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Fintech startup Brex was among the bidders for SVB’s early-stage and growth portfolios

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Every week, we’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. As our fellow fintech enthusiast Alex Johnson pointed out , there was one name that stood out on that list for being “not like the others”: fintech startup Brex. But far less common are fintechs dedicated to serving older members of our society.

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Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021

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Jake Jolis is a partner at Matrix Partners and invests in seed and Series A technology companies including marketplaces and software. 2019 saw a stampede of fintech unicorns. Dana Stalder is a partner at Matrix Partners, where he invests predominantly in fintech, consumer marketplaces and enterprise software. Dana Stalder.

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Marqeta buys fintech Power Finance in $275M all-cash deal, its first acquisition

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Marqeta has agreed to acquire two-year-old fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223 million in cash, marking the first acquisition in the publicly-traded company’s 13-year history. In other words, it provides the tools for companies — fintechs and otherwise — to provide cards, wallets and other payment mechanisms.

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Kenyan fintech Pezesha raises $11M backed by Women’s World Banking, Cardano parent IOG

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The fintech’s new growth strategy follows its plan to power its embedded finance offering beyond its current markets, including Uganda and Ghana, to bridge the financing gap affecting millions of micro, small medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) across these markets. Image Credits: Pezesha. Image Credits: Pezesha.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS burn multiples, 8 fintech VCs spill the tea, all my apes gone

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Despite the ongoing correction in the public markets, mass layoffs in the tech sector and high inflation, U.S. But say that you are burning $2 million in a quarter, and you are only adding $500,000 of net new ARR. The right questions to ask investors when fundraising in a down market. Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz invested more in fintech than any other sector in 2022

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Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. I’m not going to lie — upon learning this, my fintech-loving ears perked up. And fintech represented nearly a quarter of the firm’s deals. More than a quarter (28%) of a16z’s fintech investments in 2022 went to the payments category.

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It turns out fintech is worth as much as SaaS

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Fintech startups are having one hell of a week. The Seattle-based fintech company sold 12,162,777 shares (7,000,000 primary) at $43 apiece. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. It’s just perhaps even better than that for fintech upstarts. Fintech is the new SaaS? Notable.

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