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...

News aggregator SmartNews raises $230 million, valuing its business at $2 billion – TechCrunch techcrunch.com SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app that’s grown in popularity despite hefty competition from built-in aggregators like Appl...

Jobandtalent takes $120M from Softbank to enter the US market – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Spain’s Jobandtalent, a digital temp staffing agency startup which operates a dual-sided platform that matches temps with employers needing casual labor i...

52 Women-Led Startups Driving The Future Of HealthTech And FemTech forbes.com To all the VCs and angel investors who have been missing out on funding the next generation of women-led startups driving the future of healthcare and FemTech, ...