Greenlight Financial nabs US $215M
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Business : Greenlight Financial Technology, provider of an app and debit card products aimed at helping parents teach children how to save, has added $215 million in fresh funding.
Canapi Ventures and TTV Capital led the financing for the Atlanta-based company, at an upsized valuation of $1.2 billion.
GoodRx pops in IPO debut
Shares of GoodRx closed up 53 percent in first-day trading Wednesday, following an IPO that raised $1.13 billion for the company, which helps online consumers find lower-cost prescription drugs.
All in all, it was a successful debut for Los Angeles-based GoodRx, which stood out as one of the few profitable companies in a crowded field of recent tech IPO candidates.
Homesome raises $6.7M for grocery platform
Homesome, a startup that works with independent grocers to offer online ordering and same-day delivery, raised $6.7 million in a Series A funding led by Itai Tsiddon.
The San Francisco-based company’s business model relies on adding automation to the point-of-sale systems that determine a store’s inventory.