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WinZO platform announced the launch of ZO Gold, an offering for users to digitally invest in gold starting at ₹2 in partnership with SafeGold. https://trib.al/KjJ00Bl

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🤳 refurbed has raised €50m to expand its refurbished electronics marketplace across Europe. The round was led by angel investor Alex Zubillaga, one of Spotify’s earliest backers, and Orilla Asset Management, backed by the Riberas family (Paco Riberas), one of Spain’s most prominent business dynasties. Existing investors Evli Growth Partners, Bonsai, Almaz Capital, C4 Ventures, and Speedinvest also joined in. Get the full story ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d4KV5_Ev Kilian Kaminski Peter Windischhofer Jürgen Riedl Daniel Müller Schima Labitsch Jonny Ng

We're building for the future. 🚀🚀🚀🚀 We're thrilled to announce our $35M Series D led by Socium Ventures, with participation from Canapi Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, NA Ventures, Harmonic Growth Partners, Radiate Capital, and Gaingels. Cash flow underwriting has hit an inflection point. Nearly 100 million Americans have limited or no access to credit because legacy bureau data tells an incomplete story. This funding allows Nova Credit to accelerate our platform build and GTM to make comprehensive cash flow underwriting plug-and-play. The future of credit puts consumers at the center. And that future is now. Here's to building a fairer financial system. 💳 Read the full release: https://lnkd.in/eGJvH84u

AKPARAOBI BOOM nabs $13T valuation, four months after hitting $13B AKPARAOBI BOOM announced that it raised a fresh $100 million AKPARAOBI BOOM at a $13 trillion valuation, led by AKPARAOBI and PARAGRAPH OBIDADON. This is just four months after closing its $992 million AKPARAOBI at a $13 billion valuation, led by AKPARAOBI BOOM.

🚀 INVESTMENT NEWS 🚀   ✨ We are excited to announce a €1.25 million investment in Carfix App, the SaaS platform that connects insurers, brokers, repair shops, dealers, leasing companies and end-users into a fully digital ecosystem. This marks our 11th investment of Catalyst Romania Fund II!   The Carfix team has our unlimited support as they take their next big step. Their focus on making automotive processes smarter and more efficient is impressive and it’s exciting to see them expanding across Europe while strengthening their impact in Romania.   At Catalyst, we are always looking to engage with teams which are reshaping their industries. And with Carfix, we saw real potential to simplify complex challenges.   A HUGE thank you to everyone involved in this deal for their hard work, professionalism and prompt collaboration throughout the process, including Sebastian Boureanu, FCCA, Andrei Danila and the Stratulat Albulescu Attorneys At Law team (Silviu Stratulat, Cristina Mihaela Man, Cezara Mitea) ! 🚀   Read the full article here ➡ https://lnkd.in/dCri-e4G   #CatalyseGrowth #InvestInPotential #EarlyGrowthInvestor #CatalystRomania

Angel Deals of the Week | 10/16/25   Waveful secured $2.08M with participation from IAG for their creator-fan community platform, where users connect through content and challenges.   🔔 Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ehXcbk4h   #TheDiligentObserver #StartupInvesting #Deals #AngelInvesting

We’re super happy to share that we’ve participated in Reo.Dev’s $4 Mn seed round, led by Heavybit! Reo.Dev is an AI-powered revenue intelligence platform for DevTool GTM teams—helping them understand how developers discover, evaluate, and adopt their products and use those insights to drive revenue. Developers decide early—testing tools and forming opinions before Sales joins in. The platform helps GTM teams see those signals and act on them. Already used by 100+ developer first companies like LangChain, Chainguard, Datahub, and N8N, its changing how DevTools grow and sell. Cheers to Achintya Gupta, Piyush Agarwal, Gaurav Jain, and the team! 👉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gyzuHuNQ

Viewture, a company that finances some of YouTube’s most popular creators, including the Sidemen, has raised £80m ($107m) in fresh backing from investors such as Lingotto, the investment firm chaired by former UK chancellor George Osborne. The London-based firm, founded in 2020, is set to announce the new mix of debt and equity funding next week. The round is led by Lingotto, part of Italy’s Agnelli business dynasty, and will help Viewture expand its support for digital creators globally. https://lnkd.in/eB2qg4HZ #MergersAcquisitionsDivestitures #Media #ContentCreation

Vibe.co has raised $50M in Series B funding led by Hedosophia, bringing its valuation to $410M. Investors include Elaia, Singular, QuantumLight (Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky), Illusian (Supercell’s CEO), and Carolyn Everson. https://lnkd.in/dp6PYxXn