TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

million Series A round — led by Silicon Valley VC firm Ribbit Capital — in early April. million since its 2019 inception. For its part, Patrick Backhouse of Greenoaks Capital believes that Brazil has an “enormous” SME economy that has historically been “underserved by incumbent banks.”.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

There are many reasons for that, such as private equity and crossover investors investing earlier, or the fact that LPs in VC funds are affected by public market swings and could, theoretically, hit some VC firms to feel the pinch. Maybe it will be 2019, or 2020 — or even 2021. I am expecting a downturn at some point.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

government’s own reported school financing data, and established that schools spend around £2 billion ($2.2 And with another chunk of change in the bank, it’s now well-financed to expand further into the U.S. million ) Series A round spread between 2019 and 2020. Zen Educate platform Image Credits: Zen Educate.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, it differentiated itself by committing to payments on social media platforms, which Nigerian digital bank Carbon was interested in when it acquired the startup in 2019. For startups building a full-scale digital bank or providing embedded finance, we can provide compliance covering that allows them to launch quickly.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Mironov came from the finance world, having spent several years as a private equity analyst, associate and consultant. “Greg and I founded Wingspan in 2019 to create the system of record and payroll platform for independent contractors. . And of course incumbent payroll providers like Square offer their own solutions.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

This is only true when: 1) there is funding available to finance short-term losses and 2) when there is a lucrative positive unit-economics business when you become the winner. You can’t simply drop a bunch of electric scooters in a market and hope to compete with the data and software advantages of the incumbents.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

But with more and more business processes moving online, online job search is the gift that keeps on giving, and so today comes news of another portal in the space raising a big round to take on the incumbents in the space with more innovative and accurate technology. It paid $1.3

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2023

Snafus can happen even when incumbents and fintechs partner. How can fintech startups outlast the VC winter? Reports Fintech Finance News: Turkish fintech company “ Papara. The relationship between incumbents and upstarts has long been a complicated one. Reports CFO Dive : “Wilmington N.C.-based

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

billion last year — up 153% year-over-year in terms of global VC deal value. Startups like these are keeping the incumbents (relatively speaking) on their toes. Robinhood expands into consumer finance while Apple steps up its fintech game. There has been much talk as of late of a slowdown in venture funding.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

Optimism reigns at consumer trading services as fintech VC spikes and Robinhood IPO looms. Mix in the impending SPAC-led debut of eToro, general bullishness in the cryptocurrency space, record highs for some equities markets, and recent rounds from Public.com, M1 Finance and U.K.-based billion in 2019. But will it?

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TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

One day, I’m hearing personal accounts of VCs pulling term sheets at the last minute, with some citing that their own investors had backed out of providing funds, leaving founders scrambling to save a round — and face. One day, I’m having a fintech-focused VC tell me they haven’t invested in any startups since last October.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Same as VC funds are deeply acquainted with Silicon Valley, tech investors cannot ignore this hub of innovation that has produced global market leading companies and serial entrepreneurs. Fintech (specifically embedded finance or financial SaaS), synthetic bio. The cliche VC answer: strong team, big market.

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