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Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign

AWS re:Invent: Everything Amazon’s announced, from new AI tools to LLM updates and more

We will deliver quick hits of the biggest news from AWS re:Invent as they are announced.

Stensul draws on new capital to boost marketing creation features

Stensul added dozens of new features and functionalities. Most notable is Landing Page, which gives customers a no-code, drag-and-drop way to build integrated landing pages.

Zubale bags new capital for software to help retailers scale e-commerce in Latin America

The new investment will be deployed into growing Zubale's three e-commerce productivity offerings, continued product development and strategies to consolidate its presence in Mexico and Brazil.

Tola Capital, investing in AI-enabled enterprise software, closes largest fund at $230M

Tola Capital III will invest 25 to 30 companies globally and write average check sizes of between $1 million to $4 million for seed-stage companies.

NXTP closes largest fund with $98M for early-stage B2B founders in Latin America

NXTP Fund III represents over a 2x increase from the size of its previous fund, enabling the firm to invest in between 25 and 30 companies this time around.

Affirm’s head of product discusses its new approach to buy now, pay later

Affirm's head of product Vishal Kapoor discusses buy now, play later in a debit card, and how that’s setting Affirm apart from competitors.

Construction marketplace Construex takes in first capital to expand in Latin America

Co-founders Roberto Arroyo and his brother, Nicolas Arroyo, bootstrapped the company for almost four years and reached profitability while expanding into Chile, Guatemala and Argentina.

Birdseye’s AI-powered chief marketing officer drives personalized email campaigns for retailers

The company offers hyper-personalization email and SMS campaigns and retail transaction data insights from one dashboard.

Vendelux grabs new capital for B2B event marketing amid in-person resurgence

Vendelux offers 65 million data points on over 160,000 global events, tradeshows and conferences so event marketers can make better decisions about what to attend or sponsor.

Twelve Below secures $108M across two new funds

Twelve Below aims to lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed financings with the goal of earning a 10% to 15% ownership stake in the core investments from the fund.

Chaos at OpenAI adds fuel to the AI talent poaching war

It may be difficult for just any company to court OpenAI employees even if compensation packages are eye-poppingly high because of loyalty to Sam Altman. 

SEVA, a new growth equity fund, secures $85M for debut fund in four months

SEVA intends to invest in New York-based customer-centric founders of fast-growing, bootstrapped companies to scale via profitable growth.

Inside Brex and Ramp’s AI ambitions

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Siena AI raises $4.7M to develop an empathic AI customer service agent

Siena AI developed an AI-powered customer support solution that might be a machine, but understands context and responds with empathy like a human.

Meet Tanda, your friendly neighborhood savings, lending network

Tanda offers a peer-to-peer savings and lending network to small businesses as a way to retain employees, reduce turnover and minimize burnout.

Monta Vista Capital closes its largest fund to date

Setting Monta Vista apart is that the firm doesn’t raise capital from institutional investors, but rather leverages a large network of 65 individual investors.

Interplay secures $45M for third fund focused on B2B marketplaces, vertical software

Mark Peter Davis, Interplay founder and managing partner, says the firm stands out with its outsized value proposition relative to its check size.

Klarna’s and Affirm’s very good week

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Heali’s app provides personalized nutrition guide to using food as medicine

The startup launched out of stealth with a personalized platform to eliminate the guesswork for people who want to treat and manage their health conditions using evidence-based nutrition protocols.
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