Fintech
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Want to know how fast disruption happens? Look at N26. This Berlin-based challenger bank has been around since 2013, after longtime friends Valentin Stalf and Maximilian Tayenthal co-founded it. Back then, Number 26, as it was then known, was little more than an app interface for Wirecard. But in 2016, it rebranded to N26, won a banking…
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JAKARTA, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Jakarta-based venture capital firm East Ventures said on Wednesday it raised $75 million for its sixth fund, backed by prominent Asian businessmen, to invest in early-stage startups in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. The list of investors included Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, family offices of Alibaba Group’s co-founder Eddie Wu, Chief…
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Autto, the simplified automation provider, has announced that it has raised $1m in funding, its second significant round since the company launched in February 2018. The finance has been raised from existing angel investors, a UK government grant, and new investment from Tangible, a corporate legal platform in the US. The funding will be used…