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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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4 Finance Lessons for Rookie Entrepreneurs

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Finance is a common source of both challenges and opportunities for a growing company. Learn these foundational finance lessons now to set yourself up for success: Avoid the sunk cost fallacy. For example, you might’ve chosen the wrong project management tool but continue to use it because you feel guilty about “wasting” money.

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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 million in equity and $25 million in debt financing. While there, he had the opportunity to work in Mexico, and the difficulty in finding a place to live gave him the idea for Arrenda. Merullo plans to use the debt portion of the new funding for loans and financings issued.

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Revenue-based financing startup Jenfi raises $6.3M to focus on high-growth Southeast Asian companies

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Many Southeast Asian digital businesses run into obstacles when seeking early-stage growth financing. That’s where Singapore-based Jenfi comes in, providing revenue-based financing of up to $500,000 with flexible repayment plans that co-founder and chief executive officer Jeffrey Liu refers to as “growth capital as a product.” .

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Ghost Financial whips up new capital into finance tools for ghost kitchens

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When Keto Kitchen had good sales in the first quarter, Meyer went to the bank to ask for expansion financing and recalled the banker asking him what a ghost kitchen was. That told him there was an opportunity for a data-driven financing tool for these types of restaurants. The voracious fight for your salad bowl.

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How to Leverage Micro VC Funds to Build an Angel Portfolio

This is going to be BIG.

Having a better overall portfolio of venture capital by adding funds into the mix. Side Benefits Ideally, a small fund could get you the following, but you have to ask to make sure it’s available: Co-investing opportunities. This creates a source of deal flow for investors who aren’t out there full time creating opportunities.

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

TechCrunch

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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