Juan, Author at Soma Capital

Razorpay

India’s Razorpay launches corporate credit cards, current accounts support in major neo banking push

India’s Razorpay, one of the largest payments processing firms in the country, today announced a range of new services aimed at startups, businesses, merchants and freelancers…

JuanNovember 22, 2019

Hype and Vice

Hype & Vice, A Y Combinator Collegiate Apparel Startup, Raises $1.5M From Founders Fund To Create Women’s Sportswear

College apparel is an integral part of how students express their pride for their universities and unique identities. However, university-branded clothing is not designed or…

JuanNovember 14, 2019

Eight Sleep

Eight Sleep Raises $40 Million To Make Slumber A Medical Solution

Eight Sleep wants hitting the pillow to be the equivalent of hitting the doctor’s office. The company, founded in 2014 by husband-wife duo Alexandra Zatarain…

JuanNovember 7, 2019

Kovi Uncategorized

Brazilian Mobility Startup Kovi Raises $30M Series A From Global Investors

Kovi, a fast-growing 17-month-old Brazilian mobility startup, has raised a $30 million Series A led by Global Founders Capital. New investor Quona Capital and existing investors Monashees, Maya Capital, Accel partner Kevin Efrusy, Y…

JuanNovember 6, 2019

Companies Taskade

YC grad Taskade raises $5M to take on Notion with a more collaborative productivity platform

Enterprise software tool startups are so often birthed to either un-bundle or re-bundle what came before them. In an age where “consumerization of the enterprise” is a…

JuanOctober 25, 2019

Uncategorized Zerodown

ZeroDown, valued at $150M, plans to take on Zillow

Days out of Y Combinator, venture capitalists valued ZeroDown, a financial and real estate technology startup, at $150 million, the company has confirmed. The startup had…

JuanOctober 16, 2019

Lattice

Tiger Global values people management tool Lattice at ~$200M

The secretive New York-based hedge fund Tiger Global Management has led a $25 million Series C investment in Lattice, an employee performance and engagement management tool, with participation…

JuanOctober 10, 2019

Doorstead

Get guaranteed rent for your home from new startup Doorstead

Missing out on a month’s rent because you can’t find a tenant is a huge loss. Searching for someone to fill a home takes work,…

JuanOctober 8, 2019

Embarkdrive

Self-Driving Startup Embark Raises $70 Million, Opens Freight Transfer Hubs For Robot Big Rigs

Embark Trucks, a self-driving tech firm created by two twenty-something Canadian computer scientists, just landed $70 million in new funding, its biggest investment round to…

JuanSeptember 27, 2019

PayMongo

Fintech firm PayMongo attracts $2.7m in seed funding from Stripe, Y Combinator, others

Manila-based financial tech startup PayMongo has raised $2.7 million in seed funding to give merchants in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian markets simple ways to set…

JuanSeptember 27, 2019