Getting to the Root of the Problem

By | April 26, 2022

FINANCIAL INCLUSION Getting to the Root of the Problem Were you attracted to fintech by its opportunity to improve financial inclusivity worldwide?  🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏾‍♀️🙋🏼 If your hand went up, you’re in the right place.  We, for the most part, are aspirational about fintech’s power. The industry can lower servicing costs, increase speed, and allow for more…

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Catching up on CDR

By | April 26, 2022

The past ~month has been a busy one for this climate tech vertical, including: Enhanced visibility into billions of $s on the demand side Stripe led the way via a $925M vehicle to make advanced market commitments for carbon removal purchases Several noteworthy ‘individual’ carbon removal purchases, e.g., Airbus purchased up to 400,000 tonnes of removals from 1PointFive. In the…

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3 Key Changes Our Industry Must Make Now

By Jay | April 26, 2022

Cannabis professionals are filled with ideas to improve this industry. Here are 3 of them.  133 people liked my tweet asking what needs to be improved in cannabis. 38 retweeted it, and it reached 115 total replies.  I only have about 600 followers on Twitter (I just joined in January, follow me @KaitlinDomangue and get…

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The Root of the [Inclusion] Problem

By | April 26, 2022

Were you attracted to fintech by its opportunity to improve financial inclusion worldwide? 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏾‍♀️🙋🏼 If your hand went up, you’re in the right place.  We, for the most part, are aspirational about fintech’s power. The industry can lower servicing costs, increase speed, and allow for more tailored and inclusive financial services at scale.  Fintech, so…

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More Fintech M&A Doesn’t Mean Bigger Exits

By | April 25, 2022

Something I’ve noticed over the last few months — an uptick in fintech acquisitions. I mentioned it in my newsletter on Friday, but there was a few just last week: “Brex bought financial planning software company Pry Financials for $90 million, the company announced on the 19th. On the same day, Robinhood announced it was buying UK based…

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