July 19, 2018
Even raises $40M to transform the working class to the savings class
The working class of the United States doesn’t get many breaks these days. It’s not just a function of low pay and long hours, but also the incredible…
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July 12, 2018
Robinhood CEO Baiju Bhatt to talk fintech at Disrupt SF
Robinhood has gone from being a little consumer-facing fintech app to an absolutely giant consumer-facing fintech app. The company, which launched in 2013, has ballooned to a $5.6…
Read articleJuly 12, 2018
Japanese startup Paidy raises $55M Series C to let people shop online without a credit card
Paidy, a fintech startup that enables Japanese consumers to shop online without using a credit card, announced today that it has raised a $55 million Series C. The…
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Jina Choi, SF Regional Director of the SEC, is coming to Disrupt to talk ICOs and more
The Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal agency responsible for protecting investors and maintaining fair and orderly functioning of our securities markets, has 11 regional offices, including in…
Read articleJuly 5, 2018
Joseph Lubin, Amanda Gutterman and Sam Cassatt from Consensys to speak at Disrupt SF
There is perhaps no firm that has done as much to promote the adoption of Ethereum as the dominant cryptocurrency platform for actual product development as Consensys. Founded…
Read articleJuly 3, 2018
Airwallex raises $80M for its international payment service for businesses
Airwallex, a three-year-old fintech startup focused on international payments for SMEs and businesses, is putting itself on the map after it raised an $80 million Series B round.…
Read articleJune 29, 2018
Thousands of cryptocurrency projects are already dead
Two sites that are actively cataloging failed crypto projects, Coinopsy and DeadCoins, have found that over a 1,000 projects have failed so far in 2018. The projects range…
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Twitter buys a startup to battle harassment, e-cigs are booming, and a meditation app is worth $250M
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week TechCrunch’s Silicon Valley Editor Connie Loizos and I jammed…
Read articleJune 21, 2018
Drip Capital helps exporters access working capital
Drip Capital is raising a $20 million funding round from Accel, Wing VC and Sequoia India. The company is helping small exporters in emerging markets access working capital…
Read articleJune 15, 2018
Venmo is discontinuing web support for payments and more
PayPal-owned, peer-to-peer payments app Venmo is ending web support for its service, the company announced in an email to users. The changes, which are beginning to roll out…
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