May 4, 2020
Robinhood raises $280M, pushing its valuation to $8.3B
As expected, Robinhood has closed a new round of capital. The late-stage, consumer investing app announced today that it has closed a $280 million Series F funding at…
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May 4, 2020
A turbulent stock market is a boon to investing-focused fintech startups
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. A few weeks back we dug into the…
Read articleApril 27, 2020
Indie.vc founder Bryce Roberts: Profitability is ‘more achievable than a Series A round’
Despite all evidence to the contrary, there’s more to building a startup than raising venture capital. Founders are finding success without overly relying on VC dollars; some are…
Read articleApril 27, 2020
Shine adds invoice insurance to its freelancer bank account
French startup Shine is adding a new option today. If you think there’s a chance that a client is not going to pay your next invoice, you can…
Read articleApril 24, 2020
Precursor Ventures’ Charles Hudson on ‘the conversation no one has during an upmarket’
For pre-seed startups, precarious times are baseline until they secure their first customer, first hire and first check. But no matter how built-in turbulence might be for a…
Read articleApril 23, 2020
Digits launches a free expense monitoring dashboard for small businesses, closes on $22M Series B
Digits, a fintech startup hailing from the same team that built and sold Crashlytics to Twitter, is officially launching today after two years of development. It’s also announcing…
Read articleApril 23, 2020
Stripe adds card issuing, localized card networks and expanded approvals tool
At a time when more transactions than ever are happening online, payments behemoth Stripe is announcing three new features to continue expanding its reach. The company today announced that it…
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Digging into Europe’s Q1 venture results
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Today we’re taking a look at a bit…
Read articleApril 17, 2020
Leaked pics reveal Google smart debit card to rival Apple’s
Would you pay with a “Google Card?” TechCrunch has obtained imagery that shows Google is developing its own physical and virtual debit cards. The Google card and associated…
Read articleApril 13, 2020
Frank raises $5M more in its quest to get students max financial aid
Frank, a New York-based student-facing startup, has raised $5 million in what the company described as an “interim strategic round” that Chegg, a public edtech company, took part…
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