing a mixed bag of growth that fell short…