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Understand the Funding Process and What Investors Want to See

Gust

Some very small businesses—particularly those that offer the professional or personal services of a single individual—can be launched and grown with few or no resources other than human time and talent. The post Understand the Funding Process and What Investors Want to See appeared first on Gust.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Segment One: Jim’s background and Clearstone’s investment strategy. We also talked about Elevation Partners who invested in Palm and how this deal really salvaged their investment, which was a VERY big bet on Palm.

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

American Entrepreneurship

With Boulevard Capital, we developed a unique offering based on our deep understanding of the industry, making funding more equitable and accessible to self-care business owners from diverse backgrounds so they can invest in their continued growth.” To learn more, visit joinblvd.com.

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Fintech companies must balance the pursuit of profit against ethical data usage

TechCrunch

As the marketplace is poked by yet another technocrat tentacle, this time in the heart of financial services, traditional banks that consumers and businesses once relied on find themselves at a crossroads. Traditional banks miss the digital mark. But there’s a digital gap holding FIs back, especially small community banks and credit unions.

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

AsiaTechDaily

They aim to seamlessly assist novices on their financial journey by incorporating features such as investment and insurance into their app, along with offering access to online human financial advisers. Habitto leveraged this new regulatory environment by integrating savings, insurance, and investment into a single app.

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Continual raises $4M for its AI-powered data platform

TechCrunch

Zajonc’s last startup, Sense, was an early enterprise platform that was acquired by Cloudera in 2016, while his co-founder, Tyler Kohn, previously built RichRelevance, a personalization service that was acquired by Manthan System in 2019.

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Small Business Check-In: Which Sectors Are Recovering Better and Why?

StartupNation

just two months later as businesses slashed headcount, reduced inventory and began reimagining nearly every in-person service through the lens of a remote delivery model. We believe in the resurgence of American entrepreneurism and are committed to investing in its future. The unemployment rate soared from 3.5%

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