Fintech Companies Got Stimulus Checks Too

3 Fintech News Stories #1: How Much BaaS Is Too Much BaaS? What happened? Unit, the banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider, raised more money: Unit, a banking-as-a-service startup, has closed on a $100 million Series C round of funding led by Insight Partners. Existing backers Accel, Better Tomorrow Ventures and Flourish Ventures also participated in the financing, which…

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Healthcare Supply Chain Gone Haywire

SUPPLY CHAIN Healthcare Supply Chain Gone Haywire Hospitals are grappling with yet another serious, pandemic-induced supply chain shortage. This time: intravenous contrast. GE Healthcare’s production site in Shanghai shut down in April after the city went into another Covid-19 lockdown. Return to production has been slow. The company estimates the site is now operating at around…

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Healthcare Supply Chain Gone Haywire

SUPPLY CHAIN Healthcare Supply Chain Gone Haywire Hospitals are grappling with yet another serious, pandemic-induced supply chain shortage. This time: intravenous contrast. My ThoughtsGE Healthcare’s production site in Shanghai shut down in April after the city went into another Covid-19 lockdown. Return to production has been slow. The company estimates the site is now operating at…

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Sharma- 05/22/2022

Happy Sunday! I hope you’re having a relaxing weekend. By the time you open this newsletter, assuming you’re reading it once it arrives, I’ll be backstage somewhere at EDC in Las Vegas. More to come on how being in DTC led me there next weekend, but until then, I hope you’re sitting down comfortably, feet…

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