TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

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. Which form of venture debt should your startup go for? Which form of venture debt should your startup go for?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Joining Lerer Hippeau in the investment are Siddhi Capital, Idea Farm Ventures, Simple Food Ventures, Animal Capital and American Pie executive Alan Mitzner. In fact, of the $348 billion in annual sales generated by the top 25 food and beverage incumbents in the U.S., Immi takes in $3.8M

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

For the fourth straight year, the publicly traded fintechs massively outperformed the incumbent financial services providers as well as every mainstream stock index. For the fourth straight year, the publicly traded fintechs massively outperformed the incumbent financial services providers as well as every mainstream stock index.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

There’s clearly a lot of venture money to be raised — and most tech entrepreneurs happily take it in exchange for equity. ” Despite the VC flurries of 2020 creating an ecosystem of seemingly endless equity, it’s important for entrepreneurs and founders to understand that there is no one-size-fits-all model for raising capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

There has been much talk as of late of a slowdown in venture funding. For example, Brex announced last week that it provided $10 million in growth capital via venture debt to Zesty.ai, a leading provider of predictive data analytics in the climate risk space. We’re seeing pretty big market changes.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

The round was led by Balderton Capital, alongside existing investors Coparion, Venture Stars and Signature Ventures, as well as an undisclosed investor. ” “Being in the European Union requires a fundamentally different organizational setup, and poses a very high entry to new incumbents and other players overseas.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Breeze raised $10 million in Series A funding in a round led by Link Ventures that Nabity boasts is the “largest first round of institutional capital ever invested in a Nebraska-based software startup.” Northwestern Mutual Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, M25, Fiat Ventures and Invest Nebraska also participated in the financing.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

To continue its mission, the Miami-based trade finance company raised $7 million in seed funding and $75 million in a credit facility, led by Arcadia Funds LLC and Kayyak Ventures, to increase its credit line to $100 million. Banks in Latin America have a saying that ‘they lend money to people who don’t need it.’

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Today, Teampay has hundreds of customers and significant venture capital financing behind it. million in debt) Series B led by Fin Venture Capital with participation from Mastercard, Proof Ventures, Trestle and Espresso Capital, bringing Teampay’s total raised to $65 million.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Valar Ventures led the investment, which brings Neo’s total funding to $234.7 Also participating in the round were Tribe Capital, Altos Ventures, Blank Ventures, Gaingels, Maple VC and Knollwood Advisory. million (CAN $299 million) since its 2019 inception, and values the company at over $784.8

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Keyway , a startup that buys property from small and medium-sized business owners and then leases it back to them, has secured $70 million in debt financing on the heels of a $15 million equity raise. And 20% of transactions fall through because the buyer didn’t have guaranteed financing.” commercial real estate value.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Just over five months after raising a $9 million seed funding round , Latin American fintech Pomelo announced today that it is raising $35 million in Series A financing led by Tiger Global Management. The company also plans to use its new capital to accelerate its product road map and toward business development efforts.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

million in funding from Anthemis, Financial Venture Studio and Soma Capital. ” Ivella isn’t just competing with the theory of joint accounts pushed by incumbent banks, but also venture-backed startups seeking a multiplayer fintech world. Zeta, which raised a $1.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Recently, there’s been rapid digitization of this market , with several startups upending incumbents such as classifieds and hoping to define the new era of used-car-sale platforms. Saudi-based early-stage venture capital firm RAED Ventures led the round. Some include U.K.’s

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Register Indonesian open finance platform Ayoconnect has raised an additional $13 million in its Series B funding round, bringing the total amount it raised to date to $43 million. Founded in 2016, Ayoconnect is Southeast Asia’s largest Open Finance API platform.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

The Buenos Aires-based startup’s new infrastructure aims to allow fintechs and embedded finance players to launch virtual accounts and issue prepaid and credit cards via “compliant” onboarding processes. Clocktower Technology Ventures makes $25M bet on Latin American fintechs. incumbents. “It market with different dynamics.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

General Atlantic doubled down on Klar , leading its latest financing in addition to its $70 million Series B last July. Prosus Ventures, Quona Capital, Mouro, IFC, Acrew and Endeavor Catalyst also participated in the round. WTI provided $20 million in venture debt, Möller said. he told TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

Are you raising an appropriate amount of capital relative to your progress, relative to your team size and relative to your needs? VCs want you to raise the “appropriate” amount of capital, which I would define as what is reasonable given your progress to date, your resources and your needs for an 18–24 month period. Cash In Cash in.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 19, 2023

