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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: New York-based Narmi, which lets small financial firms offer online and mobile banking services, raised a $35M Series B, bringing its total funding to ~$60M — The banking industry isn't always welcoming to startups, depending on the market's outlook. As inflation rises and companies brace … Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: New York-based Narmi, which lets small financial firms offer online and mobile banking services, raised a $35M Series B, bringing its total…

Manya Saini / Reuters: HomeLight, which offers AI tools for home buyers, sellers, and real estate agents, raised a $115M Series D at a $1.7B valuation, $60M in equity and $55M in debt — HomeLight said on Thursday it had raised $115 million in a late-stage funding round that valued the real-estate home technology platform at $1.7 billion. Manya Saini / Reuters: HomeLight, which offers AI tools for home buyers, sellers, and real estate agents, raised a $115M Series D at a $1.7B valuation, $60M in…

Well, this is straight from the desk of “didn’t see that coming,” but search engine toolkit company Ahrefs just told me they’ve been working on their very own search engine on the sly, plowing $60 million of resources into its own search engine, called Yep. It’s a unique proposition, running its own search index, rather than relying on APIs from Google or Bing. As for the name? I dunno; Yep seems pretty daft to me, but I guess at least the name is one character shorter than Bing, the other major…

Rita Liao / TechCrunch: Indonesia-based Astro, which offers 15-minute grocery delivery, raises a $60M Series B led by Accel, Citius, and Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to $90M — Indonesia's sprawling archipelago has long been a headache for logistics companies, but there's no lack of brave challengers. Rita Liao / TechCrunch: Indonesia-based Astro, which offers 15-minute grocery delivery, raises a $60M Series B led by Accel, Citius, and Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to…

Indonesia’s sprawling archipelago has long been a headache for logistics companies, but there’s no lack of brave challengers. Jarkata-based Astro, which provides 15-minute grocery delivery, has recently closed a $60 million Series B financing round, lifting its total funding to $90 million since the business launched just nine months ago. The Series B round was led by Accel, Citius and Tiger Global, with participation from existing investors AC Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Lightspeed and…