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Steve Case Testifies on Expanding Access to Capital Across America

Revolution

Revolutions mission is to build disruptive, innovative companies that upend age-old industries, with a unique focus on startups based outside of the coastal tech hubs. When our team first visited its startup community in 2014, the city had just declared bankruptcy, and people were not betting on an innovation-driven future.

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Supporter Profile: Magnify Consulting

NZ Entrepreneur

Since forming in 2014, were excited to be part of the sales growth story for more than 50 businesses. What does this disruption mean for the future of sales, and marketing? Were literally powering the economy – one healthy sales pipeline at a time. Its exciting to be part of your growth story!

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Working at a big company is honorable and I don’t believe the narrative that all of this tech disruption is to kill off big companies. Mark Suster (@msuster) November 1, 2014. Having a steady income and providing for a family is one of life’s highest commitments and honors. The doubters will question you.

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Rebuilding the Financial Payment System

Revolution

Shamir sold Simple to BBVA in 2014 and continued to work for the company, further aggravating his frustrations with traditional banking’s slow adoption of technology and ineffective home-grown solutions, which place heavy implementation burdens on innovators in the space?—?from Setting out to disrupt the global payments industry?

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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

Aspect Ventures : co-founded in 2014 by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, the early-stage venture firm uniquely focuses on bridging the funding gap between angels and the larger multi-stage VC platforms through collaboration and diversity. They invest in companies that are disrupting traditional retail and consumer experiences.

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Nigerian fintech Appzone raises $10M for expansion and proprietary technology

TechCrunch

Before now, Appzone closed a $2 million round from South African Business Connexion (BCX) in 2014. “Appzone is building a disruptive fintech ecosystem that will be the backbone of Africa’s finance industry with products across payments, infrastructure and software as a service. Four years later, it raised $2.5

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Divido bags $30M to take its ‘buy now, pay later’ platform to more markets

TechCrunch

The 2014-founded startup operates a marketplace model where lenders compete to offer the most suitable credit line to consumers to grease purchases — partnering with businesses such as banks, retailers and payment partners so they can offer “buy now, pay later” to their users at the point of sale.

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