by BillMalloy | May 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Created in 2019, Playa Vista-based Spotter counts YouTube superstars like MrBeast, Dude Perfect, and Like Nastya among its clients. The fintech startup advances cash to these creators against their future advertising revenue on existing content. Ad revenue makes up a...
by BillMalloy | Apr 18, 2022 | Startups
Boston ranked fifth in last year’s Startup Genome’s Global Startup Ecosystem Report. Unsurprisingly, Silicon Valley came first, with New York and London tying for second place and Beijing claiming fourth place. These cities have consistently maintained the top five...
by BillMalloy | Nov 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
AI-driven corporate travel management platform TripActions is based in Palo Alto, California, but it was first established in 2015 in Israel by founders Ariel Cohen and Ilan Twig. The tech startup provides its enterprise clients with real-time data, automated...
by BillMalloy | Nov 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
In September 2021, TechCrunch profiled two fintech startups aimed at empowering women in emerging markets. Pakistan’s Oraan and Nigeria’s HerVest were both founded by women who know which pain points need to be addressed to appeal to their targeted users. These and...
by BillMalloy | Sep 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
On August 4, Colorado’s Reserve Trust announced a $30.5 million Series A fundraise, led by QED Investors. The investment brings total funding since the fintech company’s inception to $35.5 million and includes $17.9 million in secondary shares. FinTech Collective and...
by BillMalloy | Sep 1, 2021 | Business, Finance, Fintech, Startups
FranShares, a Chicago-based fintech startup, has filed with the SEC to make fractional franchise ownership accessible to global retail investors with as little as $500. According to the FranShares website, there are over 770,000 franchise establishments in America....
by BillMalloy | Aug 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Insurance is quite possibly the best example of a “grudge purchase” – nobody wants it, but everyone needs it. It’s what everyone thought accounted for the negligible profit or even losses of 80 percent of insurers leading up to 2020. But now, a new trend in...
by BillMalloy | Aug 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
The COVID-19 pandemic has fast-tracked America’s move to mobile banking, and investors are following the money – literally. Last year, Chime, the mobile banking app, became the most valuable American retail fintech startup when it raised $485 million at a...
by BillMalloy | Jul 20, 2021 | Cryptocurrency, Finance, Fintech, Startups, Technology
Imagined by John Q. Public to be little more than an online bookstore at its launch in the mid-1990s, Amazon is now one of the “Big Five” (i.e., the five largest information technology companies in the United States). Its website describes it as focusing on...
by BillMalloy | Jul 6, 2021 | Business, Fintech, Technology
Travel brands are looking for tools to spur the industry’s revival after the worst downturn in recorded history. The UK’s fintech startup Fly Now Pay Later is keen to help out. It has just raised an additional £10 million ($14 million), bringing its total funding to...
