Wayflyer raises $150M on a $1.6B valuation for a new spin on providing loans to e-commerce merchants – TechCrunch

E-commerce has continued to boom in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but running an e-commerce…

Avataar raises $45M Series B to improve 3D e-commerce product visualizations – TechCrunch

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Namibian B2B e-commerce retail platform JABU raises $15M led by Tiger Global – TechCrunch

More venture capital keeps trooping into Africa’s B2B e-commerce retail, a space where startups are digitizing…

Kenyan fintech Asilimia raises $2 million in a pre-seed round, plans to extend loans to MSMEs and expand in East Africa – TechCrunch

Kenya’s economy is powered by informal businesses, which contribute 33.8% to the country’s GDP and provide…

Indian e-commerce Udaan raises $250 million – TechCrunch

Indian commerce startup Udaan, which helps merchants secure inventory and working capital, has raised $250 million…

Indian social commerce Meesho raises $570 million at $4.9 billion valuation – TechCrunch

Meesho has more than doubled its valuation in less than six months, to $4.9 billion, as…

Nigerian Fintech Startup Afriex Raises $10 Million For Its Blockchain Money Transfer Platform

Afriex lets users transfer money through stablecoins in less time and at a lower cost than…

Carbon-Accounting Startup Raises $11.5 Million From Atomico

Vaayu is a carbon-accounting tool specifically for the retail and e-commerce industries. The Berlin-based startup, founded…

E-commerce startup Fabric, led by Amazon vets, raises $140M at $1.5B valuation to pursue ‘absurd’ market opportunity

Fabric CEO Faisal Masud. (Fabric Photo). Fabric, a Seattle-based e-commerce technology startup whose leadership team includes…

Imaginary Ventures raises $500M to invest in retail, Web3

What does retail look like in Web3? That’s the question Imaginary Ventures–a four-year-old venture capital fund…

Raleigh fintech Finmark raises $6.5M from AmEx Ventures

Rami Essaid, CEO of Raleigh-based startup Finmark. Submitted RALEIGH Listen to our daily briefing: Finmark, a…

Kraken Ventures Raises $65 Million for Early Stage Fund to Invest Across the Crypto & Fintech Ecosystem

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kraken Ventures, an independent investment fund led by Kraken alumni targeting early stage companies…