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Boulevard Launches New Capital Program Designed Specifically for Self-Care Businesses 

American Entrepreneurship

Boulevard Capital delivers fast funding to help salons, spas, barbershops, and medspas accelerate business growth LOS ANGELES – March 20, 2024 – Boulevard ( www.joinblvd.com ), provider of the client experience platform purpose-built for appointment-based, self-care businesses, today announced the launch of Boulevard Capital.

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Savana raises a fresh round of capital to digitize banks’ services

TechCrunch

A portion of the capital — $10 million — was debt, while the rest was a Series A equity tranche led by Georgian Capital Partners. Moreover, only 11% of finance executives say their organization has modernized systems to the point where they can easily incorporate new digital technologies, according to Deloitte.

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Small Business Check-In: Which Sectors Are Recovering Better and Why?

StartupNation

just two months later as businesses slashed headcount, reduced inventory and began reimagining nearly every in-person service through the lens of a remote delivery model. In the face of extreme uncertainty, small businesses sought payment relief and access to capital wherever they could. Personal guarantees are not required.

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Wisetack closes on $45M to bring ‘buy now, pay later’ to in-person services

TechCrunch

Wisetack is a startup that brings buy now, pay later to in-person services. Existing backers Greylock Partners and Bain Capital Ventures also participated in the financing, bringing the company’s total raised to $64 million since its 2018 inception. Wisetack clearly seems to be filling a gap.

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Public Policy Quarterly Newsletter Issue 2

Angel Capital Association

Qualified Small Business Stock and Section 1202 Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) provides for up to 100% exclusion of Capital Gains taxes. QSBS is treated favorably for capital gains purposes if both the investor and the company meet certain requirements.

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Nigerian YC-backed startup Anchor comes out of stealth with $1M+ to scale its banking-as-a-service platform

TechCrunch

These platforms have become popular with neobanks or upstarts in different segments trying to embed financial services into their offerings because large, incumbent banks have been relatively slow to bring their services up to speed with the pace of change in the world of tech and banking. The situation is no different in Africa.

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How a SaaS Startup Grew Their Sales Team and Increased Revenue with Non-Equity VC Funding

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Udesh understood there was an opportunity for growth, the demand is there, but the financial resources to capitalize on it are not. Here the lack of available growth capital is just slowing down expansion, a great moment to start fundraising. And that, they realized, could be leveraged for more capital without diluting themselves.

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