Hum Capital thinks the future of funding is a return to old-school Wall Street
Hum Capital CEO Blair Silverberg thinks that the future of fundraising requires a return to old-school Wall Street — sans the fraud. Back in the day, he explained, people would…
Read More »Alpaca raises $50M to rapidly scale its API-delivered equities trading business
Alpaca said this morning that it has closed a massive $50 million Series B round of capital. TechCrunch previously covered the company’s late-2019 $6 million seed round and its late-2020 $10…
Read More »The pure hell of managing your JPEGs
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Alex and Grace and Chris were joined by none other than TechCrunch’s own Mary Ann Azevedo, in…
Read More »We’re focusing on fintech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021
Do you dig digital currency? Dream about decentralized finance? Need to know NFTs? Maybe you’re just crypto-curious. Heck, check “all of the above” and get ready to focus on fintech…
Read More »Taktile makes it easier to leverage machine learning in the financial industry
Meet Taktile, a new startup that is working on a machine learning platform for financial services companies. This isn’t the first company that wants to leverage machine learning for financial…
Read More »Shares is a new stock trading app with a focus on social features
Meet Shares, a new European startup that wants to add a social twist to financial investment — in this case, the company means “social” as in “social network”. The startup…
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With investors like Lightspeed and The Chainsmokers, Mexican neobroker Flink raises $57M to boost financial inclusion in LatAm
Flink, a Mexico City-based neobroker, has raised $57 million in a Series B round of funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The financing comes just over six months after Flink…
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Brazilian fintech Cora raises $116M Series B as Tiger Global, Tencent sign on as investors alongside Greenoaks
Cora, a Brazilian digital lender to small-and-medium-sized businesses, has raised $116 million in a Series B round led by Greenoaks Capital. This is a large Series B by any standards,…
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Ramp raises $300M at a $3.9B valuation, makes its first acquisition
Less than five months after raising $115 million, spend management startup Ramp announced today it has raised $300 million in a Series C round of funding that values the company…
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Pry Financials raises $4.2M to make startup accounting more approachable
Pry Financials wants to make startup finances approachable for its entire team, not just the people in charge of its accounting spreadsheets. The Y Combinator alum announced today it has…
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