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Oct 7, 2020 • 5min
Nivelo nabs $2.5M seed to reduce risk in digital ACH payments
As we plunge deeper into the pandemic, online transactions have become increasingly important, and ACH transactions, the ones that help us get direct deposit of our paychecks or pay our bills are growing ever more essential. Nivelo, an early stage startup from a former JP Morgan executive wants to take the risk out of ACH […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 7, 2020 • 5min
Why startups are going public now
After all those years of startups not going public, 2020 is a little bit different. It feels like more companies are filing, and more companies are seeing their debuts through. We’re even seeing direct listings and SPAC-led deals, along with a trove of traditional IPOs. Data backs up how we feel about this year’s IPO […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 6, 2020 • 5min
Faraday Future plans to go public through a SPAC deal
Faraday Future, the electric vehicle startup with a messy and complicated past, is planning to go public through a special-purchase acquisition company (SPAC) deal. The company’s chief executive Carsten Breitfeld told Reuters that the company is working on a reverse merger with a SPAC and “will be able to announce something hopefully quite soon.” Breitfeld, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 6, 2020 • 5min
Ocean Solutions Accelerator’s third wave tackles a new set of aquatic challenges
The Sustainable Ocean Alliance and its Ocean Solutions Accelerator take on the problems facing our planet’s waters, and the latest cohort of companies in the latter show a fresh slate of issues to address and resources to utilize. From reef rehabilitation to a “Fitbit for fishing boats,” they’re trying to fix things up in the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 5, 2020 • 7min
Digging into the next wave of tech IPOs
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment. Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 5, 2020 • 3min
Coinbase lets you withdraw funds to your debit card
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is adding a new way to withdraw funds from your Coinbase account. If you’ve added a compatible debit card to your account, you can transfer USD, EUR or GBP to your bank account nearly instantly. There are some drawbacks, and the main one is that you’ll pay a lot of fees. In […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 2, 2020 • 4min
With $18M in new funding, Braintrust says it’s creating a fairer model for freelancers
Braintrust, a network for freelance technical and design talent that launched over the summer, is announcing that it has raised $18 million in new funding. Co-founder and CEO Adam Jackson has written for TechCrunch about how tech companies need to treat independent contractors with more empathy. He told me via email that the San Francisco-based […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 2, 2020 • 4min
eFounders unveils its next batch of enterprise SaaS startups
Since 2011, European startup studio eFounders has launched 27 companies with a focus on software-as-a-service companies trying to improve the way we work. Some of them have been quite successful, such as Front and Aircall. And the company is working on its next batch of startups. “We're particularly inspired by the new wave of productivity […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 1, 2020 • 5min
Vista-owned backup and recovery company Datto files to go public
When Vista Equity Partners acquired backup and disaster recovery firm Datto in 2017, it was easy to think that was the end of the company’s story. It would be comfortably absorbed into the private equity portfolio continuing to make money for the firm, but that’s not really the way Vista works. It tends to build […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 1, 2020 • 4min
Multis is a business bank account for cryptocurrencies
Meet Multis, a French startup that is building business bank accounts, except that it lets you store, send and receive cryptocurrencies. The startup just raised a $2.2 million seed round. Investors in today’s funding round include White Star Capital, Y Combinator, Coinbase Ventures, eFounders, Greenfield One and Digital Currency Group. “It’s very complicated to manage […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
