Weekly Tech Pulse
Micro1 crosses $100M ARR, Esusu raises $50M, Runware raises $50M Series A & Visma buys Comunidad Feliz for US$70 million.
US & International Startup & Tech News
Micro1, a Scale AI competitor, touts crossing $100M ARR
Micro1, an AI training data startup that helps recruit and manage human experts for AI model training, has rapidly grown its business and surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue this year.
The company’s growth has been fueled by demand from top AI labs and Fortune 100 firms seeking expert-level human data to refine large language models.
Micro1’s pivot from AI recruiting to a broader data-training marketplace has helped it scale revenue dramatically in just a few years.
Source: Tech Crunch
Esusu raises $50M to help renters build credit scores
Esusu, a fintech that reports renters’ on-time rent payments to credit bureaus to help them build credit, has raised $50 million in a Series C financing round at a $1.2 billion valuation.
The company’s platform now reaches roughly 12 million renters across 5 million units and works with major property owners to turn rent data into traditional credit history, expanding financial access for many Americans.
This funding will support scaling Esusu’s rent-reporting services and tools that aim to improve financial stability and mortgage eligibility for renters.
Source: CNBC
Runware raises $50M Series A from Dawn Capital, Comcast Ventures to become the API for all AI
Runware, a startup building a unified API for AI model inference, has raised $50 million in a Series A round led by Dawn Capital with participation from Comcast Ventures and others.
The funding will accelerate its platform’s growth, which already serves hundreds of thousands of developers generating real-time AI media like images, audio, and video.
Runware’s approach aims to simplify integration of diverse AI models into applications, reducing cost and complexity for builders.
Source: Tech Crunch
LATAM Startup & Tech News
Kala raises US$55 million to boost financial inclusion in Colombia.
Colombian fintech Kala secured $55 million in debt financing to expand financial inclusion for underbanked populations in the country.
The capital will support growth of Kala’s lending technology, aimed at providing fast, accessible credit to people traditionally excluded from formal banking.
With previous equity rounds totaling $6 million, this latest financing underlines investor confidence in the company’s mission to broaden access to financial services.
Source: Yahoo! News
Vambe raises $14M Series A
Chilean AI-driven conversational commerce startup Vambe raised $14 million in a Series A funding round led by Monashees, with participation from other regional investors.
The platform helps B2C businesses automate sales and customer interactions using autonomous AI agents, and the new capital will fuel expansion into new markets like Mexico and Brazil. Vambe aims to enhance its technology and build out features that can create network effects in automated commerce.
Source: Latam List
Visma buys Comunidad Feliz for around US$70 million
Norwegian software company Visma acquired Chilean digital community platform Comunidad Feliz for about $70 million, strengthening its presence in Latin America’s real estate tech sector.
Comunidad Feliz, which operates in Chile and Peru, provides tools for managing residential communities, and the acquisition positions Visma to expand these services regionally.
The deal reflects growing interest from global tech firms in Latin American SaaS businesses with strong local user bases.
Source: DF Mas
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