Egypt’s customer engagement platform for F&B brands in MENA, Koinz, raises $4.8M seed
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As the restaurant industry across different cities was massively hit by the pandemic-induced lockdowns last year, food aggregator platforms helped by driving online customers to them.
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Swiss maker of meat alternatives Planted will expand and diversify with $18M Series A
Planted, a startup pursuing a unique method of creating a vegetarian chicken alternative, has raised an $18 million (CHF 17 million) Series A to expand its product offerings and international footprint. With new kebabs and pulled-style faux meats available and steak-like cuts in the (literal) pipel
UK challenger bank Starling raises $376M, now valued at $1.9B
Challenger banks continue to see huge infusions of cash from investors bullish on the opportunity for smaller and faster-moving tech-based banking startups to woo customers from their larger rivals. In the latest development, U.K.-based Starling announced that is has closed £272 million ($376 mill
Deliveroo posted narrowed loss of $309M, with gross transactions surging to $5.7B in 2020, EITF shows
The clock has officially started ticking on Deliveroo’s plans to go public in April. After announcing last week that it planned to list on the London Stock Exchange, today the on-demand food delivery company backed by Amazon and others published selected updated financials for the previous f
Porsche raises stake in electric car and components maker Rimac Automobili
Rimac Automobili, the Croatian company known for its electric hypercars and battery and powertrain development, has gained yet another investment from Porsche AG.
Porsche said Monday it has invested €70 million ($83.3 million) into Rimac, a move that increases its stake from 15% to 24%.
Hong Kong fintech unicorn WeLab raises $75M led by insurance giant Allianz
One of the few industries that have benefited from the COVID-19 crisis is online finance. Around the world, the pandemic has forced consumers to adopt digital banking. Hong Kong’s WeLab, a fintech company founded in 2013, saw users soar by 20% year over year in 2020, bringing its accumulative
OnePlus recruits Hasselblad for 3-year smartphone imaging deal
Imaging has long been the primary battlefield on which the smartphone battles are waged. It makes sense. The thing about smartphones in 2021 is that they're mostly very good. Sure, there are differentiators, but if you spend a decent amount on a device from any major manufacturer, you're pr
Google unveils $25 million in grants aimed at empowering women and girls
Google announced a range of programs as well as grants worth $25 million on Monday to fund works of nonprofits and social enterprises that are committed to empower women and girls.
Google.org’s new Impact Challenge, unveiled on International Women’s Day, is aimed at addressing systemic
Chinese beauty app Meitu bought $40 million worth of cryptocurrency
Following in the footsteps of Tesla, Chinese app maker Meitu has joined the ranks of cryptocurrency investment.
In the early 2010s, Meitu reached such dominance in the portrait touch-up space that its eponymous flagship app became a verb for “photo beautifying” in China. But in recent y
Praava Health raises $10.6M to increase access to quality healthcare in Bangladesh
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Before launching Praava Health, a company that combines telemedicine with physical clinics, Sylvana Sinha
Gillmor Gang: Win Win
Just finished a Twitter Spaces session. It is an engaging platform, somewhat clunky in feature set but easily a tie overall with Clubhouse. I don’t see this as a horse race, however, more as cooperating teams fleshing out a platform where both will be major players. Like notifications in iOS
The iMac Pro is being discontinued
Chalk this up to inevitability. The iMac Pro is soon to be no more. First noted by 9to5Mac, technewss has since confirmed with Apple that the company will stop selling the all-in-one once the current stock is depleted.
One configuration of the desktop is still available through Apple's site, l
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