TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

It also plans to soon offer embedded finance products. Additionally, Melonn works with a range of transportation providers, including incumbents such as FedEx or DHL and last-mile startups, to reduce shipping times and costs. . And in January, fulfillment is up 20% compared to November of 2021. So, just how does it work?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Tile , the maker of Bluetooth-powered lost item finder beacons and, more recently, a staunch Apple critic , announced today it has raised $40 million in non-dilutive debt financing from Capital IP. When items go missing, the Tile app leverages Bluetooth to find the items and can make them play a sound. Image Credits: Tile.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2022

Jarkata-based Astro, which provides 15-minute grocery delivery, has recently closed a $60 million Series B financing round, lifting its total funding to $90 million since the business launched just nine months ago. The startup is competing with incumbents like Sayurbox, HappyFresh and TaniHub to win over users.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

And, while the food type has reached a number of categories, like meat and seafood, there is not much in the space of pudding, nor have incumbents come out with better-for-you options, Hippeau said. In fact, of the $348 billion in annual sales generated by the top 25 food and beverage incumbents in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

We don’t want to be elitist, we don’t want to do this for a very small category of people because we really want to become the incumbent bank in the U.S.,” Mos’ initial debit card has a few key features, including zero overdraft fees, late fees, or in-network ATM fees. Yahyaoui said, starting with students. Image Credits: Mos.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

T he startup uses blockchain with the aim of creating a richer network effect of data that allows credit bureaus and others to predict the creditworthiness of people who are not in the traditional credit bureau system. We’re exploring standing up unique information sharing networks.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

What’s really impressive with this round is that it is primarily financed by existing investors,” Lydia co-founder and CEO Cyril Chiche told me. Users can get a virtual or physical debit card that works on the Visa network. He doesn’t think it’s a duel between neobanks and incumbents. Times are changing. Image Credits: Lydia.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

These platforms have become popular with neobanks or upstarts in different segments trying to embed financial services into their offerings because large, incumbent banks have been relatively slow to bring their services up to speed with the pace of change in the world of tech and banking.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Challenger banks continue to make significant waves in the world of finance, with smaller outfits luring customers away from incumbents by providing an easier way for them to not only engage with basic banking services, but to tap into a wave of technology that brings more personalization and often better deals into the equation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2023

Snafus can happen even when incumbents and fintechs partner. On outage tracker DownDetector.com, irate customers reported missing funds and unexpected negative balances due to problems with the digital payment network.” Reports Fintech Finance News: Turkish fintech company “ Papara. Reports CFO Dive : “Wilmington N.C.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

TechCrunch’s Kate Clark has done a round-up of the largest “private VC” rounds of 2018, and there’s a whole other list for just $100M+ financings led by Softbank’s Vision Fund. Speaking of acquisitions — many leaders of larger VC funds have privately given up on the incumbents buying their companies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With the latest Series A financing, Nelo has raised a total of $25.6 This captive consumer base is crucial to building the network that is Nelo.”. Two Sigma Ventures Partner Frances Schwiep believes that Nelo has the potential to emerge as the leading financing option for consumers in LatAm, starting with BNPL.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The latest to show its hand is Berlin-based Flink , which today is announcing that it has raised a hefty $52 million in seed financing. Officially launched just six weeks ago, Flink, which means “quick” in German, claims to deliver groceries from its own network of fulfilment centres in under 10 minutes.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2022

Led by Lindsay Holden, the startup had raised more than $20 million in funding and had built a gamified finance mobile app that aims to help people “save, learn and engage” with their finances. In other words, incumbents in some cases need fintechs even as they compete with them. million in a round led by Firebrand Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

Shoykhet acknowledges that there’s formidable competition in the payments space — not only from incumbents like Venmo, Amazon and PayPal but from buy now, pay later vendors such as Afterpay and Klarna. based electronic money and finance data transfers — increased 8.7% But Shoykhet welcomes the rivalry. currently. .”

