TerraPay raises in excess of USD100 million in series B funding

TerraPay, a leading global payments infrastructure company, has successfully closed its Series B equity financing round, raising in excess of $100 million in equity and debt financing. The funding round was led by IFC and supported by Prime Ventures, Partech Africa, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and a consortium of other investors. The funding will help […]

The rise in social media influencers – a trend or fad?

In 2022, the influencer marketing industry was valued at approximately USD 16.5 billion. It is predicted that the global influencer marketing platform will touch USD 85 billion by 2028, with 2023 being no exception to this astronomical growth. Another survey has predicted a 25% annual growth rate for the influencer marketing industry. So, what are the […]

Authlete secures USD4M from SBI Digital Asset Holdings in Series A Funding

Authlete, the claimed leader in implementing the latest digital identity and API security standards, announced yesterday that it has raised approximately US$4M (500 million Japanese yen) in Series A funding from SBI Digital Asset Holdings (SBI DAH), part of the Japanese conglomerate SBI Group. Authlete will use the funds to accelerate its global expansion, develop new products, […]

Amazon’s third annual brand protection report highlights it’s counterfeit prevention efforts

Amazon today released its third annual Brand Protection Report, highlighting how the company’s efforts to protect customers, brands, and selling partners from counterfeit products has resulted in more criminal referrals and industry partnerships than ever before. The report also demonstrates how the strategic combination of industry-leading technology and experts are successfully stopping bad actors and […]

Superfiliate raises USD 3M funds to transform affiliate shopping experiences

Superfiliate, a software platform supercharging brands word of mouth marketing channels through co-branded landing pages across their best customers, influencers, ambassadors, and affiliates, yesterday announced the closing of a $3 million seed funding round led by Hawke Ventures and Vanterra Ventures, with participation from R2 Ventures, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Sandbox Studio Investments, Nik Sharma of Sharma Brands, Ben […]

Sealy & Company contributes USD 20,000 to the Fort Myers Collaboratory

Sealy & Company, a fully-integrated commercial real estate investment and operating company, is proud to announce a contribution of $20,125 to the Fort Myers Collaboratory as a result of a special initiative called “Source Deals, Serve Others” and involving brokers from JLL. The donation was made on behalf of Brad Berzins, SIOR – Managing Director […]

Vertiv launches new online store on Shopify Store in Singapore

Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, launched its official store on popular e-commerce platform Shopify® in Singapore. The newly-launched Shopify store is the latest addition to Vertiv’s growing list of Southeast Asian e-commerce stores carrying Vertiv’s small to medium-sized uninterruptible power supply (UPS) solutions, making Vertiv’s solutions more widely accessible to […]

Rxilient Biotech and Junshi Biosciences partner to develop and commercialize Toripalimab

On 28th March 2023, Rxilient Biotech (a portfolio company of Legend Capital) and Junshi Biosciences made a joint announcement that two parties will form a joint venture to develop and commercialize toripalimab in Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Toripalimab is an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody independently developed by Junshi Biosciences. […]

JCB and Vietcombank launch VCB JCB Platinum Credit Card in Vietnam

JCB International Co., Ltd., (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand, and Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) announced the launch of the Vietcombank JCB Platinum Credit Card. The new Vietcombank JCB Platinum card is launched to celebrate Vietcombank’s 60th anniversary. The cardholders have […]

Keysight announces complete battery emulation solution for IoT Devices

Keysight Technologies, Inc. introduces the Keysight E36731A Battery Emulator and Profiler, a complete emulation solution that identifies the impact of variables affecting the battery drain of internet of things (IoT) devices to enable development engineers to improve their device designs. International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that there will be 41.6 billion connected IoT devices in use by 20251, […]