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Staax thinks peer-to-peer payments can onboard a new generation of stock investors

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What sets Staax apart, though, is that it allows for peer-to-peer payments in stock. Nikki Varanasi, CEO and founder at Staax pitches as part of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on October 18, 2022. Oftentimes, the barriers to investing are logistical, she explained.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

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Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. At the start of 2022, there were $1 trillion in assets under management (AUM) and $230 billion in VC dry powder, figures that dwarf the prefinancial crisis AUM by a factor of five. the free YC Startup School courses). Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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Meet the newest crypto builders from web3 accelerator Alliance DAO’s demo day

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But today we’re highlighting the demo day for a new wave of crypto projects and teams who participated in the latest cohort for Alliance DAO, a web3 accelerator and builder community. It seems like every time a demo day ends , there’s a new one waiting around the corner — and as you know, TechCrunch is no stranger to covering them.

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SaaS leaders: Use customer insights to accelerate growth during a downturn

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Caroline Hogan Contributor Share on Twitter Caroline Hogan is senior director of vendor marketing at Gartner Digital Markets , where she helps software providers accelerate growth. SaaS leaders: Use customer insights to accelerate growth during a downturn by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch

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Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz invested more in fintech than any other sector in 2022

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Sixty percent of these fintech investments closed in the first half of 2022, with the remainder closing in the second half of the year. More than a quarter (28%) of a16z’s fintech investments in 2022 went to the payments category. Welcome to The Interchange ! I’m not going to lie — upon learning this, my fintech-loving ears perked up.

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Superbank and Genesis Join Forces to Inject $40 Million into Indonesian Startups

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He stated that VC funding experienced a substantial decline of 60% in Q3 2022 compared to the previous year’s corresponding period. Superbank’s strategic collaborations have extended to peer-to-peer lending platform Amartha and consumer finance company Home Credit to strengthen the MSME and retail sectors.

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Dispatch from Bangalore, end of 2022 edition

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In 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. At the time, Flipkart and Snapdeal were the only two e-commerce startups in India that had shown a semblance of scale. Swaroop, now a partner at the firm, turned out to be right. Image credits: Accel).