TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Access to finance remains a key growth constraint for small businesses, with data showing a $330 billion financing deficit for the small enterprises that make up 90% of Africa’s businesses. Pezesha said it is currently working with more than 20 partner companies that have enabled it to extend loans to over 100,000 businesses to date.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. I have talked about this publicly a great deal – how I prefer “missionaries” over “mercenaries.” It’s your baby.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

The app brings convenience to parents too as it enables them to send money to their children, and to monitor their spending and saving habits. “Gen It also plans on partnering with teen-led businesses to enable them sell on the app, in addition to discount partnerships with brands that are popular with Gen Z. Image Credits : Zywa.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Naturally, a generous flow of financing generates excitement for everyone involved. In fact, lead programs validate the value of an underlying platform, enabling companies to raise capital through licensing and partnerships. Founders shouldn’t let peer pressure or investor check size mandates dictate their financing strategy.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

The program includes learning modules, expert coaching, peer networking and a marketplace of tools and solutions. We reached out to Brianna Ellison, director of community engagement for Verizon, as part of our initiative to bring the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program to Michigan entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As MNT-Halan, it has also obtained the micro, consumer, and nano finance licenses to provide services to both businesses and consumers across Egypt. This has enabled the company to build a fintech ecosystem that connects consumers, merchants, and micro-enterprises via a digital platform and payment solutions. .

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. 1) Your school. 1) Your school. school of engineering).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

South Korea-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform PeopleFund announced today it has closed a $63.4 ” The financing event comes five months after PeopleFund received its regulatory approval from South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) to register with the government. million (75.9 PeopleFund.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

The startup, based out of Cambridge, England, says it is building tooling that focuses on “autonomous agents, network infrastructure, and decentralised machine learning” that help enable communication and actions between AI applications, the idea being to make the work produced by them more actionable. and Europe). Using Fetch.ai

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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. 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.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 19, 2023

It was very fulfilling to see how digitalization has helped our rural bank partners to thrive during the pandemic recovery period and enabled our loyal users to access attractive deposit and loan products digitally. Fintech help SMEs manage their finances and capital with convenience and efficiency.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Before starting Jeff, Niparts was CEO of Spain for Digital Finance International, a fintech company that is part of the Finstar Financial Group, which has investments in more than 30 countries. According to the World Bank, more than one billion people in South and East Asia lack access to a bank account.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Enter Deposits , a Dallas-based finance startup offering a cloud-based, plug-and-play feature to simplify the implementation of digital banking tools for companies like credit unions, community banks, insurers, retailers and brands. They are often describing something that sounds kind of like a credit union,” he told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

What we wanted to address was a central platform that could basically provide solutions to e-commerce, point of sale, e-billing and peer to peer payment.”. All merchants need to have is a bank account and a “smart-enabled device” to receive payments. Ozow is one such player.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2017

Surrounded by other open-minded, respectful and eager-to-learn entrepreneurs in Accelerator, Hana faced her finances and worked tirelessly on her Accountabilities Tracking tool—the program’s method for guiding and holding accountable participants as they work toward US$1 million in annual revenue.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Six years after the launch of the Mexico-based cryptocurrency exchange and financial services platform Bitso , the company revealed it has closed on $62 million in financing to capitalize on the cryptocurrency boom investors expect to hit Latin America. . And with that there are various financial services that are enabled by this asset class.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The investment and finance industry is no exception. Technology such as AI has digitized the finance sector, ranging from payments and remittances to lending. Technology such as AI has digitized the finance sector, ranging from payments and remittances to lending. Akros just raised $2.3

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. These factors are proving fertile ground for establishing and growing fintechs that focus exclusively on Islamic finance, offering products and services that follow shariah law. enabling people to buy Bitcoin. out of its 33.6

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

to select African countries include unicorn Chipper Cash , Lemonade Finance, Zazuu and Sendwave. The European fintech unicorn , now a financial super app of some sorts, started off providing multi-currency bank accounts, fee-free currency exchange, peer-to-peer payments and a feature for businesses. and the E.U.,

