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Colombian e-commerce enablement startup Melonn raises $20M to help SMBs scale in LatAm

TechCrunch

Melonn , a Colombian startup that provides fulfillment and software services to small and medium-sized e-commerce companies in Latin America, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by QED Investors. They were brought back together by the pandemic to start the e-commerce enablement company. So, just how does it work?

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Open finance startup Ayoconnect’s APIs enable financial inclusion in Southeast Asia

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It is also licensed by Indonesia’s central bank, enabling it to offer more services. The open finance startup announced today it has closed a $13 million Series B extension round led by SIG Venture Capital, with participation from CE Innovation Capital and returning investor PayU, the payments and fintech business of Prosus.

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SXSW 2022: Building the Sustainable Startups of the Future

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which is why we assembled a panel of founders paving the way for a more proactive future in their industries. Startups with sustainability at the center of their business offer both an incentive for talented employees to join their team and a stickiness as employees see the fruits of their labor firsthand. That’s to be determined.

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How To End Your Pitch with Your Vision

Dream It

But founders are often so consumed with talking metrics, milestones achieved, or the capital they need that they sometimes forget to talk about their overarching vision for their startups. As all investors know from the case of Uber, you cannot size a market based on an incumbent. It’s not about the slide deck.

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9 ways founders can bring automation to healthcare

TechCrunch

As incumbent banks embraced startups, investors leaned into novel ways to reduce friction and improve accuracy, increasing annual mortgage origination by nearly 40% compared to the last decade. Having clearly defined success metrics should enable automation platforms to demonstrate value within six to 12 months of launch.

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Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain how finance-focused proptech startups can survive the downturn

TechCrunch

Startups operating in the financial side of the real estate tech market suddenly faced a surge in demand, and many departed on hiring sprees to keep up. This meant that the once high-flying startups were suddenly dealing with the opposite problem — too many employees and not enough transactions to make money.

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After selling Bread last year for over $500M, this founder just raised millions for his new fintech startup

TechCrunch

When Daniel Simon sold Bread , a consumer purchase finance and payments startup he’d co-founded, to Alliance Data Systems for over $500 million late last year, he quickly set his sights on building another startup. Coast co-founders Daniel Simon and Andrew Woolf.

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