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Digital Health Funding Slows in 2022: Is the Hype Fading or is it a Temporary Setback?
While 2022’s total digital health funding disappointed many, it was anything but unexpected. Throughout 2022, I frequently reported on digital health startups’ struggles, from fundraising to layoffs. While some digital health verticals had it tougher than others, it’s safe to say everyone suffered together. In this article, I’ll recap Rock Health’s annual digital health funding report, highlight funding trends…
Read MoreAuto Lending: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
I’ve written about the Goldilocks Theory of financial industry analysis before – the most interesting stuff to study, the stuff that actually tells you something about the future of the industry as a whole, is the stuff in the middle – not too big, not too small. It’s why I find large regional banks so…
Read MoreWhen Should You Raise? And Other Raising Advice For Founders
Over the first few weeks of 2023, I’ve noticed that a lot of my calls and meetings with founders have revolved around one key topic: when should I raise? This is largely applicable to preseed founders or folks raising their first round of capital, but is pertinent to any founder thinking about fundraising for their…
Read MoreMeet Girls Who Code Founder Reshma Saujani
Since 1995 the number of women in computing has gone from 37% to 22%. The gender gap is getting worse, not better, despite *trending* inclusion initiatives. Meet the woman worth betting on who has raised $100 million to turn things around by 2030. Reshma Saujani is the founder of 2 women-focused organizations: Girls Who Code…
Read MoreMarqeta CEO Jason Gardner Talks Getting Started, Going Public, & Scaling A Fintech Company
There are very few companies in the fintech space that have the same CEO from company creation to IPO–Marqeta’s Jason Gardner is one of them. And even though the company is public, it’s still iterating and creating new products to grow and expand—most notably, Marqeta for Banking, a solution for clients enabling them to build complete banking propositions…
Read MoreFirst Dollar: Flexible Health Benefits Infrastructure
Today we’re taking a deep dive into the healthcare benefits space. The First Dollar team provided me with some behind the scenes intel on what’s going on in the healthcare benefits space, their business model, the pain points they solve for their customers, and what’s next at the intersection of healthcare and fintech.
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