TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

Meanwhile, Jeeves says it has seen its revenue grow by 900% since its September raise and even more impressively, that in the first two months of 2022, it brought in more revenue than all of 2021. Startups like these are keeping the incumbents (relatively speaking) on their toes. billion in annualized gross transaction volume (GTV).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

With VCs pulling back on the reins, valuations slipping, and 2021’s hype fading, founders are finding themselves working harder to raise capital than they were in 2021, Alex Wilhelm found in his analysis of early data from DocSend. venture capital activity,” he writes.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Looking ahead, CEO Gomez projects that it will fulfill close to 6 million items in 2022. It also plans to soon offer embedded finance products. Additionally, Melonn works with a range of transportation providers, including incumbents such as FedEx or DHL and last-mile startups, to reduce shipping times and costs. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

trillion in loan originations in 2022. For example, Polly this week announced it has raised $37 million in a round led by Menlo Ventures to automate workflows for mortgage companies. ” “This is very contrary to the incumbents,” Yu told TechCrunch. “We

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

“They are the strongest company in the segment and well financed in this growing market,” said Forrester analyst Craig Le Clair. ” Pitch deck pro tips from a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist. H1 2022 cybersecurity product-led growth market map. H1 2022 cybersecurity product-led growth market map.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2021

Lower , an Ohio-based home finance platform, announced today it has raised $100 million in a Series A funding round led by Accel. The financing also marks the previously bootstrapped Lower’s first external round of funding in its seven-year history. This round is notable for a number of reasons.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

” And this line was the classic motivation for all incumbents buying fintechs: “Why not just bring it in to our platform and get it to customers as quickly as possible?”. It looks like incumbent banks and institutions are still struggling when it comes to offering tech-enabled financial services. I did, too.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Abdigani Diriye, Khalid Keenan and Youcef Oudjidane, the other co-founders, have combined experience across engineering, investment banking and venture capital. Founders : Alphas Sinja, Boya’s chief executive officer, has over eight years of experience in the banking and finance sectors. YC-backed Duplo raises $1.3M

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Its aim is to “finance consumption for Brazilians in a healthy way.” “It’s a huge market that is still controlled by incumbents charging extremely high interest rates, which makes it difficult for people to pay back their loans. It also aims to allow its customers to access over $616 million in financing in 2022. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In 2022, web3 was one of the big buzzwords in town, with the metaverse and tangential immersive technologies also jostling for mindshare. Back in December, venture-backed You.com launched similar ChatGPT-style AI smarts to that of Neeva. What the ChatGPT? Most years can pretty much be defined by at least one over-arching tech trend.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2023

Celebrating female-led ventures I, as many of you I’m sure, continue to be disappointed in the lack of LP (limited partner) dollars flowing toward female-led venture capital firms. billion, or a 12% drop in funding from the fourth quarter of 2022. . — Christine Now on to the news. billion was Stripe’s raise.

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TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

I’ve come to realize, in reporting on startups and venture capital pretty much exclusively for the past 5 years — and for many more before that in one capacity or another — that nothing is black and white, things aren’t always what they seem and they can change in the blink of an eye. Stripes led the latest financing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

From March 2021 to March 2022, the company says it saw a 2,200% increase in wallet growth. That subscription service saw 50% quarter over quarter growth between Q1 2021 through Q1 2022, according to Welcome Tech. I think that’s a big moat around any of the incumbents,” he said. “In Image Credits: Welcome Tech.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Mexico-based startup closed the $15 million Series A round and $20 million debt financing after participating in Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 cohort. ALLVP and Infinity Ventures, a firm founded by a trio of ex-PayPal execs, co-led the equity raise. Presently, Mendel has 70 employees and it expects to end 2022 with 200.

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