London-based Tesseract, which plans to tokenize renewable energy purchase agreements, raised $78M via an equity and token sale from Balderton, Accel, and others (Tom Matsuda/The Block)

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg:
Revolut to launch a one-click payment feature, starting with Shopify, Prestashop, WH Smith, and others  —  Revolut Ltd. is launching a one-click payment feature in a bid to rival PayPal Inc. and other tech giants at online checkouts.  —  Revolut Pay has signed up retailers including Shopify Inc. …

Accel:
Valuation of public cloud companies in the US, Europe, and Israel fell from $2.8T to $1.2T in the past year; private market funding fell 42% YoY in Q3 2022  —  This article was co-authored with my colleagues Richard Kotite and Will Sheldon.  The Accel 2022 Euroscape was unveiled earlier today …

Megha Paul / Tech.eu:
Berlin-based Latana, which offers brand tracking and consumer insights tools, raised a €36M Series B led by Oxx, with participation from Balderton and Kreos  —  The German startup offers direct channel to consumers that helps brands understand exactly what their key audiences are thinking

Brandy Betz / CoinDesk:
Tharsis Labs, which develops the Evmos cross-blockchain tool to connect Ethereum and Cosmos, raised $27M via a token sale led by Polychain Capital  —  Polychain Capital led the funding raise to accelerate the cross-chain decentralized app platform  —  Tharsis Labs – the core developer of Evmos …

Tom Matsuda / The Block:
Crypto market maker Portofino, founded by former Citadel Securities executives, emerges from stealth with $50M from Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures and others  —  – Former Citadel Securities execs Leonard Lancia and Alex Casimo have raised $50 million as they launch crypto market maker Portofino Technologies.

Zinnia Lee / Forbes:
Hong Kong-based digital payments startup Reap, which is developing tools for Web3 companies, raised a $40M Series A led by Acorn, Arcadia, and HashKey  —  Reap, a digital payment company based in Hong Kong, has netted $40 million in a funding round aimed at developing infrastructure …