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FUNDRAISING Anthemis raises $700M for diverse startups Imagine it’s 2007 and you’re trying to convince financial institutions that the world is changing, digitization matters, and the future of finance will mean creating a fair and equitable system for all who participated in it.   That’s what Anthemis Group founders Amy Nauiokas and Sean Park did. 👏🏽 Today, Anthemis (founded in 2010) is considered…

SOCIAL INVESTING Stocktwits ready to take over the 🌎  Stocktwits, the OG social media community for investors and traders, raised $30 million in funding that pushes the NYC-based fintech’s valuation to $210 million.  Today the platform has: 6 million registered users 1 million monthly active users Portfolio integration for users to integrate Stocktwits accounts with brokerages like Robinhood, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, and E*trade…

INVEST Women VC control the energy ⚡ These venture capital gurus shared their spicy takes for what’s hot in the $31B fintech sector today and what will keep bringing the heat in 2022.  Here’s what we learned 🌶️ B2B infrastructure fuels consumer fintech Thanks to fintech throwing all its energy into B2B infrastructure over the last decade, consumer fintech is ripe for even more growth. And it’s…

PAYMENTS TripActions says hello to Europe  Corporate payments fintech TripActions Liquid launched in Europe making it the first — and only — fintech-powered travel and expense management offering that can support card issuance in multiple currencies.  Let’s never have to take another photo of our receipts for work travel. Let’s never have to dig through the bottom of our…

INCLUSION Black-owned fintech makes history  SoLo Funds, a mobile P2P lending exchange that provides access to loans of up to $1,000, became the only black-owned fintech startup to acquire a B Corp certification in the U.S. and Canada.  History in the making 👏🏾 Inspired by their shared experience seeing family and friends struggle to make ends meet, SoLo’s…

INCLUSION Fintech’s gender diversity problem   Fintech is meant to change the world, right? It’s the combination of finance and maturing tech that can evolve the culture of financial inclusion for the better. I truly believe that.  Here’s the thing: Fintech will only change the 🌎 when it changes itself. And it starts with the tone at the top ↑ Instead, fintech…