Cross River Bank goes from tiny to mighty, with a $3B+ valuation and a crypto-first strategy – TechCrunch

Financial technology startups raised $121.6 billion last year — up 153% year-over-year in terms of global VC deal value — and include a range of outfits, from payments companies to…

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Palantir alums raise $25M from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and other VCs for their finance startup, Mosaic – TechCrunch

Mosaic, which aims to change the way CFOs of high-growth companies operate, has raised $25 million in a Series B round of funding led by Founders Fund. Bijan Moallemi, Joe…

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16 Benelux based fintech startups that raised funding in Q1 2022; 11 of them are hiring right now

Image credits: YagoIn the past few years, several fintech companies have emerged in the Benelux region – The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. The region has aligned itself with international fintech…

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Visa launches NFT program as it considers the digital art a new form of ecommerce – TechCrunch

The credit card giant Visa has launched a NFT creator program in an effort to bring small businesses into the digital economy. “We’ve seen rapid growth in the NFT ecosystem…

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[Funding roundup] Pi Beam Electric, Seekho.ai, UPCRED, TrustCheckr raise early-stage capital

EV startup Pi Beam Electric raises $1.7M in pre-Series A led by Inflection Point VenturesThe round also saw participation from family offices, including Sattva Group and Nanavati family, syndicates, including…

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AI-powered building design platform BeamUP emerges from stealth with $15M – TechCrunch

Building design teams face a range of challenges during the design phase, from building higher while avoiding higher costs to reducing the time to occupancy. If teams don’t do their…

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