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Revolution Ventures Invests in Palla, the Cross-Border Payments Platform Powering the Future of…

Revolution

Revolution Ventures Invests in Palla, the Cross-Border Payments Platform Powering the Future of Global MoneyMovement The $14.5M What Theyre Solving For: The global remittance market exceeded $857B in 2023 , with more than $155B sent from the U.S. Series A will fuel geographic expansion within LatAm and across new payment corridors.

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Mercury’s $300M Series C Doubles Valuation to $3.5 Billion Fueled by Powerful “One Banking Account” Model

American Entrepreneurship

San Francisco-based FinTech company Mercury has announced a $300 million Series C investment round, bringing its valuation to $3.5 Amongst them is Tim Mayopoulos, a seasoned financial executive best known for leading the FDICs stabilization efforts following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in 2023.

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How Startups Can Adapt to Evolving Cybersecurity Threats

StartupNation

billion in 2023 to a projected $18.11 We will not make exaggerated promises about profits but instead educate that disciplined patience and managed risk are long-term investing, not quick money. The rise of remote work and cloud-first architecture meant our attack surface had exploded overnight. billion by 2030.

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Max MRR: Your growth ceiling

A Smart Bear: Longform

After seven years of healthy growth, revenue topped out (before COVID) and then shrunk (during COVID), reaching a new, lower plateau in 2023. How can we know where we should invest our time? In 2023, Buffer founder and CEO Joel Gascoigne wrote a strategy letter saying the same thing. How does that look?

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Figma's S-1: A PLG Powerhouse

Tomasz Tunguz

For every dollar spent on sales & marketing in 2023, Figma generated a dollar of new gross profit in 2024. While Figma is investing heavily in AI, the technology lowers the barrier for new entrants. Adobe’s blended bottoms-up & sales-led model yields a more typical 0.39. The S-1 also highlights risks.

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Arizona Biosciences Break New Ground: A Snapshot of a Thriving Innovation Ecosystem

American Entrepreneurship

Together, these institutions pushed bioscience-related R&D spending to more than $800 million in 2023, a record high. From 2020 to 2023, the bioscience sectors job growth in the state reached 8.1%, compared to the national average of 6.7%. This is a clear sign of competitiveness that aligns with a long-term strategic vision.

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Can You Build a Business with $100 or Less? Yes … and Here’s How

StartupNation

In 2023, Jackson Greathouse Fall asked ChatGPT-4 to turn $100 into “as much money as possible” ASAP, “without doing anything illegal.” Pick a business that doesn’t suck up cash Skip expensive solutions that look like a financial Everest and require investment with a capital “I” (and five or more zeros). In fact, AI boosts ROI by $3.7