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Thrasio raises $750M more in equity for its Amazon roll-up play

From TC The Amazon Marketplace roll-up play is well and truly underway. In the latest development, Thrasio — one of the biggest and earliest movers in the market to consolidate third-party sellers on the platform, with the promise to provide better economies of scale to manage and grow those businesses — announced that it has raised another $750[…]

Growth Firms, Not VCs, Are The Most Active Investors In New Unicorns This Year, And They’re Doubling Down

From Crunchbase News An unprecedented number of companies have joined Crunchbase’s private company unicorn board already this year: Less than halfway into 2021 there are 166 new companies, compared to 163 for the whole of 2020. Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily Based on our analysis, New York-based private equity firm Tiger Global Management is the most active investor[…]

21 Early-Stage Drone Companies To Watch Out For (Literally)

From Crunchbase News Drones have transformed from nuisance-causing toys into image services for construction businesses and agricultural companies, and more. Follow Crunchbase News on Twitter & Facebook Over the past eight years, drone companies have raised a known total of nearly $1.76 billion dollars, with almost $500 million of that funding being raised in 2017 and $96.6 million[…]

Druva raises $147M at a valuation north of $2B as the cloud rush continues

From TC Druva, a software company that sells cloud data backup services, announced today that it has closed a $147 million round of capital. Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a group that manages Quebec’s pension fund, led the round, which also saw participation from Neuberger Berman. Prior investors including Atreides Management and Viking[…]

BitGo, Bitso join growing herd of billion-dollar crypto companies

From Pitchbook Not long ago, it was rare to see blockchain or cryptocurrency startups valued at more than $1 billion. But that list is growing rapidly. Since the start of the year, eight new blockchain or cryptocurrency companies have received unicorn valuations, bringing the total count to 21, according to PitchBook data. Two of those[…]

Banks Start Freaking Out About Soaring Inflation, Which May Not Be “Transitory”

From ZH For the past few months we – unlike the Fed – have been warning readers that the US is about to get by a wave of soaring prices the likes of which have not been seen since the early 1970s (see “”Buckle Up! Inflation Is Here!”). And while two weeks ago we noted[…]

How Tech Helps Farmers To Profit While Going Green

From CB 2020 will go down as the “Year of Net Zero.” Corporate commitments to deliver net-zero emissions by 2050 doubled, and all eyes are on our biggest green-house gas emitters—namely, our food systems. Agriculture is caught in the cross hairs as a major polluter (contributing about 18 percent of total global emissions), an essential industry already[…]

Investor Cohort Funding Through The Pandemic

From Crunchbase News: Alarm bells were sounded in March this year that companies needed to get ready for a changed business environment and prepare for an 18-month runway, with no expectations of being able to raise funding. It became apparent quite quickly that while some companies had their markets wiped out overnight (especially in travel, recruiting and[…]

These are the biggest winners and losers in Softbank’s portfolio

From b2b Thinknum:  SoftBank ($TYO:9984) has seen it all. Perhaps solely responsible for the trend of inflating loss leaders to become decacorns, SoftBank has had an undeniable influence on the behaviors of VCs and investors across the globe. With a hand in the pocket of some of the largest tech startups in the world, SoftBank[…]

Social Finance SoFi a new type of financial services firm

From Zero Hedge: While many have never heard of Social Finance or SoFi, it’s valued at $8 Billion USD which puts it not exactly at the bottom of the list.  Now that companies like Palantir, Airbnb, and many others have filed for IPO; investors are looking further down the line at companies like SoFi that[…]