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Scamnetic’s $13M Series A to Scale AI-Powered Scam Detection

American Entrepreneurship

While cities like Miami and Austin often dominate headlines, Tampa has quietly cultivated a thriving tech scene, particularly in cybersecurity, fintech, and AI. This end-to-end solution has positioned the company as a category creator in digital safety. As scams evolve, the tools to fight them must evolve faster, said COO Evans.

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Delaware’s 5th annual Startup302 funding contest accepting applications January 2 to 26

American Entrepreneurship

This years categories of FinTech , Life Sciences , and Environmental Impact reflect Delawares evolving innovation and industry landscape. The finals for each of the three categories will take place in person during a different industry event taking place in Wilmington.

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CatalyX Ventures 2025 Champions Series Awards Honors Global Innovators

American Entrepreneurship

In 2025, the event included two core award categories: The Pioneer Award Celebrating trailblazers who have created disruptive innovations with global potential. The 2026 edition will also introduce new award categories targeting sustainability, AI ethics, and social impact entrepreneurship. Whats Next for 2026?

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

TechCrunch

Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. I’m not going to lie — upon learning this, my fintech-loving ears perked up. And fintech represented nearly a quarter of the firm’s deals. More than a quarter (28%) of a16z’s fintech investments in 2022 went to the payments category.

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The bright side of fintech funding results

TechCrunch

Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. On a high level, it’s no surprise that funding flowing into fintech startups was down both globally and in the U.S.

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Fintech startups lead the layoff wave

TechCrunch

Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann. Based on that categorization, the fintech space ranked third behind food and transportation, respectively.

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African tech took center stage in 2021

TechCrunch

In Africa, the first two unicorns were Jumia (in 2016) and fintech giant Interswitch (in 2019). Four are fintechs: Flutterwave, OPay, Wave and Chipper Cash, while one is tech talent marketplace Andela. The only non-fintech deals were Andela and TradeDepot (although the latter has an embedded finance play). billion and $1.5