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SoftBank bets big on a ‘digital Ellis Island’

TechCrunch LA

We’re working to aggregate a historically fragmented audience and that gives us massive leverage to source better offerings, pricing and experiences for consumers across multiple categories.”. Before even jumping head first into building a fintech company, they did a lot of work prior,” Karas said.

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Down bad

TechCrunch LA

Where startup money is moving in the crypto world: Indonesian fintech platform Flip raised a $55 million Series B extension led by Tencent with participation from Block (formerly known as Square) and existing backer Insight Partners. Dutch fintech Bits of Stock , which offers crypto rewards, raised €4.2 follow the money.

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Kensh?, ‘the antithesis of Goop,’ launches a research-based guide to natural medicine

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We’re the antithesis of Goop,” Berlincourt, a fintech veteran who previously led marketing and product at Simple Finance, tells TechCrunch. nestled in the personalized and complementary medicine category, says it ensures all of the care providers featured on its platform are 100% validated. The global wellness economy represented a $4.2

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Interview with Scott Grimes, Stackin

socalTECH

Instead of signing up for a bunch of different products, we want you to house most of your information, if you want to, with Stakin', to allow you to more easily port you around the fintech universe. We curate the best products within each category of finance. What kind of financial products are you talking about?

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Interview with Vanessa Dawson, The Vinetta Project

socalTECH

Their goal is to partner in really unique ways with entrepreneurs, accelerators and investors, to create businesses and brands in new categories for P&G. They have done a ton of research and have access to consumer analytics and data, where they have identified eight categories where they feel there is a ton of potential for innovation.

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Matt Petersen On The California Climate Cup

socalTECH

The categories that are at the center of that fight are transportation electrification, the nexus of energy and digital tools for a sustainable city, including blockchain and fintech solutions, Internet-of-Things, etc. We're the fifth largest economy in the world, and startups around the world want to enter the market here.

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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M

TechCrunch LA

Women in both categories are coming to Entity because they would like to consider tech jobs or more technical promotions, but have found their expertise lacking to do so. Entity’s sweet spot is a bifurcated one, Schwab said in an interview.

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