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Here are the newly minted fintech unicorns
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week.
SumUp taps €285M more in growth funding to weather the fintech storm
SumUp — the fintech that provides payments and related services to some 4 million small businesses in Europe, the Americas and Australia — has picked up some…
Investment in India is in free fall
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Activision Sure Knows How To Bury A Story On A Friday Night
Activision Blizzard has been the subject of scrutiny for several years now, due to its widely criticized “Boys’ Club” corporate culture of sleazy shenanigans.
Fintech’s wild ride in 2023
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week.
Saudi shopping and BNPL platform Tamara tops $1B valuation in $340M Series C funding
Tamara, a buy now pay later platform for consumers in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region, has raised $340 million in a financing round that values the fintech at $1 billion.
Activision To Settle Discrimination Suit For $54 Million [Update]
Activision Blizzard has been the subject of scrutiny for several years now, due to its alleged “Boys’ Club” corporate culture.
The Adobe-Figma breakup isn’t a signal of what’s to come for startup M&A
Most startup exits look nothing like the Adobe-Figma deal, which means this breakup won’t impact most future startup acquisitions.
The State Of Xbox And Game Pass In 2023
On paper, Microsoft did what it needed to do in 2023 to improve on a quiet, somewhat empty 2022.
Okta snatches up security firm Spera, reportedly for over $100M
Okta, the identity and access management company, is acquiring security firm Spera.
Crypto valuations ‘came back to earth’ in 2023, but VCs expect them to rise again in 2024
A recent spike of interest in crypto is rebuilding momentum, and many think that next year could be promising for crypto startups’ valuations.
Vestwell raises $125M to help businesses power workplace savings programs
Vestwell, which provides the infrastructure for employers to power workplace savings programs, has raised $125 million in what the company describes as a “preempted” round of funding.
Even without Adobe, things don’t look too bad for Figma
Now that Adobe is no longer part of the picture, how Figma sailed through this period of uncertainty suggests it will come out of this saga relatively unscathed.
Equity Down Under: How Australian startups can crack the US market
For this episode of Equity, we spoke to two Aussie VCs: Dan Krasnostein of Square Peg and Gabrielle Munzer of Main Sequence.
The global venture capital market is not done retreating yet
The situation has been worsening, and if this continued weakness persists in 2024, we could start to see global VC investment retreat to prior norms.
Quora raised $75M from a16z to grow Poe, its AI chat bot platform
Quora is back at it, raising funding for the first time in nearly seven years.
Treasure Financial lays off staff just months after reporting ‘explosive growth’
Treasure Financial has laid off 14 employees, the fintech startup confirmed to TechCrunch today.
Seedstars Africa Ventures gets $30M backing from EIB Global to invest in early-stage startups
Seedstars Africa Ventures has received a $30 million capital commitment from EIB Global, an arm of the European Investment Bank, which becomes the first major institutional investment for its first Pan-African venture capital fund.
Funding for female founders remained consistent in 2023
6% of all venture funds.
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Counting down to the Reddit IPO (again)
Let’s make one thing clear: Reddit going public in the first quarter is not going to throw the IPO window wide open for other private tech companies.
Beat the clock to save $300 on passes to TechCrunch Early Stage 2024
Tick tock, it’s now o’clock.
Any growth is good, but sustainable growth is the key to success
What worked for PayPal is a good example of how your startup can start looking for its best routes to market, too.