A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 8, 2022

Most commonly they are a bridge to a round of financing with new investors (outsiders). That is a real round of financing and it is not a bridge. While that can sometimes be the right answer for a startup, I strongly prefer bringing new investors/new capital into a company in every financing round.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 10, 2020

Many founders want to do SAFE note financings for their early rounds to save time and money. My response to that is “let’s do a priced round, we can use a standard financing form we both like, we won’t use a lawyer on our side, and we can close in a week.” Everything else is pretty standard anyway.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 24, 2023

Professional investors usually bring “smart money” to the table, defined as money that comes along with good advice and great relationships for corporate growth. There is no question that the company took smart money and leveraged it for maximum growth, using the money, guidance, contacts and more from these large VC investors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Banking-as-a-service (BaaS), embedded finance and open banking are among the hottest topics in fintech today. Make opening a bank account, storing money, receiving a payment card and lending money as easy as opening a social network account. The promise? In May 2022, Unit closed a $100 million round with a $1.2

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TechCrunch

JULY 24, 2022

Last week, I wrote about the current state of bridge financing after multiple pre-seed investors started getting emails from companies — some in a state of desperation — to get more time in the form of cash. “You know there is a lot of money out there, but it feels like it is harder to get those checks.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

It’s becoming increasingly difficult for green companies to raise money for large-scale innovative projects, mainly because most investors still associate “having an impact” with high risk. All the while, you must show potential investors why they should commit their fiercely coveted money to your scaling efforts.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Colombia’s finance sector has historically been one of the most regulated in the world. That trend is being reinforced by advances in licensing and Open Finance, the promise of ubiquitous instant payments, and regulatory support for innovative fintech solutions. Lee este artículo en E spañol. See a16z.com/global-payments for more.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

The subject of raising money is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. It is for this group that we explore the implications implicit in raising money for growth. Taking this kind of money has several pitfalls you should be aware of.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

It takes money to make money. But financing isn’t always easy — especially if you’re the proud founder of a brand new business. You still have plenty of creative financing options to fund your business. Creative financing options for new businesses. Bootstrapping. Bootstrapping. Startup competitions.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Kikoff , a personal finance platform aimed at helping consumers build credit, announced today that it has raised $30 million in a Series B round. for college on a scholarship and says she was struck by the experience of her parents having to borrow money from family and friends in order to purchase a TV.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. These factors are proving fertile ground for establishing and growing fintechs that focus exclusively on Islamic finance, offering products and services that follow shariah law. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Most existing investors (those still in business) hoarded their money and stopped doing follow-on rounds until the rubble had cleared. For existing investors, sometimes it was “pay-to-play” — if you don’t participate in the new financing, you lose. Some even insisted that all prior preferred stock had to be converted to common stock.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Personal finance is hard – and that’s a tale as old, and difficult to disrupt, as time. At Teachable, we helped these people make money online and now there’s lots of places for creators, freelancers and entrepreneurs to make money online – but how do we help them think about building wealth?” Nagpal said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

If an early-stage startup is ready to raise money but its valuation hasn’t been established yet, a convertible note can serve as a good fundraising option. And for investors, while riskier than the traditional funding route, convertible notes give them an opportunity to get more equity for their money than if they wait until Series A.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

Register Global consumer finance company, Pepper Group , has announced its plans to enter the Indian market with a new fintech startup under the brand name Pepper Money. Pepper Money will tap into the vast market potential of smaller cities in India, particularly those showing signs of economic growth and increased disposable income.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The digital lending platform partners with Egyptian merchants, allowing them to underwrite customers at the point of sale and provide them with finance to purchase items such as electronics, furniture and automotive services via 6-36 month installments. million debt financing and $8.3 million debt financing and $8.3

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

GFC, Money Forward, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital, and nine angel investors also contributed to the funding round. Finfra Investment Fueled Indonesian Embedded Finance Expansion Indonesian startup Finfra secured $1 million in new funding in late June. million into Bayo Pay , a licensed Mastercard Non-Bank E-Money Issuer.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2023

Setting your expectations Taking in angel or venture money requires a setting of an entrepreneur’s expectations that may come as a shock at least at first. Resetting your priorities Taking money from these sources involves resetting priorities over time. There is no middle ground. Draconian terms?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2022

