Nigeria’s Vendly launches to allow users to make payments via social media
Nigerian startup Vendly has launched a platform that allows users to send and receive money using just their social media handles.
Nigerian startup Vendly has launched a platform that allows users to send and receive money using just their social media handles.
CDP mParticle is expanding its journey management capabilities with a new multi-step, multi-branch, cross-channel journey builder. New features include journey analytics to uncover optimal journeys, testing within campaign flows, and continuous synching of audiences with delivery tools across advertising, email, messaging and other channels.
Identitypass has announced that it has raised $2.8 million in seed funding, months after graduating from Y Combinator. The round also comes a few months after the startup raised $360,000 in pre-seed investment last November, bringing its total funding to $3.1 million.
We have a full pouch of stories about Australian companies but our Emerging Markets editor has threatened bodily harm if I poach them. I can sneak in Aussie-born ecommerce personalization vendor Rokt, because it’s now based in New York. They’ve completed a secondary funding at a valuation of $2.4 billion, one year after a $325 million Series E at $1.95 billion. Not bad in a down year for tech stocks.