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Bolt raises $713M

Estonia-based ride-hailing and delivery provider raised 600 million euros ($713 million) in a Series E funding round led by .

The new financing reportedly sets a of $4.75 billion for the 8-year-old company, more than double its last private valuation of around $2 billion. Bolt started out as a taxi-hailing app in Estonia, and has since expanded into other areas including food delivery, car sharing, and electric scooter and bike rentals.

Prosus invests $200M in LatAm’s Movile

Latin American startup investor and growth accelerator itself received a boost this week with a BRL $1 billion — about $200 million USD — investment from . São Paulo-based Movile said the deal marks its biggest single funding infusion since its founding in 1998.

Movile will use the fresh capital to invest in new startups and to help expand its current portfolio companies, including food delivery platform , Brazilian fintech startups MovilePay and , and , a Colombia-based logistics company.

Global startup investors have been pouring billions of dollars into Latin America’s startup ecosystem, producing at least 23 unicorns to date, per ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ data, with fintech startups drawing  the lion’s share of investment.

Money management app Snoop lands $21M

U.K.-based money management app raised £15 million ($21 million) in a funding round backed by . The app tracks finances and offers users recommendations for cutting bills and subscription expenses.

—  Joanna Glasner

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