Profound, a New York-based startup helping marketers optimize visibility across AI assistants, has raised $35 million in a Series B led by Sequoia Capital, bringing
Uzum, Uzbekistan’s homegrown unicorn, raised $65.5 million in an all-equity round co-led by Tencent and VR Capital, boosting its valuation to $1.5 billion — up
JD.com, the Chinese e-commerce giant controlled by billionaire Richard Liu, has made a $2.5 billion (€2.2 billion) all-cash offer to acquire Germany’s Ceconomy, which owns
Amazon’s $1B Industrial Innovation Fund has backed Cambridge Terahertz, a startup developing compact 3D imaging technology to combat return fraud by allowing for visual inspection
Paddle, the leading Merchant of Record for digital product companies globally, has secured $25 million in growth financing from CIBC Innovation Banking to fuel international
Brainfish, an AI platform that enhances user interaction with digital products, has raised $6.4 million in a pre-Series A round led by Prosus Ventures, bringing
Remark, a company building human-trained AI product experts for e-commerce, has raised $16 million in Series A led by Inspired Capital, with participation from Stripe,
Polymarket, the blockchain-based prediction market platform, is reportedly closing a $200 million funding round led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, bringing its valuation to $1
Base44, the six-month-old AI startup founded by Israeli developer Maor Shlomo, was acquired by website and e-commerce developer Wix for $80 million in cash after