American Entrepreneurship

MAY 12, 2023

Community Crowdfunding Platform brings multiple benefits to Social Gaming Startup Funding strategy plays an important role in how much and how quickly a startup receives funding. “Overplay is all about democratizing game development, and we’re excited to welcome our community as co-owners on this incredible journey.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

It’s created a Fantasy Finance game, which gives users the ability to manage a virtual $1 million portfolio so they can learn more about the markets before risking their own money for real. It has also built a community around users so they can learn from each other (something another Robinhood competitor Gatsby is also doing).

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. My background is finance, investments and operations. Q: Please give us an overview of Chisos.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The past 18 months drew more users to the AllTrails mobie app, which now has over 40 million downloads and 30 million registered users across 190 countries. The funds will be used for product development, to build out the AllTrails team, and expand its community internationally. Image Credits: All Trails.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Now, with $5 million in new financing led by the MIT deep tech investment fund The Engine , and $6.5 million in total financing, the company is taking its tech to transit authorities around the world. “We ” Cox sees his new company as solving a problem that specifically impacts low-income, low-density communities.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 1, 2022

In order to grow in 2022, you need to excel at the core business functions – team, finances, use of technology, marketing, operations, etc. If you’re a solo business owner, you can download Grow Your Solo Playbook to become more successful this year. The cheapest price is not always the best price. Smart Hustle Podcast.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Mexico’s ALLVP, Clocktower, Kevin Efrusy and Oskar Hjertonsson and existing backer Raptor Financial Group participated in the financing as well. And, the app was recently ranked in the top 10 of all apps downloaded in Mexico via Google Play, surpassing Spotify and Facebook app downloads, according to Amozurrutia. Image: Flink.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

Consumer love, a fickle thing: App Annie: Global app stores’ consumer spend up 19% to $170B in 2021, downloads grew 5% to 230B. The SaaS-friendly fintech platform emerged from stealth this week with $150 million in debt financing and $11 million in seed funding with a Stripe partnership. And the startup of the week is….

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Following the model creation, users can review the model, improve on it and then download to a file, connect back to the data warehouse or deploy it into an API or app. We have a community of developers that want to expand their skill set and grow their toolkits.”. Mage dashboard. Image Credits: Mage.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Participating VC firms in this new financing include other follow-on investors Mercy Corps Ventures, Coinshares Ventures and Lateral Capital–and new investors such as Circle Ventures, Moonstake, Emurgo, Hashkey Group and BPI France. Consumer finance app Djamo eyes Francophone Africa expansion, backed by new $14M round.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. Early success: Foundations built on product and community. Eventually, this will extend into wealth generation tools to help customers grow their finances.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off. As an Asian-American woman and a venture investor myself, I know this to be true — that investing in startups owned by people of color is key to unlocking innovation, elevating underserved communities and fostering long-term economic success.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

“SoLo has created a community finance model that is groundbreaking and innovative – as demonstrated by our recent inclusion on the 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50 list,” said Rodney Williams, co-founder and president of SoLo via email. Since 2020, SoLo Funds has processed over 800,000 loans, according to the company.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The stress of her pregnancy led Walton to download Expectful, a meditation and sleep app for new mothers. New financing and the boom of the mental health focus amid the coronavirus pandemic puts Expectful in a coveted spot. ” Walton plans to pivot the startup in three phases: content, marketplace and community.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The company, based on an open-source project that already has 5 million downloads and 8,000 websites using the service (and hundreds of paying customers, according to the company), is a variation on the browser fingerprinting technology that companies have been using for years.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I told myself, ‘I’ll go to colleges and pro sports teams and teach finance and investing 101,’ ”Haddix recalls. “In Another theme is “Love of the Game,” which includes companies that develop or publish video games, facilitate streaming or downloading of gaming/esports content, or produce hardware used in video games and esports.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I run PEVCTech , a community focused on this area. HubSpot doesn’t allow blocking of downloads and Docsend does, so we continue to use them. . One of the resource I’ve found helpful in reviewing this space is IT Central Station , a product review site and buyer community. 4) CRMs focused on finance/investment management.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

million (~$3.5M) seed investment — a few months after launching (in May) its single-matching service in London and New York (and racking up over 52k downloads). Thursday , a dating app that wants to solve problems created by, well, too much time spent using dating apps, had raised a £2.5

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Users can download the Phantom wallet to their browsers to interact with applications, swap tokens and collect NFTs. At the moment, Phantom is best-known among the Solana community, where it has become the go-to wallet for applications on that blockchain.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 31, 2023

