startups

Startup or start up is a company or project initiated by an entrepreneur to seek, effectively develop, and validate a scalable business model. Hence, the concepts of startups and entrepreneurship are similar.

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VC Investments for Tech Startups Drop 26% in Q1 2022

VC Investments for Tech Startups Drop 26% in Q1 2022
VC Investments for Tech Startups Drop 26% in Q1 2022
May 17, 2022  |  Startups

Startups that had previously been seen as darlings have had to lay off employees, cut spending, cancel projects and generally scale back ambitions due to...

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Plummeting FinTech IPO Index Carries Warning for Future Startup Funding
Plummeting FinTech IPO Index Carries Warning for Future Startup Funding
May 16, 2022  |  IPO

There are downturns, and then there are the routs signaling that something’s changed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Auto Retailer: Offering Payment Options, Including Crypto, Simplifies Car Buying
Auto Retailer: Offering Payment Options, Including Crypto, Simplifies Car Buying
May 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

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Ex-Meta Exec David Marcus Launches Crypto Payments Startup
Ex-Meta Exec David Marcus Launches Crypto Payments Startup
May 13, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Former Meta executive David Marcus — head of Facebook’s stablecoin Diem efforts — is launching a new cryptocurrency payments startup on the Lightning Network called...

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African Cybersecurity and Anti-Fraud Firm Identitypass Raises $2.8M in Seed Funding
African Cybersecurity and Anti-Fraud Firm Identitypass Raises $2.8M in Seed Funding
May 12, 2022  |  Investments

Lagos-based cybersecurity and anti-fraud startup Identitypass has secured $2.8 million in seed funding that it will use to grow its suite of products and expand...

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Goldman Sachs Dealmaker Scott Young Departs For iCreditWorks
Goldman Sachs Dealmaker Scott Young Departs For iCreditWorks
May 12, 2022  |  Personnel

A Goldman Sachs executive known as the bank’s dealmaker when it came to credit cards is leaving the company for fledgling startup iCreditWorks. Get the...

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Deserve Adds $250M to Support Growth of Digital Credit Card Platform
Deserve Adds $250M to Support Growth of Digital Credit Card Platform
May 11, 2022  |  Investments

Credit card startup Deserve on Wednesday (May 11) secured a $250 million credit facility with Goldman Sachs, Cross River and Waterfall Asset Management that will...

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Blockchain Data Firm Chainalysis Raises $170M at $8.6B Valuation
Blockchain Data Firm Chainalysis Raises $170M at $8.6B Valuation
May 11, 2022  |  Investments

Chainalysis raised $170 million in a Series F funding round led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC that doubles the company’s valuation to $8.6 billion...

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UAE-Based FinTech Spades Raises $2.5M in Angel Round
UAE-Based FinTech Spades Raises $2.5M in Angel Round
May 10, 2022  |  Investments

Spades, a dine-in payment FinTech based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has closed a $2.5 million angel round, according to a Magnitt report Tuesday...

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