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Views on the Ground: Scenes from Our Chicago Founder Fly-In

Revolution

If you’re building a company in 2025, the headlines are loud: market whiplash, trade realignments, AI acceleration, geopolitical shockwaves. VP of Platform and Portfolio Success, Amira Ouji, and Head of Community, Liz Westhouse, recap the event below. Scaling is hard enough on its own.

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Parafin Transforming Delivery of Small Business Financial Services Closes $100M Series C

American Entrepreneurship

Embedded finance infrastructure makes financing decisions based on real-time data. Fintech startup Parafin innovatively tackles this challenge through its embedded finance infrastructure used by partners such as DoorDash, Amazon, and others. Incumbent methods systematically bias against women- and minority-owned businesses.

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Extend Raises $17M to Transform Document Processing with AI-Powered Cloud Platform

American Entrepreneurship

Extend, the AI-native document processing startup, announced the closing of $17 million in combined seed and Series A funding to accelerate its mission of turning complex, unstructured documents into accurate, production-ready data.

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The Entrepreneurial Path: Essential Tips for First-time Founders

American Entrepreneurship

Maintaining tight control over your finances will help you navigate the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial journey. Consider attending startup events, joining incubators or accelerators, and seeking out people in your industry who are open to mentoring. Did you mismanage your finances? Was the product-market fit wrong?

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund behind Moniepoint, Africa’s Fastest-Growing Fintech

American Entrepreneurship

Africa’s fastest-growing fintech, successfully raised US$110 million in equity financing, supporting its all-in-one financial ecosystem. With its latest funding round, Moniepoin t will accelerate its growth, introducing its One-Stop-Shop to customers across Africa. Moniepoint Inc.,

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“Sanzo is at its best when we serve as a bridge across cultures for both AAPI and non-AAPI.” CEO Sandro Roco on building a beverage startup, what to avoid in influencer deals, & protecting the brand.

Hunter Walk

What was it like seeing some folks raise tens of millions of dollars, and where has your financing mostly come from? From a financing perspective, to borrow from Peter Thiel I believe there is now more clarity between those who invest in and operate in the “bits” space vs. the “atoms” space.

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Island Raises $250M Series E Funding, Reaches $4.8 Billion Valuation

American Entrepreneurship

A Platform for All Industries Islands product is already being used across a wide array of industries, including finance, government, higher education, manufacturing, hospitality, and retail. As AI adoption continues to accelerate, Island is helping establish a new industry standard.