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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Rakuten raised.
Companies Rakuten acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Rakuten. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Airwallex has agreed to acquire Vietnamese payments company CTIN Pay and hired ex-Grab executive Ershad Ahamed as Head of Southeast Asia, following its completed purchase of Mexico's MexPago.
Scalare Partners announces an investment in Inhouse Ventures, a marketplace linking startups with investors and advisors, with James Walker taking a board seat there.
Weekly roundup of five startup raises: Fleet Space's Series C, Checkmate's Series A, Adventus's new round, Endua's hydrogen funding and Servicely's raise, with investors named.
Also Forbes Australia
Blockchain provenance startup Everledger, founded by Leanne Kemp, has entered voluntary administration after an expected funding round fell through, with administrators appointed and staff made redundant despite earlier backing from Tencent and others.
Also Startup Daily
The founders of the shuttered Stylerunner have raised seed funding for their new shopping app Her Black Book, led by Andrew Hagger with Touch Ventures support; the article recalls Stylerunner's acquisition by Accent Group.
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Profile of a Himalayan-inspired skincare label with £1M sales across 14 markets, presenting a convertible note investment offering ahead of a planned 2022 entry into Australia.