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Appcues, which offers analytics and no-code tools to fix user onboarding, raises a $32.1M Series B led by NewSpring, says it has ~1,500 customers including Lyft
South Korean startup flex, which makes tools for automating HR processes and workflows, raises a $32M Series B led by Greenoaks at a $287M valuation
India-based agritech startup Arya, which helps farmers in South Asia store and sell their produce and secure credit, raises a $46M Series C and $14M as debt
An overview of China's robotaxi services offered by AutoX, Baidu, Deeproute.ai, Didi, Momenta, Pony.ai, and WeRide, and the progress they made in 2021
Indian startup INDmoney, which is building a finance app for investments and expenses, raises a $75M Series D at a ~$600M valuation
Uganda-based Asaak, which uses behavioral and financial data to assess loans for motorbikes and smartphones for African gig workers, raises a $30M pre-Series A
Istanbul-based Spyke, which builds multiplayer social games, raises a $55M seed from Griffin Gaming Partners, the largest Turkish seed round ever
UK-based Twig, which lets users trade their physical goods and digital collectibles for cash, raises a $35M Series A, as it plans to expand to the US and EU
Bolt, which offers a one-click checkout service, raises a $355M Series E led by BlackRock, sources say at an $11B valuation
Q&A with Wordle creator Josh Wardle on the game's origin story, reasons for keeping it simple, app clones, and handling the traffic from its newfound popularity
Meta faces a $3.1B UK class action suit alleging it abused Facebook's market dominance and set an "unfair price" for 44M UK users' data from 2015 to 2019
Meta will shut down its video speed dating service Sparked on January 20, after launching it last April and testing it in select markets
Conduit, which offers APIs for DeFi services, raises a $17M seed led by Portage Ventures
Buy now, pay later service Accrue Savings, which aims to help customers save money, raises a $25M Series A led by Tiger Global
Cologne-based SoSafe, a cybersecurity startup aiming to reduce human error, raises a $73M Series B led by Highland Europe and says it has over 1,500 customers
Merit, which lets governments issue digital credentials that link back to a government license database, raises a $50M Series B led by Rose Park Advisors
India-based LEAD School, which is helping digitize affordable private schools, raises a $100M Series E at a $1.1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $170M
Locket, an iOS app and widget for sharing photos to friends' homescreens, hits #1 on the App Store after debuting on New Year's Day and going viral on TikTok
Sensor Tower: Instagram became the world's most downloaded app in Q4 2021, its best quarter since 2014 with installs up 10% QoQ, followed by TikTok and Facebook
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