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Percent lands $30M investment to connect investors with private credit
In 2018, Nelson Chu founded Percent with the goal of bringing investors, borrowers and underwriters together to modernize private credit. Seeing an opportunity to tackle …
Landlord-focused insurtech Obie lands $25.5M led by Battery Ventures
Obie, a real estate-focused insurance technology company, has raised $25.5 million in a funding round led by Battery Ventures. Since the company’s last raise — …
Jia, a blockchain-based lender of small businesses in emerging markets, raises $4.3 million seed
Jia, a blockchain-based fintech providing loans to micro and small businesses in emerging markets, has raised $4.3 million seed funding, and an additional $1 million …
How our fintech startup became SEC-compliant
Boris Dus Contributor Share on Twitter Boris Dus is co-founder and CEO of Gainy, an investment app. After the recent failures of financial institutions like …
Procurement platform Zip raises $100M at a $1.5 billion valuation
The business of platforms for purchasing goods and services — in other words, procurement — is alive and well. Case in point, Zip, a startup …
Jenfi raises more funding for its “growth capital as a service” platform
Jenfi, a “growth-capital-as-a-service” platform, can provide online businesses with revenue-based financing in a little as a day. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised …
Fintech startup Brex was among the bidders for SVB’s early-stage and growth portfolios
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Venture-backed everything for real-world problems, please
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex are …
Higher interest rates are fostering a fintech comeback story
While rapidly rising interest rates in the United States have caused more than a few financial institutions to topple, a group of well-known fintech companies …