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Luxury clothing distributors get into virtual try-on tech; bag $15M Series A on a $100M valuation

Zelig users can create different outfit combinations and then save them to their profile and even share them before purchasing complete looks.

20GROWTH secures $5M to invest in early-stage startups, provide growth strategies

The idea for 20GROWTH came from Harry Stebbings bringing together heads of growth and product from various companies to talk to his portfolio founders.

Why last week felt like 2021 in fintech

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Personal finance app Monarch sees bump in users following Intuit’s news it is closing Mint

Monarch's co-founder said that Nov. 1 “was our biggest day in terms of new users since we launched the app” in January 2021.

Payroll Integrations grabs $20M to build employee financial wellness tools

Over the past seven years, the company built integrations with the largest payroll companies in the U.S. to provide a direct two-way connection between payroll and benefits automation. 

Bee Partners closes fourth fund to add more capital for pre-seed founders in deep tech

The San Francisco-based venture capital firm invests in companies focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and frontier technologies.

This proptech startup says generative building design can change the way cities are built

Cedar has coverage across Austin now, however, the new capital will enable the company to expand to more cities over the next 12 to18 months. 

A look at how one fintech CEO’s PR decision backfired

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Stealthy social commerce startup taps into Meta roots to create AI-first brand messaging

Nectar AI will help brands find new ways to personally engage and convert consumers where they spend the most time.

GGV Capital US backs Arteria AI’s digital makeover for financial document creation

The company’s platform structures data at the time a contract is drafted. Then as documentation is added, an intelligent workflow helps speed up approvals, negotiations and decision-making.

Garuda Ventures’ debut fund will invest in B2B-focused software companies

Garuda Capital invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups focused on business-to-business in the areas of cloud, climate, apps and commerce.

Fintech startup Finerio secures $6.5M to create open finance ecosystem in Latin America

In the past year, Finerio created an API hub for digital payments, credit and personal finance management, as well as a place for financial institutions to comply with new open banking regulations. 

Nomad Homes adds software for real estate agents following $20M capital infusion

The company added a B2B component called Nomad Agent, which provides a network for real estate agents to collaborate with one another and standardize commission-sharing.

Is Plaid’s potential IPO a sign of fintech turning a corner?

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iink puts its digital stamp on property insurance claim lending following $12M Series A

iink integrates with mortgage servicing banks and insurance carriers to create an entirely digital and automated workflow to keep the restoration process moving along.

Catch, offering health insurance for gig workers, relaunches with new owners

Alexa Irish and Laura Speyer, now the co-CEOs of Catch, acquired the company in June after the original co-founders shuttered the company.

Vopero, now with $4 million more, provides a clothing resale marketplace for Latin America

Vopero intends to launch in Chile by the end of the year with a goal to put 1,000 of its items in “corners” of physical retailers like Paris.

Flanks grabs additional capital to automate wealth services in Europe

Flanks gathers global wealth data under one API so that clients can have a complete view of their investment portfolio in real time and make more intelligent investment decisions.

Salted spices up its QSR brands with $14M, new Mediterranean-style restaurant

The Los Angeles-based company has created six brands since the company was founded in 2014, including moonbowls (Korean cuisine), Cauliflower Pizza and lulubowls (Hawaiian-inspired dishes). 

Solid co-founders call FTV Capital’s fraud claims ‘completely baseless and incorrect’

Arjun Thyagarajan and Raghav Lal, the co-founders of fintech startup Solid, are pushing back at investor FTV Capital's lawsuit with a counterclaim of their own.
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