Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer. This did not happen by magic. expectations.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Mexico’s ALLVP, Clocktower, Kevin Efrusy and Oskar Hjertonsson and existing backer Raptor Financial Group participated in the financing as well. And, the app was recently ranked in the top 10 of all apps downloaded in Mexico via Google Play, surpassing Spotify and Facebook app downloads, according to Amozurrutia.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Column Tax’s software differs from that of incumbents like TurboTax and H&R Block in that it is mobile-only and will be embedded into a customer’s existing bank account, allowing for year-round integration that the company says will cut down users’ time spent on tax prep.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2022

Jarkata-based Astro, which provides 15-minute grocery delivery, has recently closed a $60 million Series B financing round, lifting its total funding to $90 million since the business launched just nine months ago. Revenues grew more than 10x over the past few months and downloads hit 1 million, the company said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

That’s a sign of how there is not just incumbent marketshare to take away, but new users popping up all the time. “It’s complicated and people are afraid of the outcome,” she said. Turbotax, Intuit’s big product in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Fashion startup Virgio, co-founded by Amar Nagaram, former chief executive of Myntra, has raised $37 million in a new financing round as the young firm looks to build “a global fashion brand” from the South Asian market. Its eponymous app has already amassed over 100,000 downloads, it said. (On

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

We blew through about 1 million app downloads of our digital wallet a few weeks ago,” Hemmat told TechCrunch. “We I think that’s a big moat around any of the incumbents,” he said. “In

education 78

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