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Singapore-based open finance startup Finantier gets backing from Y Combinator

TechCrunch

Finantier , a Singapore-based open finance startup, wants to streamline that data with a single API that gives financial services access to user data, with their consent. Open finance grew out of open banking, the same framework that Plaid and Tink are built on.

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The Role of Alternative Funding in Startups

StartupNation

What are the options, benefits, and risks of alternative financing for a startup? Alternative financing is any kind of financing that does not involve a traditional bank. Alternative financing is any kind of financing that does not involve a traditional bank. There’s lots of competition. Faster access to capital.

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How to run a startup accelerator

Founders Coop

In that prior post, I had offered Y Combinator as a positive example, but I didn’t break down exactly why. This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Step 1: Find the best founders An uncomfortable truth about this work is that not all founders are created equal.

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6 Pillars of Authority Marketing

Entrepreneurs' Organization

But in order to capitalize on that benefit you need to encourage satisfied customers or clients to refer you. Studies show that record numbers of Americans now identify themselves as entrepreneurs?approximately This is the essence of Authority Marketing. How can you develop that authority? Content marketing is how you build your omnipresence.

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5 Types of Investors for Startups

StartupNation

They are found across all industries and are useful for entrepreneurs who are beyond the seed stages of financing but are not yet ready to seek out venture capital. Peer-to-peer lenders. Peer-to-peer lenders are individuals or groups that offer funding to small business owners, Time reports. 5 types of investors.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. This has prompted many people to question whether advertising “in stream&# and on Twitter is a good thing or a bad thing. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising?

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Truepic, which just raised $26M in a Microsoft-led round, aims to verify the authenticity of photos and videos

TechCrunch

Adobe, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, Hearst Ventures and individuals from Stone Point Capital also participated in the financing, which brings San Diego-based Truepic’s total raised since its 2015 inception to $36 million. Rather than trying to detect what is fake, Truepic says its patented “secure” camera technology proves what is real.