TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Still, Sheel Mohnot, who was formerly a general partner at the fintech fund of 500 Startups, and Jake Gibson, co-founder of personal finance startup NerdWallet, were a little taken aback by investor interest in their fintech-focused early-stage venture firm, Better Tomorrow Ventures , or BTV. Everybody became a fintech investor.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

There’s always a fintech angle , even on Valentine’s Day. Other startups have taken notice too, entering the world of multiplayer fintech, a term that categorizes socially focused and consumer-friendly financial services. Money is emotional and complex, and the opportunity within the multiplayer fintech reflects just that.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

challenger bank with just shy of 5 million customers, has recruited a new U.S Then, last month, we broke news that Blomfield had decided to cease his involvement with Monzo entirely, the challenger bank and now fintech unicorn he founded six years ago. Meanwhile, the recruiting of a new U.S. Monzo , the U.K. The current U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The same day in February 2020 that Credit Karma planned to announce that it had been acquired by Intuit for more than $7 billion, the stock market tanked, spooked by news that a novel virus had the potential to start a pandemic. Department of Justice forced the company to divest its tax business, and credit markets tightened considerably.

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Mobilunity

APRIL 9, 2024

As today’s tech-based industries expand and develop at a rapid pace, recruiting the best technical talent – and retaining them – is a critical element in a business’s continued success. Technical recruitment is proving a challenge for enterprises of all sizes however, despite the large pool of potential candidates available.

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Mobilunity

APRIL 9, 2024

As today’s tech-based industries expand and develop at a rapid pace, recruiting the best technical talent – and retaining them – is a critical element in a business’s continued success. Technical recruitment is proving a challenge for enterprises of all sizes however, despite the large pool of potential candidates available.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Juni , a Swedish pre-launch startup that’s building a banking app and platform for e-commerce and online marketing entrepreneurs, has raised just over €2.1 Leading the round is Berlin-based Cherry Ventures — the first deal, I believe, from newly recruited partner Sophia Bendz, who herself is based in Sweden.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Bfree , a Nigerian credit management fintech, has embarked on global expansion after raising $1.7 million in a pre-Series A round, to tap the opportunities in emerging markets, where digital lending apps have recently sprung up in droves. In emerging markets, this is typically not the case. Image Credits: Bfree.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

The funding will be used to expand Zeller’s product development and engineering capabilities, marketing and sales, and customer support teams as it prepares for its launch. He estimated that Zeller’s market opportunity in Australia includes just under 1.5 Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

” Third of all has been the impact of Covid-19 and wider market forces. “ A lot of these fintechs start and stop and go right and left. .” Secondly is the fact that this is simply what consumers are demanding now, the “table stakes” in this territory, as Sosna puts it. “They really have no choice.”

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Mobilunity

APRIL 25, 2024

Luckily, FinTech UI UX design offers a promising solution. Some FinTech companies use AI for hyper-personalization, while others leverage generative AI to power chatbots, prevent fraud, and automate time-consuming tasks. While far from mass-market adoption , VR and AR are decent tools for increasing customer engagement.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

MKT1 is a strategic marketing firm founded by experienced startup executives that is everything but a marketing agency. It advises startups on marketing approaches, recruiting and mentoring workshops, with some angel syndicate investing as well. It also provides a job board, a newsletter , and workshops for marketers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Under the practice, market makers pay the trading platform for executing trades. In October 2018, private-market money valued Coinbase at around $8 billion. Similarly, Stripe is valued at $115 billion on secondary markets. “Probably not, but that doesn’t mean that the public markets won’t. ” asked Alex.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

The layoffs — conducted over the last month — are related to Stripe’s decision to wind down TaxJar-focused go-to-market efforts in late July. According to LinkedIn, TaxJar’s co-founder Matt Anderson left Stripe in July, followed by folks in the sales, marketing and partnerships teams. billion raised across 1,287 deals in Q2 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2023

It’s an IRS-regulated process that measures the value of common stock against public market comps to help set a fair market value. Companies can also use the new, lower 409A valuation as a recruiting tool, luring prospective employees with cheap options and the promise of cashing out at a higher price when the company eventually exits.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

“Use this tighter market to prepare and ensure your business is scalable, and you’ll do better when fundraising.”. Dear Sophie, Our startup is recruiting engineers. Most of our team works remotely, but some of our potential recruits would want to work in the office. Rigorous Recruiter. Can their supervisor work remotely?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann. The current whole life lending market today against that $1.1 Weekly News. Seen on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

He invests in early- and growth-stage companies, with a particular focus on fintech. Amid the IPO gold rush, how should we value fintech startups? As a founder, recruiting talent is the most important factor for success. Allen Miller is a principal at Oak HC/FT based in San Francisco. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

This morning Clara , a corporate spend-management startup focused on the Latin American market, announced its product launch and a $3.5 The company’s funding caught TechCrunch’s eye as there has been a flurry of funding for related companies serving the United States market. Fintech CAC and the Great Credit Card Craze.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

This gives shareholders access to a private secondaries market via a partnership with the Seedrs crowd-equity platform. More importantly, it combines the fintech expertise and capital support from MiddleGame Ventures and Fidelity, paving the way for Capdesk to build an equity solution never before seen in Europe.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Hello, it’s more funding calling : In PhonePe’s quest to raise $1 billion, an investor group that included Tiger Global and Ribbit Capital invested another $100 million into “India’s most valuable fintech startup,” which is valued at $12 billion, Manish writes. million worth of funding so far.

