South Korea’s Naver Z launches $100M fund for metaverse creators

South Korean internet conglomerate Naver Group continues to ride the hottest internet trends targeting young users. It has been the name behind messaging giant Line and popular selfie app... Read more »

Bug bounty giant HackerOne lands $49M, thanks to cloud adoption boon

Bug bounty and penetration testing startup HackerOne has raised $49 million at Series E following a year of massive cloud adoption fueled by work-from-home orders. The company — which... Read more »

Propy launches NFT platform in the US, allowing real-world property to be bought as an NFT

Last year we covered how early blockchain startup Propy planned to use the technology to smooth real-world real estate sales by introducing the concept of smart contracts. It went... Read more »

Esusu becomes unicorn with SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led $130M funding

More than 100 million Americans spend an average of $1,100 (more than $1.4 trillion per year) on their largest monthly household spend: rent. But reports say 90% of these people... Read more »

Ascend’s BNPL approach to insurance lifted by $280M in new equity, debt

Four months after a seed round, Ascend is back with its first big boost to enable the company to expand its “buy now, pay later” commercial insurance tool that... Read more »

IoT search engine Censys secures $35M — and a new CEO

Censys, a search engine for Internet of Things devices, has secured $35 million in Series B funding and a new CEO. The internet security startup, based in Michigan tech... Read more »

Vesta closes on $30M in an a16z-led Series A to build a new kind of mortgage infrastructure

If you’ve ever taken out a mortgage, you know how painful and tedious the process can be. In an effort to make it simpler, faster and cheaper, a pair... Read more »

Compound aims to be a one-stop-shop for tech employees to manage their finances

Jordan Gonen and Jacob Schein had both worked in the tech industry for a few years when they realized they lacked a clear understanding of their own finances. Like... Read more »

Compound aims to be a one-stop-shop for tech employees to manage their finances

Jordan Gonen and Jacob Schein had both worked in the tech industry for a few years when they realized they lacked a clear understanding of their own finances. Like... Read more »

Crypto investors have 1099 problems, but Cointracker helps make sure filing taxes isn’t one

The upcoming tax season is likely to prove particularly complex for crypto investors, many of whom will be paying taxes on their crypto holdings for the first time ever.... Read more »
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