These Y Combinator-backed startups want to build the next Brex
Unsurprisingly, fintech startups were well-represented in Y Combinator’s W22 batch, with 35 international companies participating and 25 more tagged as crypto-focused. One trend that caught our eye was that at…
Read More »Fintech Roundup: Goldman Sachs buys another startup, Fast hits a speed bump and BaaS gets hotter
Welcome to my weekly fintech-focused column. I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm, Natasha Mascarenhas…
Read More »Instacart now delivers market trends
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Welcome to our Friday show! Our regular co-host…
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Founded by ex-dLocal and AstroPay execs, Datanomik is bringing open banking to LatAm
Cross-border payments platform dLocal is one of the most notable Latin American startups in recent history — the company became Uruguay’s first unicorn in 2020 and went public on the…
Read More »Egyptian financial super app Khazna raises $38M from Quona Capital and Lendable
In a country where 50% of its 100 million people are active smartphone users, two out of every three individuals have little or no access to formal financial services in…
Read More »Klarna launches new Klarna Kosma division for its open banking platform
Visa surprised the European fintech industry last year when it announced that it would acquire Tink for €1.8 billion ($2.15 billion at the time of the deal). Klarna now wants…
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January raises $10M to be a ‘tech-enabled debt collector’
Most people have a negative association with debt collection. A startup called January is out to change that with a fresh $10 million fundraise. Founder Jake Cahan says most debt…
Read More »Cross River Bank goes from tiny to mighty, with a $3B+ valuation and a crypto-first strategy
Financial technology startups raised $121.6 billion last year — up 153% year-over-year in terms of global VC deal value — and include a range of outfits, from payments companies to…
Read More »Palantir alums raise $25M from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and other VCs for their finance startup, Mosaic
Mosaic, which aims to change the way CFOs of high-growth companies operate, has raised $25 million in a Series B round of funding led by Founders Fund. Bijan Moallemi, Joe…
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Equi is building a family office for non-billionaires
The exclusive club of family offices just got one comma shorter. For the paltry sum of $350,000, or just over five times the median U.S. household income, individuals can invest…
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