Nader Al-Naji, a crypto entrepreneur who today lives in L.A., has been on a roller coaster in recent years — and he doesn’t pretend otherwise. In 2018, roughly 16 months after raising $140 million from investors for a cryptocurrency startup that aimed to develop a stablecoin, Al-Naji and his Princeton […]
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Why a bipartisan embrace of crypto might never touch Bitcoin – TechCrunch
Hey everyone, and welcome back to Chain Reaction In our Chain Reaction podcast this week, Anita and I chatted with Sequoia Capital’s Shaun Maguire on why gamers are skeptical of NFTs and where decentralization really matters. More details below. Last week was our inaugural newsletter and we chatted at length […]
Serial fintech founder raises $20M for Ant Money to make micro-investing even more accessible – TechCrunch
Serial fintech entrepreneur Walter Cruttenden founded Acorns with his son, Jeff, in 2012 with the goal of helping low- and middle-income households invest and save responsibly. The pair wanted to simplify investing for the millions that have trouble getting started or continuing to invest. Then in 2018, Walter went live […]
PrimaryBid raises $190M to double down on making it easier for ordinary people to invest in IPOs and follow-on fundraises – TechCrunch
Thanks to the growth of fintech, financial services like investing are getting ever more accessible to the wider population of consumers. Now, one of the bigger players pushing the boundaries of that concept is announcing a big round of funding on the heels of strong demand and what it believes […]
Enduring Planet unwraps a new fintech platform – TechCrunch
Enduring Planet, a new fintech firm that exclusively funds climate entrepreneurs, is taking the wraps of its first product after securing $5 million in debt and equity financing. The company aims to deliver fast debt capital to startups and small businesses that focus on climate, such as by mitigating emissions […]
Blockchain’s youngest billionaire roasts world’s biggest cryptocurrency – TechCrunch
Thirty-year-old crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried took aim at Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, saying it has no future as a payments network in an interview with Financial Times today. Bankman-Fried is CEO and co-founder of FTX, the second-most popular digital asset exchange by trading volume, according to CoinMarketCap. “The bitcoin […]
5 essential factors for attracting angel investment – TechCrunch
Marjorie Radlo-Zandi Contributor Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member, mentor to startups and angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. More posts by this contributor 4 key strategies for succeeding at international expansion In more than two decades as an angel investor […]
Why the next big entrepreneur must come from climate tech – TechCrunch
Peter Gajdoš Contributor Peter Gajdoš is a partner at Fifth Wall, where he co-leads the Climate Technology Investment team. When I started getting involved in clean tech 1.0 financing back in 2005, “climate change” was some future event. Hurricane Katrina had just happened, and many experts viewed it primarily as […]