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Layoffs spell opportunity for some fintech startups

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Kikoff is hiring for 10 roles (a mix of hybrid and remote), including senior product manager, associate product manager, senior product designers, engineers and a growth marketing manager. Stay tuned, and please feel free to share with anyone looking for a new opportunity! a way to see what positions are available out there.

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Varjo, an early mover in building XR headsets and software for enterprises, taps $40M

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Applications in the metaverse often feel like more of a marketing gimmick than something that a critical mass of consumers would use, let alone pay for. But turn to the enterprise and there appears to be a very lucrative opportunity that’s well into finding traction.

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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

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The pre-seed round, which was completed in just three weeks via virtual meetings, was led by Indus Valley Capital, with participation from Alter Global, Fatima Gobi Ventures and several angel investors from Pakistan, the Middle East and Europe. Struggles of students during the early days of the pandemic motivated us to run a pilot.

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Wefox grabs $400M at $4.5B valuation to buck the insurtech downturn trend

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This way of growing users, by getting third-party brokers to use Wefox to advise their own customers, is how CEO and founder Julian Teicke reckons helped the company double its revenues to $320 million last year. “Our model enables Wefox to drive a superior financial profile which puts us on a clear path to profitability.”

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Arrenda emerges with Adelanta, a financing offering for landlords in Latin America

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The funding round was a mix of $1.5 Fasanara Capital led the investment and was joined by Kube Ventures, ODX, Toehold Ventures, Wharton Fintech, Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout Fund, PRMM Inmobiliaria and a group of angel investors. Convene uses landlord partnership model to outclass WeWork.

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A Sign of the Times: Why Saving the Kentile Sign is Important #savekentile

This is going to be BIG.

If you''ve backed a Kickstarter to enable a craftsperson to make something locally--the Kentile sign is your sign. We''ve learned enough from neighborhoods like Dumbo that mixed use communities of commercial and residential can anchor each other to create dynamic ecosystems. Politics Venture Capital & Technology'

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SwiftConnect, which lets employees use their phones to access the office, raises $17M

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“SwiftConnect also tapped into the fact that administrators were also seeking to use physical space and real estate more efficiently.” Using SwiftConnect, employees and tenants can add their employee badge to Apple Wallet on the iPhone or Apple Watch after an initial set-up process.