This is Part I of a two-part series on Revenue-Financed Capital (RFC) for angels. The Basics Revenue-financed capital is risk capital that is not dependent upon an exit to generate a return. Most revenue-finance investors look to historical revenue in setting the amount of the investment.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

TradeNow, an Australian pay-later financing option for trade businesses and their customers, is one such customer. MacRae: On the App Store, you’ve got seconds to convince a user to download your app. In addition, starting in 2022 and beyond, we want to build our own startup community and platform, and expand that globally.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Welcome Tech co-founder, CEO and president Amir Hemmat says his company’s initial approach was different than others in the space in that rather than launch a banking product and then set out to earn the trust of the community it aims to serve, it first “worked hard to earn that trust and understand the community’s needs.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Developers use the company’s tools to power a range of features, including digital receipts, omnichannel attribution, loyalty and rewards, expense management and personal finance management. . He wrote: “The company aims to make the surging demand for home improvements affordable by providing financing to its customers.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Since then, its software has been downloaded almost 750,000 times, growth of about 30% per month. Van Luijt didn’t give specifics on the company’s growth metrics, but did say the number of downloads can correlate to sales of enterprise licenses and managed services. SeMI raised a $1.2

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Its investors include Techstars and Western Union, which invested through an accelerator program for fintechs that Staax took part in, as well as VC firms Lightspeed, Harlem Capital and Hustle Fund as well as angel investor Litquidity (of finance meme account fame).

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Female entrepreneur, Sarah-Allen Preston, launched an app to help people who feel like they’re sinking, but have a hard time leaning on their community to receive a helping hand. Her friends, family and community rallied around her, giving her the love and support she needed to lead her family. Floating forward.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Blocksport Blocksport builds Web3-ready platform solutions for the professional sports and entertainment industry to enable tokenization use cases for their fan community. Developed a SaaS-based white-label web3 platform that opens revenue streams and strengthens community engagement. Claims 250M downloads (+70M / 38% growth).

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Our focus is on founders and heads of people, finance, and operations. It offers flexibility in calculations, global coverage, detailed cost breakdowns, benefits customization, multiple currency options, and downloadable reports. What message or offer would you like to share with the NZ Entrepreneur community?

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The report features details of how communities of entrepreneurs globally are creating significant change in combating the world’s most challenging problems and are contributing significantly to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Impact Hub is a global network focused on building communities for impact at scale.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Loop, co-founded by John Henry and Carey Anne Nadeau, hopes to launch an alternative model that is equitable for all communities. Once a user downloads an app, Loop will find a quote for the user based on their location. Loop bases rates off of usage, while a legacy provider might base rates off of demographics. Mission, Henry says. “I

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Our focus is on founders and heads of people, finance, and operations. It offers flexibility in calculations, global coverage, detailed cost breakdowns, benefits customization, multiple currency options, and downloadable reports. What message or offer would you like to share with the NZ Entrepreneur community?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Some of the most profitable niches are personal finance, education, food, business and marketing, travel, parenting, DIY blogs, and health and wellness blogs. You can offer paid memberships to your blog for perks such as a private community to exchange ideas, access to webinars, free consultations, or unlimited downloads of your infoproducts.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Some of the most profitable niches are personal finance, education, food, business and marketing, travel, parenting, DIY blogs, and health and wellness blogs. You can offer paid memberships to your blog for perks such as a private community to exchange ideas, access to webinars, free consultations, or unlimited downloads of your infoproducts.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 3, 2022

Download the enhanced OurCrowd mobile app for Android or iOS and get all the advantages of OurCrowd’s investment platform in the palm of your hand, whenever you need it. Download Now. The NTT Finance investment is part of D-ID’s $25M Series B round, currently funding on the OurCrowd platform. Learn Mo re. Sign NDA to Learn More.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

If asked to describe the characteristics of a successful freemium business, I might highlight three things: effective community marketing, command of new distribution platforms, and a paid product users love that is priced by usage. Look no further than ZenDesk, Evernote, Expensify, Dropbox. Mobile is an equally important channel.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. Eventually, this will extend into wealth generation tools to help customers grow their finances. This did not happen by magic. Venmo) or split the bill (e.g.,

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

Fundbox provides fast small business loans to business owners to help them finance the growth of their businesses. You can download our mobile app, or you can also find us embedded inside some of the tools that you already use, like we are natively integrated inside of QuickBooks, for example, or FreshBooks or other systems that you use.

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