Pre-IPO Sector News Update

January 4, 2021

  • 23andMe raised $82.5 million in a new funding round.

  • Affirm acquired PayBright, a Candian Buy Now Pay Later firm, to expand the reach of its services.

  • Nuro acquired Ike, an autonomous truck start up

  • Ripple was sued by the SEC. The SEC claims that Ripple’s XRP token should be registered as a security.

The news articles and links presented below are available for your reference.

23ANDME

“23andMe Raises $82.5 Million in New Funding”

AFFIRM

“Affirm Completes Acquisition of PayBright”

NURO

“Nuro Acquires Self-driving Truck Startup Ike”

RIPPLE

“XRP Cryptocurrency Crashes Following Announcement of SEC Suit Against Ripple”

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