Airwallex, which provides cross-border banking and other financial services for businesses, raised a $100M Series E2, bringing its total funding to over $900M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

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Milan-based Satispay, an independent payments network that bypasses banks and credit card companies, raised a €320M Series D led by Addition at a €1B+ valuation  —  More signs that the economy is slowing down in Europe, and that costs are going up, are driving merchants and consumers …

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Ordergroove, which offers e-commerce subscription tools for brands and retailers, raised $100M+ led by Primus Capital, bringing its total funding to ~$150M  —  Amazon has mastered the concept of subscriptions in e-commerce.  Prime-based memberships, and the ability to set up recurring purchases …

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Norwegian grocery delivery startup Oda raised ~$151M from Kinnevik and others at a ~$353M post-money valuation, down from ~$900M in April 2021  —  Online grocery delivery, a booming business at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, has definitely come down to earth with the other shifts we’ve seen …

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London-based Sequence, which offers APIs and other tools for pricing, billing, and related services, raised a $19M seed led by a16z  —  When it comes to fintech, consumers have commanded the most attention in the last decade, with banking, credit, investing and other legacy services getting the disruption treatment.

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NYC-based NorthOne, which offers digital banking services for small business owners, raised a $67M Series B, bringing its total funding to $90.3M  —  It’s common knowledge, especially to those who work in financial services, that the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased demand for digital banking globally.

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Filing: Disney now owns 100% of streaming tech company BAMTech after paying $900M for MLB’s 15% stake in November 2022; Disney acquired a majority stake in 2017  —  Disney acquired a majority stake in the tech company in 2017, and has used it to power its streaming services.