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Deepti Sri / Tech in Asia: Vietnam-based Timo Bank raises $20M led by Square Peg, its first outside funding since its 2015 founding, as it aims to acquire a digital banking license  —  Vietnam-based Timo Bank has raised US$20 million in a fresh financing round led by Square Peg, a …

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Robust Intelligence, which helps businesses stress test their AI models, raises a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global  —  Robust Intelligence, an AI startup that helps businesses stress test their AI models and prevent them from failing, today announced that it has raised a $30 …

H2O.ai — a startup that has developed an open-source framework as well as proprietary apps that make it easier for any kind of enterprise to build and operate artificial intelligence-based services — has seen a surge of interest as AI applications have become more ubiquitous, and enterprises beyond tech companies …

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Lime raises $523M in convertible debt and term loan financing and says it plans to go public next year  —  Shared electric micromobility giant Lime has closed a $523 million raise in convertible debt and term loan financing, money that Lime CEO Wayne Ting says is …

Pfizer Inc on Tuesday raised the full-year sales forecast for its COVID-19 vaccine by 7.5% to $36 billion, as it signs deals with countries for booster doses and receives clearances for using its shots in children. The company had in July forecast sales of $33.5 billion from the vaccine it …

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: New York-based Extend, which helps financial institutions offer virtual cards, raises a $40M Series B led by March Capital  —  We’ve written a lot about fintechs that aim to help other fintechs and traditional banks launch products and services.  —  But it feels like we …

New Delhi: The Union government on Saturday directed eight northeastern states along with Uttarakhand, Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir to increase focus on second dose vaccination among the 60-plus population. According to the Union Health Ministry’s release, this came as the Centre deemed the vaccine coverage in some of these …

Michael Hytha / Bloomberg: Paycor, which makes HR management software for SMBs, raises $426M in an IPO, selling shares for $23, above its $18-$21 range, giving it a valuation of $3.9B  —  Software maker Paycor HCM Inc., backed by the private equity firm Apax Partners, raised $426 million in an …

Voyager Innovations, the Manila-based owner of PayMaya, one of the Philippines’ most popular payment and financial services apps, announced today it has raised $167 million in new funding to launch more financial services, including a digital bank. The raise includes $121 million in new funding, and $46 million from previously …

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Australia-based Zeller, which develops fintech products for SMBs, including POS terminals, raises ~$37.5M led by Spark Capital at a valuation of about $300M  —  Zeller, a Melbourne-based fintech founded by former Square executives to serve small- to mid-sized businesses, has raised $50 million AUD … News …