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Lydia raises another $86 million to build a European financial super app

TechCrunch

Shortly after, Braintree acquired peer-to-peer payment app Venmo. Jhawar believes that peer-to-peer payments represent the beginning of a long-term consumer relationship. Back in 2014, when I first covered Lydia , I called it the Venmo for France — they had only raised €600,000 back then.

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Praise Our Lord For Secondary Markets, Because Selling Shares Is Now an Essential Part of (Seed) Venture Capital

Hunter Walk

While I’m going to focus on investor secondary here, I support common share sales as well – for example, back in 2014 writing “ Getting Some Founders Early Liquidity Can Benefit VCs ” during a period where many founders were being shamed for even asking about taking some money off the table.]

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How To Unleash Sustainable Innovation That Matters

Entrepreneurs' Organization

By some estimates, it takes 1 million pounds of raw material to support the lifestyle of an average American in a year. By 2014, mobile banking offered a full range of services and processed over $16.3 This article was originally posted on Forbes.com. It has been reprinted here with permission from Ashoka.

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Why You Need a Business Mentor (and Where You Can Find One)

StartupNation

Larson said her local SBDC advisors have been supportive in numerous ways, from encouraging Upcycle Hawaii to create its first business plan and helping the company navigate the hiring process to assisting with loan applications and continually providing guidance through regular meetings. . How to find a business mentor. They include: .

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Learn More, Grow More, Be More

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Surrounding yourself with successful peers from different industries and walks of life provides some of the best learning opportunities and provided a significant competitive advantage.” We still share good and bad news with each other and provide much-needed support if one of us hits a wall–it’s priceless.”

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SwipeRx lands $27M from MDI and Gates Foundation to digitize the pharma industry in Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

Pharmacies in Southeast Asia were largely fragmented, mom-and-pop shops operating in silos when the company — originally known as mClinica — was incorporated in Singapore in 2014. Meralli insists that SwipeRx is now the largest regional provider of online accredited education for pharmacy professionals, in fact.).

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25 Sources For Funding Minority Entrepreneurs

Smart Hustle Magazine

However, do note that even BEYOND FUNDING – what’s MOST important is that you build a business that has the right team, solves the right problem, for the right customer base. You do NOT have to have funding to start a business but you can definitely bootstrap it. If you have a suggestion to add to the list, just let me know. per month.