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Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain how finance-focused proptech startups can survive the downturn

TechCrunch

Startups operating in the financial side of the real estate tech market suddenly faced a surge in demand, and many departed on hiring sprees to keep up. Predictably, home buyers made hay, taking full advantage of the favorable financial environment to pick up new homes and refinancing mortgages on their existing homes.

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Why the startup sector should keep its eye on the SEC

TechCrunch

If more lawmakers become convinced that Silicon Valley companies require greater supervision, the consensus could embolden the SEC to accelerate its agenda for increasing regulation in the private markets and fundamentally altering venture as we know it.

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The Interchange: Stripe takes a swing at Plaid

TechCrunch

In other words, incumbents in some cases need fintechs even as they compete with them. Colyer, according to Picus, will “support founders in the Latin American tech ecosystem to accelerate their growth journeys and will serve as an expert in fintech-related topics to founders globally.”. million in a round led by Firebrand Ventures.

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Varo’s bank charter milestone, more corporate cards and BNPL under a microscope

TechCrunch

This is particularly interesting because many of the existing corporate card players often point to Concur as an incumbent that they are trying to replace. Residential real estate marketplace Sundae last week conducted its second layoff this year. These companies, of course, join a plethora of others in the U.S.

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

TechCrunch

Most of those are product buys to drive or accelerate revenue growth with the secondary benefit of getting new talent, Ruark said. For years, the real estate technology company has touted itself as using its pricing technology to provide “more accurate offers and lower costs,” said the FTC. As a result, they may have to sell.”.

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Sila banks $13M to offer single API for developing financial products, services

TechCrunch

And unlike competitors that focus almost exclusively on e-commerce, most of Sila’s customers are doing regulated payments within the fintech, insurtech, commercial real estate and cryptocurrency spaces that tend to be more complex from a compliance basis, Karkal said. Sila can now get customers up-and-running in six to eight weeks.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

Recent legislation will also significantly accelerate the existing market trends. Other considerations include market size, incumbent strength, founder fit with an enterprise-like sales cycle, and ability to create significantly better-electrified products faster than the incumbents can modify their existing lines and supply chains.

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