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

“They are the strongest company in the segment and well financed in this growing market,” said Forrester analyst Craig Le Clair. Did UiPath’s valuation get hit by the same shrink ray affecting other software companies, or are other factors at work? H1 2022 cybersecurity product-led growth market map.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2022

But there is an even better vision of softPOS acceptance that goes beyond Apple’s: one that is built on an open platform, where all devices and all card networks are welcome, payment data is truly secured to the highest standards, and platforms are easily scalable. The meteor is about to hit. And we’ll all be better off for it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

There are dozens, maybe even hundreds, of companies playing in the cross-border remittances field, from incumbents like Western Union through a myriad of tech players, some of which have gone public and some of which remain privately held.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Execs from the two startups say the combined company will have processed over $5 billion in payments and built a network of over 500,000 connected businesses by creating B2B DeFi payment networks in both the U.S. Apple alum’s finance operations startup Bluecopa raises funds to expand globally. and Mexico. Seen on TechCrunch.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 13, 2015

Earlier this week, we examined the trends in the major categories of startup investment including eCommerce, Software, Social Networking and Education. In addition, investors will seek under-explored areas to finance, looking for great returns. But which lesser known startup sectors are starting to raise venture dollars?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

If you can map every oasis in a desert, you’ve created a transportation network. Today’s investment showcases, if anything, how important Axie’s precedent is to the development of the broader ecosystem – and how willing VCs and crypto incumbents are to bend over backward to make sure it succeeds.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Founders : Before beU delivery, Hao Zheng, who leads the team as chief executive, was the founder and CEO of Yooul, a social networking app in China. Founders : Alphas Sinja, Boya’s chief executive officer, has over eight years of experience in the banking and finance sectors. Robert Nyangate is the company’s CTO.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There’s a growing market for private cellular networks, or dedicated cell networks configured to support a company’s specific requirements within a confined area (think a warehouse or wind farm). But that hasn’t stopped new ventures from cropping up to challenge the incumbents.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

ETH killers, BTC killers and all kinds of other projects with lofty promises and ambitious roadmaps to build better blockchains than the incumbents. To me, decentralized finance or “DeFi” is the most fascinating part of the cryptocurrency space today. Which means they have paid gas fees and used the Ethereum network.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

But it feels like we have written far less about fintechs that exist solely to help the incumbents better compete with fintechs. The latest financing brings Extend’s total raised since its 2017 inception to $55 million. . We help the incumbents close the gap relative to those players.”. Extend is one such company.

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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. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer. This did not happen by magic. expectations.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

It runs an agent network that uses cash on hand to service customers who can make free deposits and withdrawals and get charged a 1% fee whenever they send money. And despite its continuous squabble with these incumbents due to eating into their market share, Wave claims to serve over 10 million users monthly across its operating markets.

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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. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer expectations. This did not happen by magic.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Local payment methods account for 68% of online sales, and, depending on the region and merchant networks, merchants must integrate dozens of payment service providers. Meanwhile, cash voucher systems like Brazil’s boleto bancário and Mexico’s Oxxo payment network account for a significant share of Latin American consumer transactions.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2022

Plaid is Current’s first partner on the product, which the two companies say will give Current’s customers access to more than 6,000 apps and services powered by the data aggregator’s network. . But he almost didn’t, when he had trouble securing the necessary financing to pay his tuition. Ali Heron, Petal CTO. Funding and M&A.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2023

They also worked a lot on helping fintechs build partnerships with incumbent financial institutions — experience they plan to use to offer portfolio companies bespoke “Strategy Sheets” alongside term sheets. Speaking of which, I also covered the $15 million raise for Kindred , a home-swapping network.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

venture capital deals, a spike in mega-financings where it’s common to see not only $100M private rounds, but companies that raise two or three types of financings like this in the same calendar year!

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

And save from mPharma, which has a network of Mutti pharmacies and recently raised $35 million to build out its telehealth and e-commerce offerings, funding has been few and far between for B2B distribution healthtech startups. However, a direct path to multi-national telemedicine scale through these chains is not clear, the report contended.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

We look at huge markets where there are large incumbents that might not be incented to innovate or react to what they perceive as an insurgent. It had the audience, the people, the network, everything! The networks seem to be emphatic about monetization for the present. I run Revolution’s VC investments.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Per a statement released by the company, it will also use the investments to expand its merchant network, meet increasing demand, and improve product offerings. The Egyptian fintech ecosystem also got a major boost when incumbent fintech Fawry became a publicly-traded unicorn for the first time.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 26, 2021

Even with $125K from YC and $1–2M in venture funding, a startup’s credit limit is still likely to tap out at $20K from an incumbent creditor—which is not nearly enough to cover software, marketing, and other expenses. incumbent offerings which only offered end-of-month reconciliation). As Brex has scaled, so have their customers.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Narrow Networks — Narrow networks are an interesting response to the above market prices that the large hospitals and groups are pushing on the broader market. Obviously, if narrow networks increase in popularity, more and more market share shifts to providers that are willing to respond to competitive market-based price demands.

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