TrueLayer nabs $130M at a $1B+ valuation as open banking rises as a viable option to card networks – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Open banking — a disruptive technology that seeks to bypass the dominance of card networks and other traditional financial rails by letting banks open the...

Sugar raises $2.5M in seed funding to connect apartment residents – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Sugar, a startup that aims to turn apartment buildings into “interactive communities,” has closed on $2.5 million in seed funding.  A slew of investors par...

Carousell becomes S'pore's newest unicorn after raising US$100M - now valued at US$1.1B vulcanpost.com 'Carouselling' unicorns....

Crypto services startup Ripio raises $50 million in Series B funding round theblockcrypto.com Latin America-based blockchain firm Ripio has raised $50 million in a new Series B funding round....

The 3 biggest reasons startups failed in 2022, according to a poll of almost 500 founders cnbc.com Software company Skynova's new study looks at the most common reasons behind startup failures in 2022. It also offers advice from 492 startup founders....

What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Venture funding for entrepreneurs of color remains elusive, but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system....