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After GoFundMe, Rob Solomon is flying a $200M Kite in the land of commerce

Through strategic M&A, Kite will provide brand founders with capital, operations and technology to accelerate their business across “every channel,” from e-commerce to social, retail and beyond.

Gradient Ventures backs Axle’s ‘Plaid for insurance’ approach to data verification

Axle allows users to connect their insurance account to trusted companies in seconds and then automates insurance verification.

Daily Crunch: ‘Copy-from-China’ social media app Lemon8 squeezes its way into US top 10

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Daily Crunch: New Twitter Blue feature will reportedly squelch 50% of ads for paid members

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Our favorite startups from YC’s Winter 2023 Demo Day — Part 2

Over 20,000 applications flew into Y Combinator, which ended up plucking out 282 startups for its latest batch. Now we’re getting our first look at them through Demo Day. The first day’s demos inc

Staytuned bags $34M in equity, debt to build ‘Salesforce suite for e-commerce’

Staytuned focuses on Shopify merchants and acquires and builds e-commerce applications to help them with return on investment.

Forme Financial launches out of beta as Earned to help physicians manage wealth

Earned’s “proprietary wealth engine” combines a physician’s career journey with predictive technology to create data-driven financial recommendations.

Alternative seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods reels in $5.5M

Aqua Cultured Foods is using proprietary mycoprotein (fungi) fermentation processes to create whole cuts of calamari, shrimp, scallops and filets of tuna and whitefish.

Our favorite startups from YC’s Winter 2023 Demo Day — Part 1

Here’s a crazy statistic: More than half of the companies in Y Combinator’s latest cohort were accepted to the accelerator with only an idea, no minimum viable product or revenue strategy needed.

Hyve gets a buzz going for its new social savings app

After downloading the Hyve app, users create and share goals with friends and family who can support them.

Daily Crunch: AWS now accepting applications for its new 10-week generative AI accelerator

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New funding helps CarmaCare accelerate its ‘healthcare-for-your-car’ service

CarmaCare take over where traditional car insurance leaves off to provide an easier way to buy extended warranties for car repairs.

Erin Foster, Sara Foster form Oversubscribed Ventures to invest in consumer tech

Oversubscribed Ventures is in the midst of raising a $20 million fund to invest in consumer technology and has made six investments so far.

Daily Crunch: Patreon rival Fanfix projects paying creators $50M by end of 2023

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How a fintech company handled a fintech crisis

Spend management company Airbase found itself trying to access its own funds while also helping customers make payments through Silicon Valley Bank during the bank's collapse.

Daily Crunch: Citing data privacy concerns, Italy temporarily bans ChatGPT

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Daily Crunch: Ledger locks down another $108M to double down on hardware crypto wallets

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Qualcomm-backed Aravita wants to help Brazilian supermarkets control food waste

Aravita's AI-powered solution for supermarkets looks at variables, including climate, seasonality and consumer behavior, to manage the purchasing of fresh food.

Daily Crunch: After raising $3M seed, global fintech platform Payday plans to secure licensing in Canada, UK

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Dan Teran shares Gutter Capital’s challenge of closing its first fund

Gutter Capital closed on a $25 million fund, about $10 million over its initial fundraising goal, but the process took over a year to secure the commitments.
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