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☆ Treasury management startup Payflows raises $5.5 million in round co-led by Coinbase-backer Ribbit Capital
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ribbit Capital has co-led a $5.5 million round into French startup Payflows, Insider understands. Payflows, which is still in stealth mode, is developing treasury management software. Payflows, a fintech startup focused on treasury management, has raised $5.5 million in a round co-led by US investing giant Ribbit Capital, Insider understands. Coinbase and Plaid-backer Ribbit co-led the round, four sources familiar with the deal told Insider. "We are excited to partner with amazing finance teams of top European scale-ups to build the next-gen treasury management software," she said.

☆ For 1st time, names of Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII collected. Families stamp them in emotional tribute.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Claire Wang | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Burroughs also noted the historical significance of the museum itself, which sits on a plaza where, 80 years ago, hundreds of Japanese American families lined up and boarded buses to incarceration camps. “I consider it to be one of those ground zero points in the civil rights history of this country,” she said. The Ireichō is one phase of the Irei Monument Project, an interactive, multifaceted memorial founded by Rev. Clement Hanami, the museum’s art director and vice president of exhibitions, said Williams has compiled the most accurate and extensive record to date of Japanese American incarceration. “It’s a very Japanese and Japanese American way of respecting the ancestors and their histories,” Hanami said.

☆ Former Balderton and XAnge principals launch $146 million early-stage fund Resonance to back startups in sleepy European market
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Resonance, a new $146 million fund that will focus on early-stage startups, has launched in Paris. Former Balderton and XAnge principals Maxime Le Dantec and Alban Oudin established the fund. "The sleepiness of the market is our opportunity at the moment," Oudin told Insider. A new $146 million fund that will invest in early-stage European startups in areas like fintech, consumer tech, and B2B SaaS has launched in Paris. Resonance, founded by former Balderton and XAnge principals Maxime Le Dantec and Alban Oudin, has become the early-stage tech arm of French investment firm Otium Capital.

☆ Homa wants to transform the way indie game developers build games. We got an exclusive look at the 19-slide pitch deck it used to raise $100 million.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Homa has raised $100 million in a Series B round to expand its platform for indie game developers. Check out the 19-slide pitch deck to raise the Series B round below. French gaming startup Homa, which aims to make game development easier and more efficient, has raised $100 million in a Series B round. He points to the way in which game engines such as Unreal showcase the potential of their technology with games such as Fortnite. It generates cash through a revenue share scheme with developers who make a profit on games that work, Nathan said.

☆ HR software startup Factorial has raised $120 million at a $1 billion valuation. Here's the 11-slide pitch deck it used.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Spanish HR tech startup Factorial has raised $120 million in fresh funding. Its software lets employers manage time off, hiring, payroll, and other HR functions. The Barcelona-based company has become a unicorn after raising a new deal led by Atomico. Spanish HR tech startup Factorial has raised $120 million in fresh funding to become the country's latest unicorn, valued at $1 billion. Founded in 2016, Factorial provides an HR platform to small- and medium-sized businesses.

☆ This startup enables companies to launch their own embedded finance products. Check out the 16-slide pitch deck Toqio used to raise $19.2 million.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Toqio, a London-based fintech SaaS startup, has raised $19.2 million in Series A funding. The startup's platform enables companies to launch their own fintech products. London-based fintech startup Toqio has raised $19.2 million in fresh funding. Companies can access a range of different banking and embedded finance products from the startup's platform. The startup believes its platform and marketplace offer a more cost-efficient way for companies to launch their own financial products.

☆ Public.com, an investing app backed by Will Smith and Maria Sharapova, is in talks to acquire Dutch trading startup Bux
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Investing app Public.com is in talks to acquire Dutch trading startup Bux, sources say. Bux was valued at an estimated $320 million to $480 million in 2021, but the expected deal price is lower. Investing app Public.com is in talks to acquire Dutch stock trading startup Bux, according to two sources with knowledge of the discussions. New York-based Public has been in active talks with Bux for two months, the sources said. Bux has never stated its valuation but was valued between $320 million and $480 million at its 2021 funding round, according to Dealroom estimates.

☆ This Y Combinator-backed fintech provides loans to small businesses in Africa. Check out the 10-slide pitch deck Numida used to raise $12.3 million.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Numida, a Ugandan fintech that offers credit to small businesses, has raised $12.3 million in new funding. The startup, which was founded by three Canadian Y Combinator graduates in 2015, wants to expand access to working capital for businesses across Africa. Numida believes there are 20 million small and micro businesses lacking working capital, an opportunity it values at around $5 billion. "Our initial process was simple: How do we provide the best form of working capital to excluded people?" Serena Williams' fund Serena Ventures is leading a $7.3 million portion of equity funding alongside Breega, 4Di Capital, Launch Africa, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, and MFS Africa.

☆ Andreessen Horowitz and Benchmark have piled into the burgeoning FinOps sector. Now, European startups are racing to become the region's early leader.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

European startups like Sequence and Numeral want to establish themselves as the region's leaders. In March, the valuation of Californian startup Modern Treasury spiked to $2 billion as it established itself as an early leader in the burgeoning FinOps sector. In Europe, FinOps startups have captured the attention of a wealth of venture capital firms hoping to be an early backer in the region's own Modern Treasury. The US payments market is notoriously fragmented with some 5,000 banks and no universal real-time settlements platform. Indeed, investment into European startups plummeted by 38% in the second quarter of the year to $23.7 billion, according to Crunchbase data.

These are the best seed investors backing European firms, based on data analysis from Tribe Capital. Insider and Tribe also identified the Seed 10: the best female early-stage investors. We have listed the top 50 seed investors into European firms, based in countries including the UK, Sweden, Turkey, and the US. Insider has also detailed the 10 best female seed-stage investors in Europe in the Seed 10 list. How Tribe Capital selected and ranked Insider's Seed 50 and Seed 10 lists of the early check-writers in Europe

☆ Noutățile Editurii Cartier pentru luna mai. Cu ce cărți îți poți îmbogăți biblioteca
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-24 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +7 min

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Derek Chauvin was found guilty of two counts of murder on Tuesday in the death of George Floyd, whose final breaths last May under the knee of Mr. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, were captured on video, setting off months of protests against the police abuse of Black people. After deliberating for about 10 hours over two days following an emotional trial that lasted three weeks, the jury found Mr. Chauvin, who is white, guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the killing of Mr. Floyd, a Black man, on a street corner last year on Memorial Day. Mr. Chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced in the coming weeks but is likely to receive far less time. The presumptive sentence for second-degree murder is 12.5 years, according to Minnesota’s sentencing guidelines, although the state has asked for a higher sentence. The verdict was read in court and broadcast live to the nation on television, as the streets around the heavily fortified courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, ringed by razor wire and guarded by National Guard soldiers, filled with people awaiting the verdict.

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