Singapore-based Osome, a “super app” for corporate services, raised a $25M Series B, after a $16M Series A in June 2021, and says it serves 11K+ companies (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Singapore-based Fazz, whose business accounts offer payment, savings, and credit features, raised a $100M Series C, including $75M in equity and $25M in debt  —  Fazz, the Southeast Asian digital financial services group created by the merger of PayFazz and Xfers, announced today that it has raised …

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Singapore-based Pillow, which helps users in emerging markets save, spend, and invest in cryptocurrency, raised an $18M Series A led by Accel and Quona Capital  —  Pillow aspires to be an all-in-one platform that helps even newbie users save, spend and invest in crypto currency.

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
The UK’s National Audit Office says a 2% digital services tax on the gross revenue of Amazon, Apple, and other US giants reaped almost £360M in its first year  —  Figure raised exceeds what most of the digital businesses have been paying in UK corporation tax

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google says it is integrating Google Tasks across Google Assistant and its suite of apps including Calendar  —  Google is working on a big update to Google Tasks, the company said today.  It’s bringing a couple of new features to the app, making it easier to add tasks …

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
London-based private equity firm Cinven plans to buy Iowa-based TaxAct, which makes online tax software, for ~$720M; Cinven has made five acquisitions in 2022  —  London-based private equity firm Cinven has announced plans to acquire online tax preparation software provider TaxAct in an all-cash deal worth around $720 million.

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Singapore-based Docquity, a collaboration and learning platform for health care professionals, raised a $44M Series C, bringing its total funding to $57.5M  —  A call between doctors can save lives.  That’s what Docquity co-founder Indranil Roychowdhury learned when his father was hospitalized …