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Vesey Ventures closes on $78M debut fund to back early-stage fintech startups

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Their goal was to take that 10 years of experience investing through the venture capital arm of one of the world’s largest credit card companies, and apply it firsthand to new early-stage investments — but with a twist. And that’s ultimately the insight that we built a thesis on,” said Fitzgerald. “In Sign up here.

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Skio raises $3.7M to help brands on Shopify sell subscriptions

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Skio is taking on incumbents like ReCharge Payments, which too has built subscription software for e-commerce brands and was valued at $2.1 Kennan Davison, an engineer who previously worked at Hulu and Pinterest, founded the startup in April. billion earlier this year after a $227 million raise. .

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Ascend raises $5.5M to provide a BNPL option for commercial insurance

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He referred to insurance as a “spaghetti web of money movement” where payments can take up to 100 days to get to the insurance carrier from the customer as it makes its way through intermediaries. This is where Wynn believes Ascend is competing, though some incumbents are offering premium financing, but not in the digital way Ascend is.

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The Interchange: Venture’s mixed signals

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I’ve come to realize, in reporting on startups and venture capital pretty much exclusively for the past 5 years — and for many more before that in one capacity or another — that nothing is black and white, things aren’t always what they seem and they can change in the blink of an eye. For example, that fund I referred to?

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“Customer First” Healthcare

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One obvious solution to this list of issues and opportunities is to leverage technology to better serve the needs of the customer. FSAs/HSAs — Flexible Spending Accounts, also referred to as Health Savings Accounts, are pools of money set aside by an employee and their employer to be used for healthcare spending. healthcare market.

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8 investors weigh in on the state of insurtech in Q3 2022

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Notably, Metromile saw its valuation decline over 85% and was subsequently acquired by peer Lemonade , and it hasn’t been alone in losing a lot of value and being eyed by peers and incumbents. As insurtech valuations have become more realistic, many companies are probing, looking for M&A opportunities,” Wechsler said. “I

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A Rake Too Far: Optimal Platform Pricing Strategy

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In a casino, the term “rake” refers to the commission that the house earns for operating a poker game. As Jeff Bezos is fond of saying, “ your margin is my opportunity.”. Booking.com is the unquestioned leader in online travel in Europe, and represents a substantial portion of TPG’s astounding $35B market capitalization.

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