IT総合 Alpaca VC unveils two new investment vehicles, including its real estate roots
The multi-stage venture capital firm uses a research-driven approach and invests at the intersection of the physical and...
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IT総合 IT総合 Why we’re seeing so many seed-stage deals in fintech
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to r...
IT総合 Mercury Fund closes largest fund to invest in SaaS startups between the coasts
Mercury Fund closed on $160 million in capital commitments for its fifth fund to invest in founders building transformat...
IT総合 Meta Connect 2023: Everything announced so far
Meta's annual Connect conference started today, and this means lots of new hardware and perhaps a Metaverse sighting.
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IT総合 Sam Altman backs Slope’s $30M round to digitize, scale B2B payments
Slope's customer pipeline has evolved into mainly enterprise. As a result, both volume and company revenue have increase...
IT総合 Mythos Ventures grabs $14M for inaugural fund to invest in AI
Mythos Ventures invests in AI startups focused on transformative AI, an area General Partner Vishal Maini says is still ...
IT総合 Gringo’s super app for Brazilian drivers adds insurance, financing with $30M Series C
The new funding will enable the company to expand its automotive credit and insurance products and introduce new feature...
IT総合 Crediverso takes on legal after $3.5M capital infusion
The company, which has helped thousands of users in the U.S. Latino community with financial products advice, adds legal...
IT総合 Despite the ups and downs of the fintech space, people still really care about it
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to r...
IT総合 eStreamly blends physical, digital shopping with the video as the star
eStreamly offers business-to-business video commerce software to enable livestreams and videos to be shoppable across pl...
IT総合 AvantGuard wants to turn chlorine into the best antiseptic you’ve ever seen
AvantGuard, a Battlefield 200 company, is making a polymer version of chlorine-based disinfectants.
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IT総合 Don’t want that commuter stipend? Bundl enables employees to choose their own company benefits
Bundl provides a total rewards software that enables employees to build and customize their own rewards package that bes...
IT総合 MakersHub deciphers accounts payable data so construction companies don’t have to
MakersHub's WiseVision technology extracts and contextualizes all data on bills and receipts, including every line item ...
IT総合 JOKR now valued at $800M after bagging about $50M in Series D funding
The new investment not only puts the company on a path toward profitability, but also solidifies its place in Brazil’s u...
IT総合 Upside Foods’ Uma Valeti on why it’s so difficult to scale cultivated meat
This whole cultivated meat industry is “transformative.” But it has to go in steps, Uma Valeti explained.
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IT総合 SVB’s commercial banking president: ‘Come on back, the water’s fine’
Four players in the banking industry spoke about what they are doing to offer startups and investors new alternatives in...
IT総合 TrueMed’s payment integration platform unlocks HSA/FSA for health, not sickness
Medication might be easier than exercise or eating right, however TrueMed wants to change your thinking on that.
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IT総合 Real estate tech companies continue to get hammered by high mortgage rates
Once valued at over $2 billion, rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes conducted its third round of layoffs in a year's time.
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IT総合 Apple Event 2023: Everything you need to know about iPhone 15, Apple Watch, USB-C connector
Didn’t have time to tune in live to the Apple Event 2023? That’s ok — we’re here to bring you the most important parts....
IT総合 Apple Event 2023: Everything announced so far
Don’t have time to tune in live to the Apple Event 2023? That’s ok — we’re here to bring you the most important parts.
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IT総合 Common Trust grabs $2.6M to give business owners employee-focused succession plans
Common Trust works with business owners to design, finance and execute an employee ownership buyout so that owners or in...
IT総合 Finding business opportunity in startup failure
Welcome back to the Interchange! While we would love for all startups to succeed, the reality is that the vast majority ...
IT総合 Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 2023 Demo Day, Day 2
The word on everybody's lips was "AI," but there was a number of startups trying to make trucking, and the larger logist...
IT総合 Syscap closes on $2.3M to create private credit infrastructure in Mexico
With Syscap, customers can register their private lines of credit and perform communication, monitoring and reporting fu...
IT総合 Amy Schumer, Mark Wahlberg among SkinnyDipped’s star-studded $12M Series A
The funding enables SkinnyDipped to work on its retail expansion plans into new retailers like Costco and Publix and con...
IT総合 Harmonya bags $20M to decipher product data for CPG brands
The company uses AI and large language models to generate product attributes from things like titles, descriptions, ingr...
IT総合 Food tech roundup: Plant-based protein eaters still want it to taste like meat
Taste is something that continues to be a challenge for plant-based protein companies. If it tastes more like meat, it's...
IT総合 Inside Rent Butter: Why credit scores shouldn’t tell the whole story
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. As we head into ...
IT総合 E-commerce acquirer Benitago files for bankruptcy
The move comes after the New York-based company raised $380 million in equity and debt in the past two years.
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IT総合 Veterinary software company TeleVet rebrands as Otto amid $43M in fresh funding
In the past year, the company grew its customer base by 600%, adding over 1,000 new veterinary clinics and hospitals.
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