Many come from finance backgrounds, giving them an insider’s advantage at identifying the ways financial tools and institutions do not benefit — and sometimes exploit — consumers. The unit economics of your business are such that it costs too much money to acquire customers based on the assets of that customer.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Because of that, we went to the banks and tried to work with them to finance this kind of payment, but we realized that banks also had a problem: they couldn’t dash out credit to customers to finance retail solar systems when they didn’t understand the technical risks involved in owning them.” Think about it.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Miguel Fernandez is CEO and co-founder of Capchase , which provides non-dilutive financing to SaaS and comparable recurring-revenue companies. Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership. Most startups can now avail non-dilutive capital, and purpose-specific financing has entered the fray.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

The money to make it happen, however? For one thing, the processes remain largely manual, with financing in this sector remaining reliant on emails, spreadsheets and documents in a variety of formats. There’s not just more money coming into the sector, but there’s more attention being paid to it, too.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

All these inefficiencies, asides from being time-consuming, lead to errors and affects cash flow and finance, which is why nine out of 10 small businesses in the country fizzle out in the first five years. Bookkeeping solutions such as Pastel’s help these businesses streamline processes digitally and save money.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

This can result in people losing a lot of money, as evidenced by the number of lawsuits against Robinhood. It’s created a Fantasy Finance game, which gives users the ability to manage a virtual $1 million portfolio so they can learn more about the markets before risking their own money for real.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

But how can biotech teams effectively communicate to investors and partners how they will, with each round of financing, incrementally reduce the risks of discovering and developing successful new drugs? How has money been spent to date, and how do you plan to spend it going forward? Don’t overshare irrelevant corporate information.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As a new business owner, you’re likely struggling with where to spend your valuable resources (time, energy and money) to run the most successful business you can. While it may sound obvious, your finances are one of the most critical elements of any business. Understand your relationship with money. Do I have debt?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

But Rachael now needs additional financing to open another store. So how does she finance her expansion plans? These kinds of lenders offer different types of loans such as lines of credit, microloans and equipment financing, and they use technology to process and underwrite applications quickly. Debt capital.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In other words, Blast wanted to give users a way to save money while playing video games. Now as 2021 comes to a close, Cruttenden’s latest fintech, Ant Money, is announcing it has raised $20 million in funding (a mix of previously unannounced seed and Series A capital) and acquired Blast via a stock-for-stock merger.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Early-stage startups are increasingly looking for alternative ways to access capital, meaning not every company wants to raise money from VCs or take on debt. Specifically, the new firm aims to provide non-dilutive or less-dilutive financing options to asset-rich fintech, e-commerce and SaaS companies in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Into this fray has stepped Bling , a startup founded by a 20-year-old, that offers a finance platform aimed specifically at families, which is designed so that parents can do financial planning for their children, from pocket money to first investments. It’s now raised a €3.5M It’s now raised a €3.5M

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

Orum , which aims to speed up the amount of time it takes to transfer money between banks, announced today it has raised $56 million in a Series B round of funding. The financing comes barely three months after Orum announced a $21 million Series A, and brings its total raised to over $82 million. million seed round last August.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Breega’s aim is to finance at least 20 companies in total with the new fund. Ben Marrel, co-founder and CEO at Breega said in a statement: Our fourth and largest fund to date will allow us to finance later stage companies at Series A stage and above and to continue to support our existing portfolio startups as they grow.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 26, 2021

Brex is a YC portfolio company that provides an all-in-one finance solution to their customers. Venture debt is a loan to companies that have raised money from venture capital investors (“VCs”). Traditionally, banks only loan money to companies that have collateral (i.e. What is Venture Debt? Good news: New Entrant: Brex.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

This was as Zepz (formerly WorldRemit) raised $292 million in Series E financing, while Chipper Cash raised $250 million , Tala $145 million as Wave sealed $200 million in funding. Startups specializing in digital/mobile payments have received the greatest financing over the years followed by banking/lending startups and insurtechs. .

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Business models are evolving, and the future of finance has never been more promising. Typically, this type of investment involves a smaller sum than what venture capitalists would offer , but it generally comes with less control over how the money is spent. The world is changing. The status quo is being challenged. Shutterstock.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Nigerian startup Xend Finance uses decentralized finance (DeFi) to address currency devaluation. Realizing that despite saving regularly , we were losing more value for our money. This gave birth to Xend Finance.” Image Credits: Xend Finance. Xend Finance is plugging these gaps using blockchain technology.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

At a glance Founders: Sasha Lockley and Meurig Chapman Business: Money Sweetspot Founded: 2019 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? We are a sustainable finance business focused on helping people find a way out of spiraling debt. The post Money Sweetspot appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine.

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