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SoftBankbacked Embark Veterinary valued at 700M after 75M Series B

Latin America is the next stage in the race for dominance in the ridehailing market

Chinese online learning app Zuoyebang raises 750M

Indian online grocery startup BigBasket raises 60M

Colombian ondemand delivery startup Rappi raises over 500M at a 525B valuation

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

Mapbox makes another acquisition to bolster its navigation toolkits

Indonesian fintech startup Moka raises 24M led by Sequoia India

Profitability over growth: 5 investors explain their mantra for South Korean startups

Uber confirms SoftBank has agreed to invest billions

Bettercom CEO Vishal Garg says he is personally liable for 750M SoftBank loan

VTEX an ecommerce platform used by Walmart raises 140M led by SoftBanks LatAm fund

SoftBank is considering taking a majority stake in WeWork

Indian digital payments giant Paytm files for 22 billion IPO

Daily Crunch: Asian and Hispanic egrocer Weee bags 425 million Series E

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

OneConnects drastic IPO value cut underscores the risk of highgrowth highburn companies

SoftBank backs Japanese robotics startup Telexistence in 170M funding round

As Bitcoin sinks industry startups are forced to cut back

Latin America roundup: Softbank adds 1B Stori raises 10M and Grow Mobility puts on the brakes

Revoluts 2020 financial performance explains its big new 33B valuation

Paack pulls in a 225M Series D led by SoftBank to scale its Ecommerce delivery platform

Layoffs hit another Softbank co as 32B Flexport cuts 50

GoJeks Southeast Asia expansion runs into a roadblock in the Philippines

SoftBank in talks to invest up to 500 million in Swiggy

Elliptic banks 23M to shrink crypto risk eyeing growth in Asia

GM Cruise snags Dropbox HR head to hire at least 1000 engineers by end of year

Softbank sells Open Opportunity Fund to Black and Latino executives

SoftBank will bring Bears serving robots to Japan amid restaurant labor shortages

SoftBank slashes Oyos valuation to 27 billion

Mortgage is suddenly sexy as SoftBank pumps 500M in Bettercom at a 6B valuation

Microsoft and the second Softbank Vision Fund as another play for corporate cloud dominance

The LatAm funding boom continues as Kaszek raises 1B across a duo of funds

Surgical robotics company CMR raises 600M

The phishing catch of the day is Twillio and other TC news

SoftBanks latest proptech bet is leading Pacasos 125M Series C

Mexican venture firm ALL VP has a 73 million first close on its latest fund

CFIUS Cometh: What this Obscure Agency Does and Why It Matters to Your Fund or Startup

Crunch Report Apple could give us a bigger iPhone X Lyft goes to Canada

Masayoshi Son resigns from board of Alibaba defends SoftBank Groups investment strategy

Arm launches its latest chip design for HPC data centers and the edge

Kenyas HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus

Has Saudi money become radioactive now

The Stanford connections behind Latin Americas multibillion dollar startup renaissance

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

Satellite imagery startup Satellogic to go public via SPAC valuing the company at 850M

Indian startups gut valuations ahead of IPO push

Enpal closes out Series C with 174M from SoftBank for tech to make it easier for homeowners to make the switch to solar energy

SoftBankbacked Oyo cuts salaries furloughs employees

Brad Feld: what founders need to know about recent changes in VC deal terms