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Extra Crunch roundup: first-check myths, Miami relocation checklist, standout SaaSy startups

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The options for financing are seemingly endless: syndicates, public crowdfunding, VC firms, accelerators, debt financing, rolling funds, and, for the profitable few, bootstrapping. Telehealth startup Doximity filed to go public earlier today. Dismantling the myths around raising your first check.

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

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Since its inception , the Google for Startups Accelerator alumnus claims to have led Africa’s fintech sector in some global firsts from the continent. Before now, Appzone closed a $2 million round from South African Business Connexion (BCX) in 2014. Four years later, it raised $2.5