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Former Meta Executives Raise $15 Million for AI Startup

Two former Meta artificial intelligence executives raised $15 million for Yutori, a startup that will develop AI personal assistants.

Blockchain & Crypto

CME Group Pilots Asset Tokenization With Google Cloud

The new Universal Ledger developed by Google Cloud will help CME Group introduce innovative solutions for consistent and reliable wholesale payments and asset tokenization.

Blockchain & Crypto

BlackRock Tokenized Money Market Fund Expands to Solana

BUIDL – a tokenized blockchain-based investment fund created by BlackRock – has expanded its functionality and interoperability, adding Solana to the list of supported blockchain networks.

Fintech & Ecommerce

RockFi Raises $19 Million

The fintech company RockFi, which is based in Paris and operates in the area of wealth management, announced that it raised new financing for $19 million.

News

Perplexity AI Reportedly Plans to Raise Up to $1 Billion

The media, citing an anonymous insider, published information according to which Perplexity AI, a startup building search engine powered by artificial intelligence, is currently in talks to double its valuation to $18 billion as part of a new funding round.

News

Crossmint Raises $23.6 Million

Crossmint raised $23.6 million to expand its solutions that help companies and developers build blockchain apps.

Articles

Understanding Tokenised Money Market Funds

Amid the growing interest in integrating traditional financial instruments with blockchain technology, there’s time to demystify tokenised money market funds and their role in finance. 

News

Blackwall Raises $49 Million

The Estonian-based cybersecurity company Blackwall raised 45 million euros (about $49 million) in a funding round.

Blockchain & Crypto

BlackRock’s Tokenised Fund Surpassed $1B in AUM

One of the most popular tokenised money market funds, BlackRock’s BUIDL has accumulated $1B in assets under management since its inception in 2024, marking a noteworthy milestone in the tokenization ecosystem growth.

Science & Technology

Omni Raises $69 Million

Omni closed a Series B funding round worth $69 million this month.

News

Fortis to Expand Embedded Payments Offerings

Fortis will step up efforts to expand its embedded payments offerings after securing a joint investment from Audax Private Equity and existing investor Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP).

News

MGX Pledges to Invest $2 Billion in Binance

Emirati state-owned investment company MGX announced $2 billion in financial injections into Binance, which was the cryptocurrency exchange’s first institutional investment and the single largest investment in the virtual currency sector.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Worth Raises $25 Million

Automation-focused fintech platform Worth raised $25 million in new funding.

News

Fintech Zolve Raises $251 Million

Neobank Zolve on Tuesday, March 11, announced that it raised $251 million in the latest round of debt and equity financing.

Science & Technology

AI Startup Anysphere Reportedly in Talks for Close to $10 Billion Valuation

The media, citing anonymous insiders, published the information, according to which the startup Anysphere Inc., which operates in the space of the artificial intelligence industry and is the developer of the popular AI-powered code editor Cursor, is currently negotiating to raise hundreds of millions of dollars from investors at a valuation close to $10 billion.

News

Microsoft Plans $297 Million AI Investment in South Africa

Microsoft will invest an additional 5.4 billion rand ($297 million) in South Africa by the end of 2027 to expand its cloud and artificial intelligence capacities in the country.