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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

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Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann. We are starting to see some of the public market valuations impact private market valuations.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS burn multiples, 8 fintech VCs spill the tea, all my apes gone

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Despite the ongoing correction in the public markets, mass layoffs in the tech sector and high inflation, U.S. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The right questions to ask investors when fundraising in a down market. Fundraising in turbulent markets: Why we moved up our Series B.

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Meet the newest crypto builders from web3 accelerator Alliance DAO’s demo day

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About three-fourths of the teams are focusing on NFTs, infrastructure or decentralized finance (DeFi), while the majority of the teams are building on layer-1 blockchains Ethereum, Polygon and Solana. The pitch: The NFT market has exploded and the communities surrounding them have flourished, co-founder Chris Tam said. Stage: Pre-seed.

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Raise, a startup building Africa’s Carta, gets backing from 500 Startups

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In 2019, Marvin Coleby, Tina Nyamache and Eugene Mutai set out to create a blockchain solution that would make it easier for people to buy and sell shares in pre-IPO companies in Africa. ” By that measure, Africa’s capital markets for private and public companies are painfully illiquid. The company is active in Nigeria and Kenya.

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Kenya’s fintech Kwara lands $4 Million in seed round from Breega, SoftBank to build neobank for credit unions

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The Kenyan fintech Kwara was launched in 2019 to help credit unions (savings and credit cooperatives societies, SACCOs) in the East African country shift to digital platforms by providing them with its proprietary Back-end-as-a-service (BaaS) software. The startup’s goal is to serve 1 billion people by 2030. last year to reach $5.6

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Zero-day exploits, breaking into Japan, algorithmic VC investing

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Launching a product in a foreign market where you’re unfamiliar with the language and culture is a necessary step for growing companies, “but the barriers to entry are high” in Japan, Birrmacher notes, which is why building community was foundational to their expansion. yourprotagonist.

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How To Build A Fintech App In 2022

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Fintech applications prevail in the financial sphere, but the process of their development doesn’t look easy at the first glance. So, how to build a fintech app to deliver the best quality to end-users and beat the competition? Before asking “How to build a fintech app,” it’s worth knowing why one should do it.

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