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Singapore-based open finance startup Finantier gets backing from Y Combinator

TechCrunch

Finantier , a Singapore-based open finance startup, wants to streamline that data with a single API that gives financial services access to user data, with their consent. Open finance grew out of open banking, the same framework that Plaid and Tink are built on.

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How Many Investors are Too Many?

Both Sides of the Table

While there is no right or wrong answer, having seen the extremes I’d like to offer you a framework for considering the right answer for yourselves. And I always encourage entrepreneurs to do reference checking. The most tempting thing to do in a financing is to find two investors to split a deal. I love that.

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Japan’s EdgeCortix Closes $20 Million Funding Round, Collaborates with Renesas Electronics

AsiaTechDaily

Leading this financing endeavor were Japan’s venture capital firm, SBI Investment Co. Notably, these processes are executed at low power consumption and with minimal latency, catering to the intricate requirements of systems operating at the edge, a domain often referred to colloquially as “the edge.”

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With open banking on the horizon, the fintech-SME love story is just beginning

TechCrunch

At its most fundamental level, open banking refers to the process of using APIs to open up consumers’ financial data to third parties. This is not necessarily because open-banking frameworks offer specific new functionality that will be useful to small and medium-sized businesses.

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B2FI: Demystifying Software Sales Into Financial Institutions

Andreessen Horowitz

The MEDDICC Sales Framework To share what we’ve learned from the fintech founders and operators we’ve spoken to about this topic, we have collated their advice under an overarching sales framework known as MEDDICC. Keep in mind: this sales framework is not linear , and these steps should be taken in tandem, not sequentially.

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SambaNova raises $676M at a $5.1B valuation to double down on cloud-based AI software for enterprises

TechCrunch

The company has closed on $676 million in financing, a Series D that co-founder and CEO Rodrigo Liang has confirmed values the company at $5.1 Another set of applications involves building systems around custom language models, for example in specific industries like finance, to process data quicker.

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Investing in Valar Labs

Andreessen Horowitz

And we are thrilled to announce today that we have co-led Valar’s Seed and Series A financings, alongside partners at Pear VC and DCVC. AI in healthcare: bicycles for expert minds Where will AI impact healthcare first? Can startups build bicycles for healthcare minds? Which bicycles are worth building?