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

TechCrunch

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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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

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The industry has obviously changed enormously in 2022 but in many ways it feels like a “return to normal” that we have seen many times in our industry. Obviously the funding environment has changed considerably in 2022 but as early-stage investors our daily jobs stay largely unchanged.

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

TechCrunch

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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Term Structure Raises $4.25M in Seed Funding to Introduce Fixed-Income Products to DeFi

AsiaTechDaily

Register Taiwanese decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Term Structure , specializing in non-custodial fixed-income protocols for peer-to-peer borrowing and lending, has successfully raised initial funding of USD 4.25 Such products are currently absent in decentralized finance (DeFi).

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

AsiaTechDaily

Register Indonesian digital bank Superbank , supported by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek Group, is collaborating with Singapore’s Genesis Alternative Ventures to offer a financing package of $40 million for startups in Indonesia. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Dispatch from Bangalore, end of 2022 edition

TechCrunch

Those looking to push ahead with their plans to go public will face another obstacle: Several global public funds including Invesco that ardently finance the pre-IPO rounds are retreating from the Indian market after getting hammered in China and other emerging markets this year, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Indonesian Supply-Chain Startup Baskit Secures $3.3 Million in Seed Round

AsiaTechDaily

Baskit, a business-to-business (B2B) startup launched in November 2022, offers two primary services to distributors and wholesalers in Indonesia. In addition to its core services, Baskit provides financing options to intermediaries who often face challenges in obtaining working capital from traditional financial institutions.