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Friend-focused photo-sharing app Retro snags $21M

Retro, a friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram employees, has raised more than $21 million in Series A funding.

By Sarah Perez·28 August 2026·TechCrunch

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Oro raises $3 million to scale AI-powered financial execution platform

UAE-based financial AI platform Oro has raised $3 million in a strategic funding round co-led by MH Ventures and Mapleblock Capital, with participation from M2M Capital, Archer Capital and X21 Digital, and follow-on backing from Disrupt.com and ZIGLabs. Founded in 2024 by Varun Choudhary, Oro uses natural-language AI to translate users’ financial instructions into multi-step transactions across decentralised finance (DeFi) protocols, while maintaining a non-custodial, user-authorised model

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How Sweden built one of Europe’s hottest startup ecosystems

Sophia Bendz, general partner at Cherry Ventures, stopped by Equity to break down the latest in the Swedish tech ecosystem.

Voice AI startup Ringg AI raises $10M in Series A led by Peak XV Partners

Voice AI startup Ringg AI raises $10M in Series A led by Peak XV Partners

Ringg AI is currently working with Policybazaar, CRED, Flipkart, Groww, Practo, Tabby, SuperNova, GoodScore, among others, and serving customers across marketplaces, healthcare, banking, fintech, and IT.

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Fasset hits $1 billion valuation after $68 million Series C

UAE-based fintech Fasset has raised $68 million in a Series C round led by Japan’s SBI Group and joined by Speedinvest, valuing the company at $1 billion and marking its entry into unicorn status. Founded in 2019 by Mohammad Raafi Hossain and Daniel Ahmed, Fasset operates an AI-powered stablecoin neobanking platform that enables individuals, businesses and institutions to receive, hold, transfer, spend and invest across currencies and asset classes. The round follows Fasset’s $51 mil

(Weekly funding roundup Aug 15-21) VC inflow remains rangebound

(Weekly funding roundup Aug 15-21) VC inflow remains rangebound

Venture capital funding in August so far has shown no appreciable upward movement, and it is the single large deals that are making the difference.

Kiwi electric ferry startup Vessev floats $27 million Series A

Kiwi electric ferry startup Vessev floats $27 million Series A

Vessev bags A$27m to make electric hydrofoil ferries the new commute in Australia and the US.

Deep tech copper recovery startup Orivium seeks $30 million Series B

Deep tech copper recovery startup Orivium seeks $30 million Series B

Copper is the new gold: Orivium wants $30m to turn mining waste into critical metals.

The rise of the one employee unicorn and the AI first software revolution

The rise of the one employee unicorn and the AI first software revolution

Say unicorn and most people picture massive funding rounds and offices stacked with new hires. For years, that was the only path to a billion dollar valuation. You scaled headcount, or you didn't scale at all. Generative AI is breaking that assumption apart, piece by piece. We may be watching the birth of the one […]

Four Aussie startups that raised $2.86 billion this week (sort of)

Four Aussie startups that raised $2.86 billion this week (sort of)

Four Aussie startups that have raised a massive $2.86 billion, led by Firmus Technologies' blockbuster $2.85 billion funding round. The post Four Aussie startups that raised $2.86 billion this week (sort of) appeared first on SmartCompany.

The Miami accelerator opening doors for Latin American founders

The Miami accelerator opening doors for Latin American founders

A Honduran lawyer building a legal startup, an AI-automated aquarium, and a platform that analyzes moles to detect melanoma early. It sounds like a list of startups, but all three projects share something very concrete: they went through USTAAR, the student accelerator program at the University of Miami. And in a city that has spent […]

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