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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

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Meanwhile, Sequoia’s investments in payments tech companies spanned both consumer and business payments and operate in four distinct markets: buy now, pay later (BNPL), expense management, peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, and online payments acceptance. Welcome to The Interchange ! We saw a similar trend at a16z.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. The reality of most startups is about survival. It’s a new year – 2016. A Sense of Purpose. It’s important to get buy in.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

The fintech sector has been hugely successful (and hugely profitable) for much of the last decade, and even more so during the pandemic. Long before the pandemic, the way in which banks were regulated was changing. Long before the pandemic, the way in which banks were regulated was changing. Open banking and data freedom.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

On Wednesday it announced its acceptance by the market has helped it raise $70 million in a new financing round as the startup prepares to scale the 16-month-old app across India. Indian cities are home to hundreds of millions of low-skilled workers who hail from villages in search of work. And that bet is working.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Jenfi , a “growth-capital-as-a-service” platform, can provide online businesses with revenue-based financing in a little as a day. It will also enable Jenfi to refine its credit underwriting and risk assessment capabilities, including its proprietary risk assessment engine. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $6.6

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Welcome to my new weekly fintech focused column. I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm , Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all things startups! And if you want to have this hit your inbox directly once it turns into a newsletter (soon!), sign up here.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

The District of Columbia Attorney General today announced an agreement with SoLo Funds, a fintech company that enables peer-to-peer lending, to settle a lawsuit that alleged SoLo Funds engaged in predatory lending practices. SoLo sought to disguise exorbitant interest charges by deceptively calling them ‘tips’ and ‘donations.’

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Today, he claims, SwipeRx has transformed and digitized the pharmacy industry and become a one-stop platform for pharmacists to perform all their daily tasks, from education to purchasing to inventory financing in Southeast Asia. The app also helps pharmacists search for new job opportunities or to post job offers. Image Credits: SwipeRx.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

million pre-seed extension, learned that enabling cross-border payments was expensive despite. million pre-seed extension, learned that enabling cross-border payments was expensive despite. The seed round was led by Moniepoint Inc ( formerly TeamApt Inc ), the U.S. entity that houses Moniepoint Microfinance Bank and TeamApt Nigeria.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

One Impression co-founders Jivesh Gupta (left) and Apaksh Gupta (right) Image Credits: One Impression In addition to helping brands reach the right influencer, One Impression is building tools for creators to help them monetize their content and unlock opportunities to collaborate with other creators and make finance easier using automation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2023

Welcome to The Interchange ! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 17, 2023

It may be a hobby or something of personal interest that enables you to develop a level of expertise that other people value. When you drive through your local community or go to your place of employment, you are coming in contact with businesses, both large and small. Self-assess your skills, expertise, and experience. What are you good at?

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

Welcome to The Interchange ! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, we’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

However, do note that even BEYOND FUNDING – what’s MOST important is that you build a business that has the right team, solves the right problem, for the right customer base. You do NOT have to have funding to start a business but you can definitely bootstrap it. If you have a suggestion to add to the list, just let me know. per month.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Groundbreaking economist, author, investor, and entrepreneur is honored with the Angel Capital Association’s Hans Severiens Award While performing the research that culminated in her book, The Next Wave: Financing and Investing Strategies for Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs , Alicia Robb, Ph.D.,

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

This makes us a somewhat unique case in the ecosystem and among our fintech peers in general – few companies have managed to reconcile over 100% year-over-year growth with a positive bottom line,” he told TechCrunch, describing Mercado Bitcoin as “the crown j ewel” of 2TM Group. Today, Mercado Bitcoin has about 500 employees.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

And today, Yu and Yang’s new company, San Francisco-based Vesta , is announcing it has raised $30 million in Series A financing led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from new investor Zigg Capital. If you’ve ever taken out a mortgage, you know how painful and tedious the process can be. trillion in loan originations in 2022.

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