Brightflow AI and CircleUp are now working together to help brands apply for business loans. With their new strategic partnership, CircleUp, which is a data company serving companies in the consumer goods space, will use Brightflow AI software and data to service its loan portfolio,...
Running a small business is not for the faint of heart — or the deeply optimistic. The numbers, as offered by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, are not encouraging. About 20 percent of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have failed by the end of...
CircleUp is adding a new way to invest in consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. The crowdfunding platform — which originally launched to link businesses with accredited investors — will now begin lending directly to companies seeking funding, the firm said this week. This will be accomplished...
Crowdfunding platform CircleUp, which connects accredited investors with food-focused retail businesses, announced it has raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Collaborative Fund. The San Francisco, CA-based startup facilitates the interaction of businesses with compatible investors through its products that include providing market data and product...
June 02, 2023
Brightflow AI has acquired CircleUp to bolster its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered financial insights tool. The deal will add the data and insights on emerging brands and trends in consumer packaged goods from CircleUp’s Helio insight engine to Brightflow AI’s financial data and intelligence platform for small businesses, Brightflow AI said in a Thursday (June 1) […]
March 07, 2023
Brightflow AI and CircleUp are now working together to help brands apply for business loans. With their new strategic partnership, CircleUp, which is a data company serving companies in the...
November 12, 2015
Crowdfunding platform CircleUp, which connects accredited investors with food-focused retail businesses, announced it has raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Collaborative Fund. The San Francisco, CA-based startup facilitates the interaction...
July 14, 2015
CircleUp, the crowdfunding startup, is straying a bit off the beaten path in its latest fundraising round. As reported by TechCrunch Monday (July 13), the startup, which sits alongside peers such...