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Rookie stock market investors are those who only possess a relatively rudimentary knowledge and experience in the investing sphere. Most of these individuals usually commence by sticking to a ‘buy…
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Fintech Mercury lands $300M in Sequoia-led Series C, doubles valuation to $3.5B
Digital banking startup Mercury has raised $300 million in primary and secondary funding at a $3.5 billion post-money valuation, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday. The valuation is more…
Read More »Mortgage as an employee benefit? Kleiner Perkins leads $23.5M Series A for Multiply Mortgage
After hitting record lows at the start of the pandemic, mortgage rates began to climb in 2022 and haven’t come down significantly since. With 30-year mortgage rates hovering at over…
Read More »Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow explains his troubled $30M personal loan, announces new ‘super app’
Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow defended the $30M personal loan he took out from his startup, while announcing Bolt’s latest launch. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read More »BaaS startup Synctera raises $15M, signs Bolt as a customer
The banking-as-a-service space took a hit last year when Synapse collapsed. But that hasn’t stopped BaaS startup Synctera from raising another $15 million in funding, it tells TechCrunch exclusively. Synctera…
Read More »The sibling founders of Stax Payments are back with a $20M seed raise for their new fintech, Worth
Worth, a company focused on helping fintechs, banks, and enterprises underwrite small and medium-sized businesses more easily, has raised $20 million in a seed funding round, the startup tells TechCrunch…
Read More »Ryan Breslow is back as CEO of fintech Bolt, after years of controversy
Ryan Breslow is once again the CEO of Bolt, the fintech company told TechCrunch on Wednesday. Bolt shared a communication that recently went out to investors in which Breslow wrote…
Read More »Ramp, a 6-year-old fintech startup, has more than doubled its annualized revenue to $700M
Fintech startup Ramp has crossed $700 million in annualized revenue as of January of this year, according to a source familiar with the company’s internal operations. The company had crossed…
Read More »Fintech startup Ramp nearly doubles valuation to $13B in secondary share sale
Expense management startup Ramp has nearly doubled its valuation to $13 billion after a $150 million secondary share sale, the company announced Monday morning. New and existing backers including VC…
Read More »Alkami is buying fintech Mantl for $400M
Digital banking services provider Alkami Technology is acquiring Mantl, which has been described as “the Shopify of account opening,” for $400 million. Mantl, founded in 2016 by Nathaniel Harley and…
Read More »Taktile helps fintechs build automated decision-making workflows
The automated logic behind many financial decisions — for example, decisions that determine whether a client is approved for a credit line — is hard-coded. Often, it’s not easily changed….
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