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Productfy raises $16M to build the ‘Shopify of embedded finance’

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a banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform that aims to build “DeFi for traditional finance,” has raised $16 million in a Series A round of funding led by CM Ventures. From a product architecture standpoint, Productfy has been built “from the ground up,” he said, to operate with multiple banking partners. Productfy Inc. ,

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7 investors reveal what’s hot in fintech in Q1 2023

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The global downturn has impacted every sector, but fintech bore the brunt of it as public-market valuations fell off a cliff last year. However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. What do you feel might be overhyped?

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How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

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The data and research organisation uses factors like performance, capital, market reach, connectedness, talent, and knowledge to produce its rankings. Startup ecosystems from emerging markets excluding China and India didn’t make the organisations’ top 40 list last year. ” It doesn’t end there.

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‘Knowledge-as-a-service’ platform Lynk announces collaboration with UBS

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The collaboration means the banking giant’s research analysts and institutional clients, including hedge funds, private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds, will have access to Lynk’s database of 840,000 experts around the world. As COVID-19 era drags on, VCs look beyond Zoom calls for due diligence and sourcing.

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Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services

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Smile Identity , a KYC compliance and ID verification partner for many African fintechs and businesses, has acquired Inclusive Innovations, the parent company of Appruve , a Ghanaian developer of identity verification software.

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South African payments gateway Ozow raises $48M Series B led by Tencent

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According to a 2019 report by Deloitte , about 80% of South Africans have a bank account but only 24% of them make more than three transactions monthly. Digital payments gateways, on the other hand , have a unique use case, particularly when they can help people use their basic bank accounts to make payments. Ozow is one such player.

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Flippa raises $11M to match online asset and business buyers, sellers

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He considers Flippa to be “the investment bank for the 99%,” of small businesses, providing an end-to end platform that includes a proprietary valuation product for businesses — processing over 4,000 valuations each month — and a matching algorithm to connect with qualified buyers. Flippa is an incredible opportunity for us,” he added.