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Ghost Financial whips up new capital into finance tools for ghost kitchens

TechCrunch

When Keto Kitchen had good sales in the first quarter, Meyer went to the bank to ask for expansion financing and recalled the banker asking him what a ghost kitchen was. That told him there was an opportunity for a data-driven financing tool for these types of restaurants. Ghost Financial card app.

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Where Have All the Angels Gone?

Tomasz Tunguz

Angel investing was an important part of the Startupland ecosystem. 2018 observed the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. Angels led 156 rounds last year, a figure that collapsed from 714 in 2015. In that same time period, the median angel round has fallen from $500k to $270k.

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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Raising Money from Grant and Contest Programs (Episode 175)

StartupNation

On this morning’s WJR Business beat, Jeff discusses grant and contest opportunities available to entrepreneurs in the state of Michigan who are looking for funding. Tune in below to learn more about these grant and contest opportunities! How about raising angel funding? for the WJR Business Beat. Well, it can be maddening.

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Happeo lands $26M to provide a central intranet portal for employees

TechCrunch

According to Statista, the average enterprise uses 110 software-as-a-service apps today, up from eight in 2015. “[With Gapps,] co-founder Antero Hanhirova and I saw a big opportunity to help enterprise companies in the Nordics with their cloud transformation,” Ojansuu told TechCrunch in a recent interview.

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Behind the Scenes: Building an Angel Experience You Will Never Forget

Angel Capital Association

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director The programming team for ACA 2021 - The Summit of Angel Investing is full of experienced, respected angel investors and ecosystem providers, and they are hard at work creating a virtual experience that will change the way you think about angel investing.

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6 Tips for Entrepreneurs to Successfully Pitch to Women Angel Investors

StartupNation

Alternatives such as angel investing , hedge funds and real estate are all more accessible to women than they were even a decade ago. In 2015, the Bank of Montreal’s Wealth Institute said that “Women currently control 51 percent, or $14 trillion, of personal wealth in the U.S. and are expected to control $22 trillion by 2020.”

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Luxus wants the crown jewel of your portfolio to be an actual diamond

TechCrunch

That’s the opportunity a new fintech startup called Luxus , co-founded by two women with experience in both finance and luxury fashion, is hoping to bring to investors. Many of these collectibles have been unlocked in the past few years, but one major market has remained difficult for tech startups to crack — luxury gems.