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☆ Here's the pitch deck Footprint, a startup helping Wall Street verify customer identities, used to raise $13 million from VCs like QED and Index Ventures
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Footprint is a startup that helps financial firms onboard customers and verify their identities. It raised $13 million in a Series A, announced today, that was led by QED Investors. Here's the pitch deck and 5-page memo that Footprint used to win over investors. AdvertisementA startup looking to be Wall Street's one-stop shop for onboarding new customers just raised $13 million. The round was led by QED Investors, and included investment from Index Ventures and Palm Tree Capital, among others.

Persons: —, Eli Wachs Organizations: QED Investors, Service, Business, Index Ventures, Tree

☆ Carmoola, a UK car financing fintech, just raised a further $19.7 million with this 14-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Car financing fintech Carmoola has raised a further $19.7 million in an extension to its Series A round. "The business has been growing strongly and revenues are up 5x," Aidan Rushby, Carmoola CEO and cofounder told Business Insider. The FCA moved to ban such commissions in 2021 and Rushby told BI that Carmoola was able to acquire customers at a lower cost by cutting out the middlemen. Rushby told BI that the round represented a 33% up round on its previous financing but declined to give specifics on the company's valuation. Check out Carmoola's 14-slide Series A extension deck below:

Persons: Carmoola, Aidan Rushby, we've, Rushby, It's Organizations: Business, FCA, InMotion Ventures Locations: London, InMotion Ventures , New York, Kyiv

☆ A formfitting blazer and Chelsea boots, or jeans and high-top sneakers? Here's how the 2023 rising stars of VC put together their 'power outfits.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | Ben Bergman | Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Many of this year's VC rising stars told Business Insider that their go-to power outfits included apparel like tailored sport coats or Chelsea boots, and more casual pieces like hoodies and well-fitting jeans. Very few investors are wearing collared shirts with their jackets, opting instead to pair it with a t- shirt and jeans. Nmachi Jidemna told Business Insider that for her everyday wear, her go-to was "usually a structured blazer with a relaxed pair of jeans." Lori Harvey (left) and Heidi Klum (right) wearing red outfits. Black flowy trousers, black turtleneck, and chunky black boots."

Persons: that's, Laura Bock, Nmachi Jidemna, Javier Grevely, Ralph Lauren, Tobi Coker, Janelle Teng, Patron's Amber Atherton, Jason Yeh, Ashley Paston, Justin Williams, VCs, Mahati Sridhar, Grady Dick, Michelle Farsi, Pear, Vivien Ho, Lori Harvey, Heidi Klum, Valentina Frugiuele, Bauer, Griffin, Luci Fonseca, RTFKT, Brandon Hoffman, JL, Sarah Wu, Emerson, Fiona Huang, Demi Obayomi, Natalie Borowski, Daisy Wolf, Andreessen Horowitz Organizations: Business, Wellington Management, Converse, Seae Ventures, Getty, GV, Nike, Sunset Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures Locations: London, Chelsea

☆ From bouldering to silent meditation retreats: Here's how this year's rising stars of VC are keeping their wellness on track while hunting down deals
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Samantha Stokes | Madeline Renbarger | Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

And these rising stars of the VC world are at the forefront of the trend, with many adopting various wellness routines. Business Insider asked this year's rising stars to name their best wellness hack that keeps them at the top of their game. Find ways to get movingMany rising stars in VC have a relationship with exercise that goes beyond an obligatory hour at the gym or a forced jog around the block. "It's amazing how taking just 10 minutes out of my day helps set the pace and structure for the rest of the day so well," she told Business Insider. she told Business Insider.

Persons: Base10, Justin Williams, Fiona Huang, Huang, Laura Bock, Amanda Herson, Taylor Brandt, Luci Fonseca, It's, Vivien Ho, VCs, journaling, Ashley Paston, Ahmed Mirza, who's, Amber Atherton, Brandon Hoffman, Tobi Coker, Wellington Management's Javier Grevely, Natalie Borowski, I've Organizations: Business, Seae Ventures, Ventures, Headline, Base10 Investors, Meritech, Sunset Ventures Locations: New York, Eastern, Brooklyn

Zubale/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsMEXICO CITY, Nov 30 (Reuters) - E-commerce startup Zubale is setting its sights on expanding throughout Brazil and Mexico with a fresh $25 million capital injection, the company said on Thursday. In Mexico, the startup already operates in 90 cities and is eyeing another 40 over the next two years, said Monroy. He added that Zubale plans to first boost the technology behind its gig service in Mexico, Latin America's second-largest economy, to increase both workers' productivity and earnings. Zubale is also going to "speed up market penetration" of its software in Mexico, where the products are "still really green," Monroy said. The $25 million investment announced on Thursday comes from backers such as QED Investors and NFX, and follows a $40 million Series A funding round last year.

