Venture capital

Seoul-based Viva Republica, which is seeing brisk growth with Toss, its person-to-person payments app, recently drew $48 million in venture capital funding. The series C funding round was led by Silicon Valley’s Goodwater Capital, along with PayPal, Bessemer Venture Partners, Altos Ventures and Partech Ventures.

The fintech firm will use the $5.5 million in funding to expand its operations and improve its products.

The cross-border payments startup will use proceeds from its Series D round to fuel growth.

Qapital's funding round comes as banks are increasingly adding money management tools to their mobile apps.

ID.me raised $19 million in a Series B round that was led by FTV Capital and included USAA.

San Francisco-based Align Commerce, which leverages blockchain and other technologies to enable cross-border payments for small- to midsize businesses, has rebranded itself as Veem and landed $24 million in funding to expand its operations.

Venture capital often moves like a tide. Janet Bannister seeks opportunity that's just a bit farther out.

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Quona Capital Management Ltd. raised $141 million for the Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, which will invest in companies that provide financial and other services to underserved customers in emerging markets.

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