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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

With $90 million in deposits and $18.25 million in new financing, HMBradley is making moves as the Los Angeles-based entrant into the challenger bank competition. LA is home to a growing community of financial services startups and HMBradley is quickly taking its place among the leaders with a novel twist on the banking business. Unlike most banking startups that woo customers with easy credit and savvy online user interfaces, HMBradley is pitching a better savings account.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based Credit Key , a startup which helps e-commerce merchants offer up instant point-of-sale financing to customers, has raised $33.85M in its Series A funding. The funding came from Greycroft, Bonfire Ventures, Loeb.nyc, and other investors. The startup--led by startup veteran John Tomich--integrates with e-commerce payment systems, appearing as a payment option at checkout.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Santa Monica-based Quid , which offers up a way for private company employees to gain liquidity even before their startups are purchased or have an initial public offering, said on Monday that it has raised $320M in a second fund. According to the company, the new fund will go to provide liquidity and option exercise loans for private company employes.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Irvine, California- and Sydney, Australia-based Morse Micro , which is developing Wi-Fi chips aimed for use in Internet of Things (IoT), has raised $13M more in a funding round, the company said very late Monday evening. The startup said the funding came from Blackbird Ventures, Main Sequence Ventures, Clean Energy Innovation Fund, Skip Capital, and Ray Stata.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based fintech startup HMBradley , which offers up online, digital bank accounts which pay interest based not on a user's balance, but on what percentage of their direct deposits they are saving, has raised $18.25M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Acrew Capital. The company offers up 3 percent APY for depositors who save at least 20% of their direct deposits to the bank, down to just 0.5% for those saving 5%.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Santa Barbara-based WELL Health , a startup which offers up patient communications tools to healthcare providers, payers, and others, has raised $45M more in a SEries C funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Lead Edge Capital, and also included Martin Ventures, the healthcare-focused venture capital firm founded by executive, investor, and entrepreneur, Charlie Martin, and existing investors Jackson Square Ventures, Health Velocity Capital, Summation Health Ventures, S

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