The fintech company, which was the first to digitize BPR in accelerating the financial inclusion in Indonesia’s tier 2 and tier 3 cities, said that the funding round was led by East Ventures (Growth fund). It was also participated by AlphaTrio Sustainable Technology Fund, Skystar Capital, Sovereign’s Capital, Ozora, and Gobi Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. It should affect how you think if you are an incumbent but also if you’re a startup. Incumbents feel threatened.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Abstract Ventures led the financing, which also included participation from Propel Venture Partners, NFP Ventures, BoxGroup and Precursor Ventures. BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), a group consisting of 13 tech-focused insurance agencies in the U.S. million in a seed round. Are insurtech startups undervalued?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

Mubadala Capital led the $100 million equity round, with previous backers EQT Ventures , Felix Capital , Cherry Ventures and Partners of DST Global also participating. Meanwhile, the $106 million in debt funding — which Juni will use to fuel its credit products — is coming from TriplePoint Capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Bain Capital Ventures led the seed round alongside South Park Commons, Core Innovation Capital, and Operator Partners. Wealthy Americans have access to CPAs and accountants and tax advice people watching over their finances year-round. Mobile income tax software Column Tax announced today that it raised $5.1

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Roger Lee is a general partner at Battery Ventures, based in Menlo Park, CA, who focuses on investments in software and consumer tech, including online marketplaces. Justin Da Rosa is a vice president with Battery Ventures in San Francisco. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. Justin Da Rosa. Justin Da Rosa.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Polly, a SaaS technology startup aiming to “transform” the mortgage capital markets, announced today that it has raised $37 million in a Series B funding round led by Menlo Ventures. The latest financing brings the San Francisco-based startup’s total funding raised to $50 million.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2022

Jarkata-based Astro, which provides 15-minute grocery delivery, has recently closed a $60 million Series B financing round, lifting its total funding to $90 million since the business launched just nine months ago. The startup is competing with incumbents like Sayurbox, HappyFresh and TaniHub to win over users.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Geopagos , a payments infrastructure startup based in Buenos Aires, has raised $35 million in a round led by Riverwood Capital. The financing marks the company’s first ever institutional funding. Endeavor Catalyst also participated in the financing. Will once-bootstrapped startups turn to venture during a watershed moment?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

The latest startup to raise venture money with the goal of making the process “smarter and faster” is one that was founded by a pair of executives that spent years at real estate giant Zillow. Ribbit Capital led the financing, which also included participation from DST Global, NFX and Zigg Capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

For example, Polly this week announced it has raised $37 million in a round led by Menlo Ventures to automate workflows for mortgage companies. Existing backers Conversion Capital and Bain Capital Ventures also participated in the round, bringing the company’s total raised since its November 2020 inception to $35 million.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

(KBIC) — a subsidiary of South Korean consumer bank, Kookmin Bank — along with Barclays, Knollwood Investment Advisory, BAM Ventures, Passport Capital, Ulu Ventures and Strong Ventures. . Backstage Capital founder Arlan Hamilton is one of the investors TomoCredit won over. “I

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

“With the capital, we will continue to focus on engagement and adoption, collaboration, governance, lineage, and on APIs and SDKs to enable us to be open and extensible,” Sangani said via email. In another win for Alation, the investment from Databricks Ventures is strategic, Sangani says. billion and growing toward $11.6

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2022

Led by Lindsay Holden, the startup had raised more than $20 million in funding and had built a gamified finance mobile app that aims to help people “save, learn and engage” with their finances. In other words, incumbents in some cases need fintechs even as they compete with them. million in a round led by Firebrand Ventures.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

First, they believe that the current offerings from the financial incumbents are lacking. Regulation becomes the friend of the incumbent in highly regulated industries through a process known as regulatory capture. Finance government stimulus Internet Payment Regulation Uncategorized Venture Capital Disruption payments wealthfront'

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

New York-based Two Sigma Ventures led the round, with existing backers such as Homebrew, Susa Ventures, Crossbeam and angel investor and popular podcast host Anthony Pompliano also participating. With the latest Series A financing, Nelo has raised a total of $25.6 million since its 2019 inception.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

When Daniel Simon sold Bread , a consumer purchase finance and payments startup he’d co-founded, to Alliance Data Systems for over $500 million late last year, he quickly set his sights on building another startup.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

NFX and existing backers Pear and Mexico-based Wollef (formely known as Jaguar Ventures) doubled down on their investment, which values Melonn “in the neighborhood” of $100 million post-money and brings the Bogota-based startup’s total raised to $24 million since its November 2020 inception. So, just how does it work?

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

I had a catastrophic relationship with incumbent banks.”. In February, Neon raised a $300 million Series D financing that valued the company at $1.6 Overall, Neon has raised $726 million to date with backers such as BlackRock, General Atlantic, Monashees, PayPal, Quona Capital, Vulcan Capital and others. ’” .

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