The second shot is kicking in
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. First and foremost, Equity was nominated for a Webby for “Best Technology Podcast”!…
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Fintech startups set VC records as the 2021 fundraising market continues to impress
While waiting for full first-quarter venture capital results for fintech startups to drop, we knew that they were going to be outsized. The Exchange previously explored the pace at which…
Read More »Vivid Money raises $73 million to build a European financial super app
German startup Vivid Money has raised a new $73 million Series B funding round (€60 million) led by Greenoaks, with existing investor Ribbit Capital also participating. Following today’s funding round,…
Read More »Greece’s Viva Wallet raises $80M for its neo-bank targeting small business merchants
Challenger banks continue to make significant waves in the world of finance, with smaller outfits luring customers away from incumbents by providing an easier way for them to not only…
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Stripe acquires TaxJar to add cloud-based, automated sales tax tools into its payments platform
Stripe, the privately-held payments company now valued at $95 billion, has made an acquisition to expand the range of tools (and services) that it provides to online businesses. It has…
Read More »Detroit-based Signal Advisors raises $10M Series A led by General Catalyst
Signal Advisors is building a specialized financial platform for financial advisors, and the company is announcing it raised a $10 million Series A led by Brian Ru and Hemant Taneja…
Read More »8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm
Things have been looking up for Belfast since the end of the Troubles. The city has undergone infrastructure improvements over the past two decades, tourism has boomed thanks to attractions…
Read More »PicPay, the Brazilian mobile payments platform, files for an IPO on Nasdaq
Brazilian mobile payments app PicPay filed on Wednesday an F-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an IPO valued at up to $100 million. The company plans to…
Read More »Forget the piggy bank, Till Financial’s kids’ spend management app gets Gates’ backing
Today’s children and teens want more power and control over their spending. And while there are a number of financial services and apps out there aimed at helping this demographic…
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SoftBank bets big on a ‘digital Ellis Island’
Welcome Tech, which has built a digital platform aimed at immigrants and their families, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round co-led by TTV Capital, Owl Ventures…
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