IT総合 Okay, which analyzes engineers’ productivity, sells to Stripe
Fintech giant Stripe has acquired Okay, a startup that developed a low-code analytics software to help engineering leade...
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IT総合 IT総合 Celebrity investors pile into consumer savings startup Checkmate
We’ve all been there. Shopping online and desperately searching for a promo code so that you can save some money on a pu...
IT総合 Daylight, the LGBTQ+ neobank, calls it quits
Daylight, an LGBTQ+ banking platform, is shutting down. Its operations will cease on June 30, according to embattled co-...
IT総合 Anthemis targets $200M for new fund after layoffs and canceled SPAC
Anthemis Group is trying to raise $200 million for a third fund, according to an SEC filing, as first reported by Axios....
IT総合 Freshly shareholders, including Insight Partners, sue Nestlé for ‘failing to make earnout payments’
Former investors of food delivery startup Freshly are suing Nestlé USA, which acquired the company in 2020 for up to $1....
IT総合 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 Ven...
IT総合 Wellthy lands $25M to help caregivers feel less overwhelmed
It’s called the sandwich generation for a reason.
Millions of people in the U.S. are taking care of parents as they age ...
IT総合 Petal raises $35M, spins off data unit ‘to bring credit scores into the 21st century’
The United States credit system as it exists today has been around for decades and many would argue it’s long been in ne...
IT総合 This new banking app wants to help with the financial woes of retirement
Different demographics often have different banking needs. So it’s no surprise that we have seen a flurry of financial t...
IT総合 RapidAPI headcount down 82% from fresh layoffs less than two weeks after cutting 50% of staff
Rapid (previously known as RapidAPI), a startup that built out an API marketplace valued at $1 billion last year, has la...
IT総合 Ex-Fin Capital general partner, who led its investment in Pipe, starts new venture firm
Peter Ackerson has departed from his role as general partner at fintech-focused venture firm Fin Capital and started a n...
IT総合 Senate Banking chair urges FDIC to look into Tellus, a fintech backed by Andreessen Horowitz
Tellus, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed fintech company that claims it can offer people higher yields on their savings bal...
IT総合 Meet Liquido, which aims to be the ‘Stripe of LatAm’ — but with even bigger ambitions
The ability to offer businesses more ways to accept digital payments is crucial globally, but merchants’ specific needs ...
IT総合 Finix becomes a payments processor, heating up its competition with Stripe
Payments infrastructure startup Finix has slowly been taking swipes at Stripe, first becoming a facilitator, and now bec...
IT総合 Founded by Adyen and Affirm alums, Ansa aims to help merchants create virtual wallets for customers
Having the ability to load up a digital wallet to pay for goods and services at businesses you frequent, and then earn r...
IT総合 Fintech-focused VC firm Anthemis Group lays off 28% of staff as part of restructuring
Anthemis Group is undergoing a restructuring that resulted in its letting go of 16 employees, or about 28% of its employ...
IT総合 Shopify adds direct bill payments in bid to be a single-stop fintech for merchants
Shopify has teamed up with Israeli B2B payments startup Melio to launch a new bill pay tool designed to allow U.S.-based...
IT総合 Vesey Ventures closes on $78M debut fund to back early-stage fintech startups
After working together for nearly one decade, three former managing directors of Amex Ventures in early 2022 branched ou...
IT総合 A nine-figure raise in fintech? Oh my
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IT総合 Redfin is laying off more workers as housing downturn persists
Redfin has laid off 201 employees, the third time the Seattle-based real estate company has reduced its workforce since ...
IT総合 Fintech startup Clear Street raises $270M at a $2B valuation
Clear Street, which says it is building “modern infrastructure” for capital markets, has raised $270 million...
IT総合 SoftBank LatAm sees past recent losses, remains bullish on region
When SoftBank announced in 2019 that it had allocated $5 billion to investing in Latin American startups, it felt like a...
IT総合 SEC charges founder of financial aid startup Frank with defrauding JPMorgan
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Charlie Javice, the founder of student financial aid startup Fra...
IT総合 Kaszek earmarks nearly $1B in new funds for Latin American startups
Kaszek Ventures, one of Latin America’s first venture firms, has raised $975 million across two funds.
Specifically, the...
IT総合 Acorns acquires UK’s GoHenry, a fintech focused on 6-18 year olds
U.S.-based savings and investing startup Acorns has acquired London-based GoHenry, a startup focused on providing money ...
IT総合 The shocking allegations against Daylight, an LGBTQ+ focused startup
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IT総合 Checkout.com’s new president is bullish on US expansion, says she ‘welcomes’ comparisons to Stripe
Stripe competitor Checkout.com announced last month that Céline Dufétel was appointed as its new president.
She had prev...
IT総合 Discover the Disrupt 2023 Fintech Stage
TechCrunch Disrupt, the premier event for startup investors and founders, is coming back September 19-21, 2023, with an ...
IT総合 Ramp reports 4x revenue growth, says it still has ‘vast majority’ of equity funding
2022 was a tumultuous year for many fintech startups. But for Ramp, it was a year of opportunity.
The company shared tod...
IT総合 StellarFi lands $15M to help people build credit by paying bills, rent on time
Building credit is hard when it’s difficult to even get credit.
And while it’s not impossible to get loans or credit car...