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Serial fintech founder raises $20M for Ant Money to make micro-investing even more accessible

TechCrunch

Serial fintech entrepreneur Walter Cruttenden founded Acorns with his son, Jeff, in 2012 with the goal of helping low- and middle-income households invest and save responsibly. I think that’s a really big differentiator for us from our competitors.”. Interestingly, the company’s revenue model is a mix of adtech and fintech.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We use Asana at Versatile VC for managing tasks and projects with other collaborators in our teams. The GitHub Student Developer Pack offers more than $200k in developer tools/training for student entrepreneurs or any students. LawCloud offers free legal documents through the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

In in the early 90′s I was in my early 20′s and I programmed on mainframe computers using COBOL, CICS and DB2. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. At it’s peak AOL had about 27 million US subscribers.

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Data obscures positive trends in VC dollars reaching women-founded startups

TechCrunch

Mimi Aboubaker is an entrepreneur and writer. In my view, the correct statistic is about 18%, not 2% — as we should take into account deals that had mixed-gender founding teams. In my view, the correct statistic is about 18%, not 2% — as we should take into account deals that had mixed-gender founding teams. Mimi Aboubaker.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me.

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

TechCrunch

Not a bad thing, but as a result, there are few “hungry” tech entrepreneurs. Use discount code HALLO to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two. and Nomono. This offer is only available to readers in Europe and expires on April 30, 2021.