TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

For me, there was a huge opportunity in a space that the incumbents were not able to capture because a lot of it is the economics of their model and misaligned incentives.The world continues to unfortunately be made up of haves and have nots….There TC: Was it worth it for you to get a charter as a company? And if so, why?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

With the latest funding, ManageXR will support its expanding team and go-to-market strategy as the company has experienced rapid growth since becoming available to beta users in November 2019 and officially launching in April 2021. We’re solving that problem for businesses at an inflection point in the industry,” Wilson said. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

The company soon plans to expand to also offer health insurance. . With over two decades of insurance industry experience, Dario Luna once served as Mexico’s insurance regulator and helped develop Mexico’s disaster risk management strategy. Next, it’s going to offer property, renter’s and health insurance.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 30, 2021

And for employees, Gusto’s goal is to help put the individual in the driver’s seat of their financial health and their career. In the long run, software platforms have the potential to be much larger than traditional incumbents. With its software up and running, Gusto needed to figure out its go-to-market strategy.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Today, psychedelic therapeutics are being used to treat a variety of mental health issues. With plans to raise a $25 million fund and more than $15 million already invested, PsyMed Ventures focuses on early-stage startups developing psychedelic therapeutics. “Our engineers are excited about this move,” said Pellisé.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

But Leda Health co-founders Madison Campbell and Liesel Vaidya think of themselves as advocates for sexual assault survivors. . Among the feminists leveraging Ethereum for subversive use cases, Leda Health’s do-it-yourself evidence-collecting kit for sexual assault survivors is among the most ambitious projects.

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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. billion ($1.8

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

. “We are coming off of 5x growth last year and the market is strongly calling for our solutions … We opted for equity because alongside capital, we want strategic partners to help us scale to the next level and we have both VCs and clients and partners investing. This brings value far greater than even the cash.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

With this latest investment, Crowdz and Citi plan to collaborate based on that goal of giving SMEs “rapid and efficient access to the working capital needed to keep their businesses running.” We are focused on how we can help the SMEs improve their cash flow so they can thrive. That’s really a main driver for us.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

“We strongly believe that the way is not just by latching banking-as-a-service on a payments platform, but there has to be proper banking as a service platform built with the right infrastructure and go-to-market strategy. Over 30 startups accessed it, including Pivo, another YC S22-backed company, Outpost Health, Dillali and Pennee.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

billion transaction — led by Permira and Hellman & Friedman — gave investors a way to get some return on their investment, albeit below the $17 billion offer they got in February. Wondermed claims that it is, as do rivals Mindbloom and Fieldtrip Health. Ron notes that the $10.2 Who needs megapixels when you have Benjamins?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

But Novo sees incumbents as the real “challenger” here. At Stripes, we only invest in companies building amazing products, and Novo’s rave reviews, strong retention, and incredible growth make it clear it has built something that small businesses love.” “We are competing against big banks.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Businesses today feel, more than ever, the imperative to have flexible e-commerce strategies in place, able to connect with would-be customers wherever they might be. Traditional offline vendors are increasingly rethinking their digital commerce strategy, more so given what we are living through, and that further acts as a market accelerant.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Bob Ruark, principal and banking and fintech strategy leader for KPMG US, noted that pricing is difficult now given the rapid decline in valuations. QED Investors said it has expanded its mental health initiative aimed at tackling addiction among entrepreneurs to its Spanish-language portfolio companies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

beU delivery is YC’s first set of investments in Africa’s food delivery space alongside Heyfood, another startup in this batch. Abdigani Diriye, Khalid Keenan and Youcef Oudjidane, the other co-founders, have combined experience across engineering, investment banking and venture capital. Remedial Health.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

While Africa’s health systems are still reeling from the effects of the COVID pandemic, the adoption of digital health services has been revved in some countries. The report says 36% of all-time funding reported by the health supply chain startups it profiled was raised in the last 12 months.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Here are the investors in their own words, for any TechCrunch reader who is interested in hiring, investing or founding a company in the country. What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? What’s your latest, most exciting investment? Oh, and one more thing. We just launched Extra Crunch in Israel.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The last three investments that we made were all relationships that [date back] a year to 18 months before we started engaging in the actual financing process with them. I think we’re going to actually do more investments this year than we maybe have ever done in the history of the firm, which is amazing to me [considering] COVID.

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