How NFT marketplace OpenSea became a crypto trading aggregator, facilitating $1.6B in trades and $230M in NFT transactions in the first two weeks of October
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A profile of Edwin Chen, the CEO of Surge AI, a Scale AI rival that had $1.2B revenue in 2024, is profitable, and is reportedly raising $1B at a $30B valuation
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NYC-based Casap, which helps banks automate dispute and anti-fraud operations, raised a $25M Series A led by Emergence Capital, bringing its funding to $33.5M
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Santiago, Chile-based Toku, which helps businesses accept consumer payments, send payment reminders, and more, raised a $39M Series A led by Oak HC/FT
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All three founders of online trading service Pipe are stepping down as the company looks for a “veteran” CEO; Pipe raised $250M at a $2B valuation in May 2021
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Forage, whose software helps grocers accept online SNAP food stamp payments, has raised a $22M Series A led by Nyca Partners, valuing the startup at ~$100M
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A profile of Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments services provider valued at $2.2B in November, which had $75M+ in revenue in 2021, up over 4x YoY
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Coinbase files its S-1, reveals profit of $322M in 2020 on $1.2B in revenue, up from a loss of $30M in 2019 on $533M in revenue
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HK-based Amber, which offers crypto trading services like arbitrage, market making, and lending to institutional investors, raises $28M at a $100M valuation
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Finix, a payments infrastructure platform that lets companies own and control their payment processing, raises $17.5M Series A led by Bain Capital
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