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Jul 6, 2020 • 4min
Lydia expands credit offering in partnership with Younited Credit
French startup Lydia is announcing a new partnership with Younited Credit, which lets you borrow anything between €500 and €3,000 and pay back within 6 to 36 months. The feature will be released in France at some point during the summer. This isn’t the first time Lydia is playing around with credit. The company already […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 6, 2020 • 4min
Location data startup Bluedot raises $9.1M
Bluedot, a geofencing and location data startup used by companies like Dunkin’, KFC and McDonald’s, is announcing that it has raised $9.1 million in Series B funding. The San Francisco-headquartered company claims that its technology its 20 times more accurate than competing solutions — something that CEO Emil Davityan attributed to its roots in the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 3, 2020 • 3min
Lemonade and Accolade open sharply higher as public markets rally
Despite today’s bucket of plus-and-minus economic data, stocks are heading higher in regular trading. And among the shares rising the most are today’s two venture-backed IPOs: Lemonade and Accolade. TechCrunch wrote this morning that the firms’ aggressive IPO pricing arcs boded well for the IPO market itself, that investors were willing to price growth-y shares […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 3, 2020 • 5min
Science Inc. is getting into the music business with incubator Heavy Sound Labs
Jason Geter, who previously co-founded Grand Hustle Records, told me that he’s looking to “redefine what a record label is today” with his new startup Heavy Sound Labs. Geter said he sees Heavy Sound — which is part of startup studio Science Inc. — as an extension of the work he’s been doing for decades: […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 2, 2020 • 6min
Vendia raises $5.1M for its multi-cloud serverless platform
When the inventor of AWS Lambda, Tim Wagner, and the former head of blockchain at AWS, Shruthi Rao, co-found a startup, it’s probably worth paying attention. Vendia, as the new venture is called, combines the best of serverless and blockchain to help build a truly multi-cloud serverless platform for better data and code sharing. Today, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 2, 2020 • 3min
Point launches new challenger bank with rewards on debit card purchases
Meet Point, a new challenger bank in the U.S. that has been available as a private beta for the past year. Today, the company is launching a major new version of its service and opening its doors to everyone. But you’ll have to get an invite to get in at first. Point is a consumer […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 1, 2020 • 3min
Bolt launches electric bike-sharing service in Paris
Like other ride-hailing companies, Bolt has been suffering from the coronavirus-related lockdown and economic downturn around the world. But the company is trying to find another revenue stream by launching electric bikes in Paris. Bolt plans to launch a similar service in other European capitals this year. For the past couple of weeks, the only […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 1, 2020 • 5min
Oculus co-founder and games industry vets form Mountaintop Studios
Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell is heading up a new game development house called Mountaintop Studios, joined by colleagues from around the gaming industry. The company aims to leave the crunch and toxic culture pervasive in game studios behind and make one that’s “collaborative, anti-crunch, diverse, and inclusive.” The founding team includes Mitchell’s former colleague Mark […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 30, 2020 • 4min
Personal Capital sells to Empower Retirement in deal worth up to $1B
Today Personal Capital, a fintech company that had attracted over $265 million in private funding, announced that it is selling itself to Empower Retirement, a company that provides retirement services to other companies. The deal is worth $825 million upon closing, with another $175 million in what are described as “planned growth” incentives, according to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 30, 2020 • 3min
After losing Grubhub, Uber reportedly hails Postmates
Uber has reportedly made an offer to buy food delivery service Postmates, according to The New York Times. According to the Times, the talks are still ongoing and the deal could fall through. For those that have been paying attention to Uber, this appetite is not new, albeit consistent. A little over a month ago, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
