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Boulevard Launches New Capital Program Designed Specifically for Self-Care Businesses 

American Entrepreneurship

Boulevard Capital delivers fast funding to help salons, spas, barbershops, and medspas accelerate business growth LOS ANGELES – March 20, 2024 – Boulevard ( www.joinblvd.com ), provider of the client experience platform purpose-built for appointment-based, self-care businesses, today announced the launch of Boulevard Capital.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon. I gave carve outs for Steamboat, Intel and Comcast Interactive Capital, all of whom I believe are more like VCs than strategic money and can be great to work with.

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Boulevard Named to GGV Capital’s 2023 SMBTech 50

American Entrepreneurship

Launched in 2022, GGV Capital’s SMBTech 50 demonstrates both the breadth and depth of the sector and the enthusiasm of venture capital investors for these companies. About GGV Capital GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm partnering with founders to build category-leading companies around the world.

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How Habitto managed to break into the Japanese Fintech scene in record time without knowing a word of Japanese

AsiaTechDaily

Habitto also recognized the Japanese preference for personalized services and introduced real-person financial consultations through video and chat functions within the app, allowing users to take their first steps into investing or purchasing insurance. This article is part of a partnership with Cherubic Ventures.

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How to Use AI to Successfully Build and Scale Your Retail Business

StartupNation

The commitment and time sacrifice are significant, and the expenditure of capital combined with the stress of managing numerous tasks can be overwhelming. Marketing automation is just one example and can be implemented through email correspondence, personalized web messaging, social media posts or a good old-fashioned text message.

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Vivid Money, a financial super app, raises $114M at an $886M valuation to expand in Europe

TechCrunch

Now, as it gears up to add more services to its platform and expand across all of Europe, the startup has raised €100 million ($114 million), in a round of funding led by Greenoaks Capital, with Ribbit Capital and new backer SoftBank Vision Fund 2 also participating.

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Nigerian YC-backed startup Anchor comes out of stealth with $1M+ to scale its banking-as-a-service platform

TechCrunch

At the time, the startup’s co-founder and CEO, Segun Adeyemi , said that he was taking a break and would “likely start another company” later. As such, banking-as-a-service platforms see an opportunity to provide more personalized services and flexibility at less cost. The situation is no different in Africa.

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