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8 founders, leaders highlight fintech and deep tech as Bristol’s top sectors

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The city also has the most fintech startups per head in the U.K. The survey revealed that the city has a robust renewable, zero-carbon and fintech startup landscape. Robotics, VR, bio, quantum, digital and deep tech are also areas showing promise. Bristol is strong in renewable and zero-carbon innovation, fintech and robotics.

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Brex co-founder Henrique Dubugras details decisions behind pivots, layoffs, going remote

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It’s been an eventful year for fintech Brex. One of the buzziest fintechs out there, Brex is known for more than its product offerings. The first idea that we got into YC wasn’t actually in fintech. It was a VR company. When we sold the last company, we were tired of fintech. So VR seemed like it.

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Daily Crunch: Mos evolves from fintech into challenger bank, as early users start post-college lives

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and that Mary Ann’s fintech newsletter is coming soon. Sticking just to the fintech theme, TechCrunch also has notes up on Pluto , which is building a corporate spend giant for the Middle East, backed by some of the most interesting founders in its own market, and Jar’s round that Tiger just led in India. What the heck does that mean?

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8 investors and founders highlight Valencia’s potential as a fintech and cybersecurity hub

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The city appears to be strong in areas such as travel, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, agritech, travel tech, biotech, sports tech, and VR. Key sectors include fintech, agritech and travel tech. Because of this some corporate accelerators are growing strong here, mainly in fintech, such as Bankia Fintech.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 2022 VC predictions, how to hook an angel, product advisory councils

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According to Box CEO Aaron Levie, the move solidifies Redmond’s entry into AR/VR gaming. “If If you believe VR and immersive computing is the future — whether for consumer or business use cases — Activision helps Microsoft build a flywheel of content and technology that gets more users on board to this future.”.

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Embedded finance startup Banxware raises €4M seed

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However, fuelled by cloud technology and a plethora of new fintech and Banking-as-a-Service startups, there is no doubt the embedded finance trend is accelerating. Leading the round is Force over Mass, and VR Ventures. Andreessen Horowitz made it a thing.

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Daily Crunch: Property management startup Doorstead raises $21.5M Series B

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Credit buzz : Indian fintech KreditBee’s business model of underwriting to help people get microloans attracted even more venture capital — $100 million, in fact — to boost the company’s valuation to nearly $700 million, Manish writes. Mary Ann reports on the company securing $21.5 There’s two more days to go!

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