Post-pandemic reset leads to wave of layoffs in tech
OK, maybe it is a reckoning. Over the past week, we’ve witnessed an alarming amount of layoffs across the startup ecosystem, from buzzy, big names like Cameo, On Deck and…
Read More »Watch the latest TechCrunch Live event on building a better mobility fintech startup
This week Rachel Holt from Construct Capital and Kevin Bennett from Caribou spoke with Kirsten Korosec, TechCrunch’s transportation editor. This TechCrunch Live event was the first in our month dedicated…
Read More »Stripe is playing checkers with Plaid
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. The crew was back at full-speed, and maybe…
Read More »‘Climate entrepreneurs deserve fast capital’: Enduring Planet unwraps a new fintech platform
Enduring Planet, a new fintech firm that exclusively funds climate entrepreneurs, is taking the wraps of its first product after securing $5 million in debt and equity financing. The company…
Read More »Fintech MainStreet cuts about 30% of staff, citing ‘incredibly rough market’
MainStreet, a startup that helps other startups uncover tax credits that was valued at $500 million last year, has laid off about 30% of its staff, according to a tweet…
Read More »The BNPL crackdown hasn’t crushed Walnut and its latest $110M Series A
Walnut was founded by Roshan Patel and Yash Joshi to bring the buy now, pay later model to healthcare, arguably the home of some of the least transparent and taxing…
Read More »Canada’s Neo Financial closes on $145M Series C, surpasses 1 million customers
Canadian digital bank Neo Financial has raised $145.2 million (CAN$185 million) after surpassing the 1 million customer mark, the company announced today. Valar Ventures led the investment, which brings Neo’s total…
Read More »From partners to competitors: What Stripe’s latest move means for Plaid
Earlier today, payments giant Stripe announced a new product that fills in some significant gaps in its play to be the financial services layer for merchants and other businesses whose…
Read More »Robinhood to let users lend out their shares in its attempt to diversify revenue
Trading platform Robinhood is launching a feature that will allow its users to lend out their stocks in hopes of earning passive, recurring income from borrowers, the company announced today….
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Masa Finance gets $3.5M pre-seed to build its decentralized credit protocol
Masa Finance, a hybrid credit protocol and decentralized credit bureau founded by Pngme CEO Brendan Playford in late 2020, has raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding. According to a statement,…
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