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Nail product market fit in an ever-changing market with Underscore VC and Hi Marley

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Mike Greene founded Hi Marley in 2017 and has since raised $41.75 Hear how the company — which was designed as an SMS texting platform — is finding product market fit as the insurance landscape rapidly changes, and how Underscore VC Lily Lyman provides support for the company. million to fund the AI-powered insurance chat platform.

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Nikola founder Trevor Milton probably wouldn’t be on trial right now if he hadn’t allegedly lied to investors in a 2017 video that showed the electric truck his company was building was operational when it wasn’t.

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Nail product market fit in an ever-changing market with Underscore VC and Hi Marley

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Mike Greene founded Hi Marley in 2017 and has since raised $41.75 Hear how the company — which was designed as an SMS texting platform — is finding product market fit as the insurance landscape rapidly changes, and how Underscore VC Lily Lyman provides support for the company. million to fund the AI-powered insurance chat platform.

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Payments, lending and neobanks rule fintechs in emerging markets, report says

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Tech investments in emerging markets have been in full swing over the past couple of years and their ecosystems have thrived as a result. Some of these markets like Africa, Latin America, and India, have comprehensive reports by publications and firms on trends and investments in their individual regions. Let’s dive in.

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Fintech outperformed the market in 2021, and it’s set to do even better

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The former commercial chief (Product, Sales and Marketing) at PayPal, he now leads fintech investing at Matrix Partners, where he also invests in consumer marketplaces and enterprise software. We were bullish on fintech when we launched the Matrix Fintech Index in 2017, but even we underestimated the magnitude of the growth to come.

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Givz raises $3M in seed funding to make donations a marketing tool for businesses

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Givz was founded in 2017 to make charitable giving more accessible and convenient for the masses. In March 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the company pivoted from B2C to B2B and used the technology rails it had built to create the e-commerce marketing platform that Givz is today.

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