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SoftBank sinks 200M into Andela propels company into unicorn territory

Logistics startup Flexport just raised a SoftBankled round at a whopping 32 billion valuation

Microsoft in talks to back Indias Oyo

Vivid Money a financial super app raises 114M at an 886M valuation to expand in Europe

Join the QA with top speakers at TC Sessions: Robotics AI March 3

TechCrunch roundup: Deep tech predictions HashiCorps IPO enterprisewide AI

We want to pay it forward: Funding Societies raises 25M to boost capital for SMEs in Southeast Asia

Bringing affiliate marketing and outsourced customer acquisition to Brazil nets Escale 226 million

Heyday raises 555M to buy up and scale more D2C brands in the Amazon marketplace universe

VCs say there are more startup opportunities to chase in Latin America

GoJek pulls in 100M more for its massive Series F round

Carbon Health to launch 100 popup COVID19 testing clinics across the US

RightHand cashes in on the whitehot warehouse robotics space with a 66M raise

PR pitch to Ola reveals the inner workings of UK ridehailing politics

Latin America Roundup: Uber acquires Cornershop SoftBank invests in Buser and Olist

Meesho an Indian social commerce platform with 150M transacting users raises 275M

SoFi launches gigfocused ETF

Bill Gates Airbus and SoftBank invest in satellite video startup that wants to help us see and understand the Earth live and unfiltered

Whats the secret sauce behind Croatian EV maker Rimac

A look at six new funds begs the question: is a slowdown really coming

Cruise hires PGE board chairman Jeff Bleich as chief legal officer

Daily Crunch: SoftBank bets big on autonomous delivery

Why Notion is staying small as its valuation gets bigger

SoftBank bets big on a digital Ellis Island

Peak raises 75M for a platform that helps nontech companies build AI applications

SoftBanks 100 million diversity and inclusion fund makes its first bet in health Vitable Health

AI training and social network content moderation services bring TaskUs a 250 million windfall

Creatordriven marketplace LTK now valued at 2B after raising 300M from SoftBank

VCs unfazed by Chinese regulatory shakeups so far

SoftBank announces AIfocused second 108 billion Vision Fund with LPs including Microsoft Apple and Foxconn

SoftBank expects 24 billion in losses from Vision Fund WeWork and OneWeb investments

Kredivo raises 30M to build a digital credit card for Southeast Asia

Seadronix aims to reduce marine accidents at port and sea with AI

Layoffs reach 23andMe after hitting Mozilla and the Vision Fund portfolio

Kodland which teaches kids digital skills grabs 9M to scale its online coding school

African fintech OPay is reportedly raising 400M at over 15B valuation

SoftBank and Toyota team up to develop services powered by selfdriving vehicles

Runway raises 2M seed launches its air traffic control system for mobile app releases

Nuro CEO Dave Ferguson at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10 in San Jose

Korean hotel firm Yanolja moves into Southeast Asia with 15M investment in Zen Rooms

Plume raises 300M as it passes 12B devices in 35M homes using its smart WiFi service

Domio raises 100M in equity and debt to take on Airbnb and hotels with its curated apartments

SoftBank earmarks 100 million for Miamibased startups

SoftBankbacked Fair puts the brakes on weekly car rentals for Uber drivers

The Exit: Getarounds 300M roadtrip

Bettercom gets 750M cash infusion in new agreement with its SPAC backers

Opendoor competitor Knock raises 400M

Mapbox and SoftBank form joint venture to provide mapping tech to Japanese developers

New Yorkbased Digital Asset to help Japans financial giant SBI develop smart yen

Swiggy weighs increasing its IPO size by 150M aiming to raise up to 14B