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BankTech Ventures’ Fintech Investing focuses on Community Banks

American Entrepreneurship

Funding supports innovative technology companies that are taking community banks into the future. Community Banks, defined by the Federal Reserve as having less than $10 billion in assets, totaled 4,001 in the U.S, as of December 31, 2022, according to the FDIC.

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Afterparty Secures $5M in Funding to Debut Afterparty AI; Enables Creators to Infinitely Scale Fan Interactions 

American Entrepreneurship

The funding fuels Afterparty’s latest product development and mission to enable scalable interactivity between creators and fans. Afterparty, whose platform already includes live streaming and 1:1 chats, IRL community events, and collectibles, will soon deliver AI voice, photo, and video messaging.

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Muni gives Latin American communities buying power through shopping app

TechCrunch

We’ve been hearing the concept of “community” lately in different aspects of startups and venture capital. From Lolita Taub taking a community-first focus in venture capitalism to Archive tapping into community for marketing buying power. She believes this will enable them to get out of poverty.”.

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10 Questions for Brooklyn's Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Next Wednesday night, I'm hosting a roundtable discussion between Brooklyn innovation community stakeholders on how to make this side of the river a better place to create, build businesses and grow. We have a unique opportunity to carry over that same growth across the river. At the time, though, we didn't know what we know now.

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Opportunity knocks: Exhibit at TC Sessions: Mobility 2021

TechCrunch

TC Sessions: Mobility, which takes place on June 9, features the top minds and makers, draws thousands of attendees, fosters collaborative community and creates a networking environment ripe with opportunities. a startup that enables on-demand repair of electric vehicle charging stations.

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5 Reasons to Be a Part of a Business Community

Smart Hustle Magazine

Being a part of the business community plays a critical role in the success of small business owners. If you look at the thriving small business owners, you will find that most of them are outstanding community players. To be a part of a community offers you much-needed guidance to survive in a difficult time like now.

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South African startup Qwili gets $1.2M to scale its app and low-cost NFC-enabled smartphone

TechCrunch

The company’s hardware is a low-cost NFC-enabled smartphone called Qwili Pula that allows merchants to send and receive payments. Its business-to-business model has picked up steam, too, as 500 micro and small merchants use the hybrid platform (about half use Qwili’s NFC-enabled smartphones).