Persons: Sebastian Monroy, Zubale, Thiego Goularte, Goularte, Monroy, Kylie Madry, Rashmi Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS Acquire, MEXICO CITY, Carrefour, Sao Paulo, Thomson Locations: Sao Paulo, Brazil, Handout, MEXICO, Mexico, Sao, Rio de Janeiro

☆ Credit risks, delinquencies worsening across financial services industry: Fmr. Capital One executive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCredit risks, delinquencies worsening across financial services industry: Fmr. Capital One executiveNigel Morris, QED Investors managing partner and Capital One co-founder and fmr. COO, joins 'Fast Money' to talk headwinds facing the financial services sector, the state of consumer spending, the fintech space and more.

Persons: Nigel Morris Organizations: Capital

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Capital One Co-Founder Nigel Morris
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Capital One Co-Founder Nigel MorrisNigel Morris, QED Investors managing partner and Capital One co-founder and fmr. COO, joins 'Fast Money' to talk headwinds facing the financial services sector, the state of consumer spending, the fintech space and more.

Persons: Nigel Morris Nigel Morris Organizations: Capital

☆ Here's the 14-page pitch deck that 40Seas, a fintech looking to bring "buy now pay later" to the trade industry, used to raise $16 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It raised an $11 million seed round in January and raised an additional $6 million in an extension. Here's the pitch deck the startup used to fundraise, which attracted investors like QED Investors. Even though his startup 40Seas only launched seven months ago, for Eyal Moldovan, the business has been decades in the making. 40Seas raised its seed round in January as investors funneled $11 million into the fledgling startup. Here's the 14-page pitch deck 40Seas used to raise its seed and seed extension.

Persons: Eyal, Igor Zaks, Gil Shiff, Suki Gao, Camila, Saruhashim, 40Seas Organizations: QED, Eyal Moldovan, Moldovan, ZIM, Eminence Ventures Locations: Israel, China, India, Tel Aviv, Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Moldovan

☆ Here's the 8-page pitch deck that a startup helping government contractors navigate subcontractor compliance used to raise $2.5 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Paige Hagy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

GovForce is a software startup that helps government contractors with compliance. GovForce used this 8-page pitch deck to raise a $2.5 million seed round. This software startup is helping government contractors keep tabs on the companies it outsources work to. GovForce offers government contractors software that allows them to continually monitor the compliance of its subcontractors through a dashboard. Read the 8-page pitch deck GovForce used to raise a $2.5 million seed round.

☆ Car financing fintech Carmoola just raised $125 million in a mix of debt and equity. Check out the 12-slide pitch deck it used to raise the fresh funds.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Car financing fintech Carmoola has raised $125 million in a mix of debt and equity. The London-based startup offers credit for used car purchases and incentivizes EVs. Car financing fintech Carmoola has raised $10.3 million in a Series A round led by QED Investors and a further $115 million in debt. The London-based startup, founded in 2022, employs a buy now, pay later approach to car financing by offering loans for used car purchases in the UK. A frustrating and expensive personal journey led to the former CEO of home rental company MoveBubble, moving into the car financing sector.

☆ The founders of Web3 startup QuickNode managed to raise $60 million, valuing the company at $800 million — even after the fall of FTX. Here's how they did it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( April Joyner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Web3 infrastructure company QuickNode has raised $60 million at an $800 million valuation. That's illustrated by the blockchain infrastructure company QuickNode, which just announced $60 million in Series B funding at an $800 million valuation. That's helped QuickNode quadruple its revenue over the past year, Alex Nabutovsky, QuickNode's CEO and cofounder, told Insider. QuickNode's founders decided it was best to put off raising a Series B and focus on their company's growth. Back then, QuickNode's founders received a term sheet in a matter of days, capped off with a meal at the trendy restaurant Carbone.

Insider asked more than 40 top fintech investors to nominate the most promising fintechs. Here are the 61 most promising fintechs. Insider surveyed 43 investors — including those from Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and QED Investors — about the most promising fintechs to watch. Global fintech funding dropped to $20.4 billion in the second quarter, falling 46% from last year, according to data from CB Insights. Check out the 61 fintechs identified as most promising by top investors.

Insider asked more than 40 investors to identify top up-and-coming fintechs. Investors nominated startups both inside and outside of their own portfolios. Insider surveyed 43 investors — including those from Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and QED Investors — about the most promising fintechs to watch. Startups that were nominated included a mix of investors' portfolio companies and ones they have no financial interest in. As was the case last year, the majority of those nominated work with other businesses, not individual consumers.

Investors nominated startups both inside and outside of their own portfolios. Check out the 61 startups identified as the most promising fintechs. Startups that were nominated included a mix of investors' portfolio companies and ones they have no financial interest in. In total, 61 startups that haven't raised beyond a Series B round were identified. Many investors noted B2B startups are one of the biggest bright spots in the sector as businesses and financial institutions continue to streamline their processes and cut costs where they can.

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