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Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021

TechCrunch

Jake Jolis is a partner at Matrix Partners and invests in seed and Series A technology companies including marketplaces and software. Dana Stalder is a partner at Matrix Partners, where he invests predominantly in fintech, consumer marketplaces and enterprise software. Public fintech stocks rose 97% in 2020. Dana Stalder.

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Egyptian investment app Thndr nabs $20M from Tiger Global, Prosus Ventures and others

TechCrunch

But as a relatively young population, most of them have minimal equity market and investment exposure. The company has raised a $20 million Series A round to democratize investing in the Middle East and North Africa. and Europe, up to half of the population invests in financial instruments. One such is Egypt-based Thndr.

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Monzo Makes Money Work For Everyone

Y Combinator

In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. When they joined, Monzo was generating $69M in revenues (in April 2020). expectations.

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Accel backs Mexican startup Flink’s effort to bring consumer investing to Latin America

TechCrunch

we take for granted the ability to invest and trade in the stock market. For Mexico City-born Sergio Jiménez Amozurrutia, the fact that in his country of more than 120 million people, only a tiny fraction of the population have the ability to invest in the capital markets just didn’t seem right. Here in the U.S.,

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Digital road freight forwarder Sennder raises $160M Series, plans European expansion

TechCrunch

Sennder , a large digital road freight forwarder based out of Germany, has raised $160 million in Series D financing. In June 2020 it merged with French competitor Everoad, and acquired Uber Freight’s European business last September. Sennder’s new investment will mean it can expand in European markets.

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Debt versus equity: When do non-traditional funding strategies make sense?

TechCrunch

This works for some, but too often founders find themselves diluting their equity to unrecoverable portions rather than considering other financing options that allow them to hold on to their company — options like debt capital. People tend to think that category creation is less risky than incumbent disruption.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Alternative financing, Web3 adoption, India’s hot Q3 fundraising

TechCrunch

In conversation with reporter Taylor Hatmaker, Rubin said NFTs show that individuals can benefit from Web3 adoption, while decentralized finance and cryptocurrency trading are more commercialized forms. Successful startups will inevitably draw the attention of powerful incumbents in their industry,” he writes for TechCrunch+.