Funding

Nexusflow raised $10.6 million as part of a seed round led by Point72 Ventures, with participation from Fusion Fund and several artificial intelligence (AI) luminaries. The startup was formed by AI experts Jiantao Jiao and Kurt Keutzer from the Berkeley AI Research Lab, along with AI leader Jian...

Stampli, a key provider in accounts payable automation, received $61 million in its Series D venture funding round. Blackstone (NYSE: BX) managed funds led the effort alongside other contributions from Insight Partners, SignalFire, Bloomberg Beta, and NextWorld Capital. Founded in 2015, Stampli saw...

Alumni from several crypto and fintech companies launched Singapore-based Oak Grove Ventures, a $60 million fund that focuses on the intersection of biotech, Web3 and artificial intelligence (AI). Among those involved are Sally Wang, formerly of Sino Global Capital (now Ryze Labs); Ethan Wang,...

Ant Group, a Jack Ma-founded affiliate company of Chinese tech giant Alibaba (NASDAQ: BABA), is withdrawing its investment from crypto-focused A&T Capital. A&T Capital was formed in 2021 with the majority of backing, roughly $100 million, from Ant Group. The company’s focus was to...

Coinbase Ventures announced an initial round of investments into six projects from the Base Ecosystem Fund, including Avantis, BSX, Onboard, OpenCover, Paragraph, and Truflation. The investment amounts remain undisclosed. Coinbase Ventures, the venture capital arm of Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), aims...

E-commerce revenue-based finance provider, Wayflyer announced that it has signed a $1 billion funding deal with investment firm, Neuberger Berman (NYSE: NBXG). The funding, which is an off-balance sheet (OBS) program, will support Wayflyer’s growth and expand its financing solutions. Wayflyer...

Amid bearish market sentiments, crypto data provider Kaiko announced on Tuesday it has raised $53 million in a Series B funding round to further consolidate its position globally and strengthen its institutional data products and infrastructure. The round was led by Eight Roads, with...

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) is backing Zipmex, a cryptocurrency exchange based in South East Asia. The strategic investment values Zipmex at $400 million. What Happened: According to The Block, Coinbase was considering an outright acquisition at first. Instead, it took part in Zipmex’s...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Slope Finance, a community-based decentralized exchange built on Solana, has announced that it has recently raised $2.3 million in seed...

Headless commerce platform Fabric on Tuesday announced the closing of a $100 million Series B funding round led by Stripes, with additional participation from B Capital Group, Greycroft, and existing investors including Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and Sierra Ventures. "Trillions...

The hot warehouse automation trend is continuing, with more investor money flowing into the space and a possible new unicorn on the horizon. Hai Robotics, a Chinese company that recently expanded into the U.S., is reportedly working on a $150 million fundraising round that would place the pre-...

By William Stringer, CEO and Co-Founder of Chisos Capital  As a founder starting or growing a business, you know access to capital is crucial for growth - especially if you can’t fund the business yourself.  You have several options for funding your startup: money from family/...

The supply chain fantasy is the ability to deliver directly to every person anywhere in the world. Drone manufacturer Zipline wants to make that dream a reality and Thursday announced its $250 million in new funding led by Baillie Gifford with participation from past investors Temasek and Katalyst...

The money keeps flowing into the last-mile logistics space and the latest company to reap the benefits is cloud-based platform ShipBob, which announced a $200 million Series E round Tuesday morning. The new funding, which brings total funding in the company to $330.5 million according to...

Dynamo Ventures, a supply chain-focused seed stage venture capital fund based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, announced Wednesday that it had successfully raised a $43.21 million Fund II. That's more than double the size of Dynamo's $18 million Fund I, which it raised in 2016 and has now fully deployed...