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Automation Anywhere expands into process discovery with FortressIQ acquisition Dec 27, 2021

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Automation Anywhere, which is best known for its robotic process automation (RPA) software, plans to expand the platform. This morning, the company announced that it intends to acquire process discovery startup FortressIQ.

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Skio raises $3.7M to help brands on Shopify sell subscriptions Dec 27, 2021

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Skio, a startup that aims to take the pain out of selling subscriptions for brands on Shopify, has raised $3.7 million in a seed funding round. Kennan Davison, an engineer who previously worked at Hulu and Pinterest, founded the startup in April.

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With $36 million Series C, Brazil’s Ambar hopes to make civil construction more efficient Dec 24, 2021

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Brazilian construction tech startup Ambar announced it has raised a large Series C round of R$204 million, approximately $36 million, to boost the digitization arm of its business.

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TikTok rival Triller to go public via merger with SeaChange International Dec 23, 2021

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Short video app Triller is set to go public via a reverse merger with video-tech company SeaChange International, the two companies announced on Wednesday. The combined entity will be valued at approximately $5 billion.

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Ampla raises $40M Series A for its business of providing credit to commerce brands Dec 22, 2021

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Ampla Technologies, a startup which provides financing to small-to-medium sized consumer-facing businesses, announced today it has raised $40 million in a Series A round of funding co-led by VMG Partners and Forerunner Ventures.

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Airtable acqui-hires Walrus.ai’s founding team Dec 22, 2021

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Airtable today announced that it quietly acquired Walrus.ai, a no-code software testing platform, earlier this year. ‘Acquired’ may be overstating things a bit, though.

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Rocket Companies buys Truebill for $1.275B Dec 21, 2021

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Rocket Companies announced this morning that it will purchase Truebill for $1.275 billion in cash. Rocket Companies is best known for its Rocket Mortgage product, while Truebill is a consumer-facing app that helps consumers manage subscriptions, automate savings and budget.

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Melbourne-based edtech startup Vivi raises $20M to accelerate overseas expansion in race to reach 1M classrooms Dec 21, 2021

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Australian edtech start-up Vivi has raised $20 million from education investor Quad Partners, funds that it intends to use to improve its platform, upgrade its operational infrastructure, and hire more sales and marketing teams in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

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GDevelop wants to make game development accessible Dec 20, 2021

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GDevelop is a game engine that lets you develop a video game without any specific development experience. While the ‘no-code’ trend has been quite popular this year, GDevelop has been around for a few years already.

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Tiger Global backs fintech CreditBook in first Pakistan investment Dec 20, 2021

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Two years ago, a group of entrepreneurs in Pakistan began surveying the market to understand why financial services weren’t reaching the majority of merchants in the world’s fifth most populous nation.

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