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Crunchbase News

APRIL 17, 2024

By Alex Axelrod Recruiting the right team is the first step in ensuring any startup’s success. Nearly half of all startups globally face difficulties finding qualified talent, and recruitment can be time-consuming and complex. Prioritizing recruitment expenses is, in my opinion, the right move to make here.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

These two companies brought Mary Ann and Natasha into the same reporting space and gave us a good chance to discuss the luxury market. The Muse gets acquisitive: One of the most interesting deals we saw in the last week was The Muse buying Fairygodboss, a recruiting platform aimed at working mothers.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

We truly roll up our sleeves and help with recruiting, strategy and anything else a founder needs while taking a back-seat from a management perspective and trusting them with leading their companies.”. Six years later, they have $1.2 billion in assets under management.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

Arrenda , a Mexico City-based fintech company, is offering digital financial services to the real estate market of Latin America and closed on $26.5 He was recruited to June Homes, a startup in the proptech space that integrates technology into the residential real estate industry, specifically rentals.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

GajiGesa, a fintech startup serving underbanked Indonesian workers, raises $2.5 Tan said ErudiFi’s value proposition for educational institutions is “being able to offer a data-driven financing solution that helps with student recruitment and retention. million seed round. ” In a press statement, Peng T.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

fintech offering a business current account with built-in accounting features, has closed £9.1 This includes the option for business owners to share real-time bookkeeping data with their accountant, “eliminating the pains of re-authorisation requests, data lags, duplicates, and inaccuracies,” says the fintech.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A number of high-profile investors are chasing to invest in Slice, a fintech startup that is attempting to expand the market for credit cards in India. Last month, the startup launched a card with 2,000 Indian rupees ($27) as the default limit to tap the nation’s potential addressable market of 200 million individuals.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Drive Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Matchstick Ventures and HR Tech Investments LLC, a subsidiary of Recruit Holdings Co., Like many other fintechs, the startup monetizes primarily off of interchange fees. 7 VCs look into the future of fintech. Other customers include Delivery Drivers, Inc.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

Gbolade Emmanuel and Ayomide Awe launched Termii after Emmanuel’s experience as a digital marketer helped him recognize the need for businesses to have exceptional communication channels. “And we had to make the process simple because in the African market, you can’t do complex stuff. That’s not all.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Since then, the company’s focus has been on helping employers deal with issues that make building distributed teams challenging, like variations in regulations from market to market, international payrolls and remote onboarding. One of Skuad’s clients is Indonesian fintech Akseleran, which needed to fill tech openings.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The fintech firm, Arbo Works, has raised a financing round led by Sequoia Capital India, the two said Thursday. market, because the space we are going after is more open there,” he said. Shailendra Singh, managing director at Sequoia India, said Arbo Works has chosen a “massive unsolved problem in the global fintech space.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

As Nubank shares fall, is it time to worry about fintech valuations ? In the rah-rah 2021 venture cycle, a great number of huge fintech rounds were raised, and companies in the sector went public. But late in 2021 and into 2022, we’ve seen fintech valuations fall. Not losing your data is, well, a huge market. Startups/VC.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Lessons from founders raising their first round in a bull market. Lessons from founders raising their first round in a bull market. Dear Sophie: Any suggestions for recruiting international tech talent? We’re having a really tough time recruiting engineering talent, but we’re open to hiring internationally.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In 2018, Carbon , a Nigerian fintech startup, made its financials public for the first time. Posting audited financials can prove detrimental for a private African company for several reasons ranging from bad marketing and PR if huge losses are incurred to regulatory clampdown if the company performs well.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

“That made us step on the pedal and recruit a product, engineering and sales team across San Francisco, Austin, Miami and New York City with payments knowledge from a range of backgrounds.” One report has the digital payments market growing to a whopping $20 trillion by 2026, driven both by new and existing vendors.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

The fintech company raised $3 million in debt and equity. Flextock currently serves the Egyptian market. Most African YC-backed startups in today’s batch are focused on fintech. “In How fintech and serial founders drove African pre-seed investing to new heights in 2020. million pre-seed investment.

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