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Stealthy social commerce startup taps into Meta roots to create AI-first brand messaging

Nectar AI will help brands find new ways to personally engage and convert consumers where they spend the most time.

GGV Capital US backs Arteria AI’s digital makeover for financial document creation

The company’s platform structures data at the time a contract is drafted. Then as documentation is added, an intelligent workflow helps speed up approvals, negotiations and decision-making.

Garuda Ventures’ debut fund will invest in B2B-focused software companies

Garuda Capital invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups focused on business-to-business in the areas of cloud, climate, apps and commerce.

Fintech startup Finerio secures $6.5M to create open finance ecosystem in Latin America

In the past year, Finerio created an API hub for digital payments, credit and personal finance management, as well as a place for financial institutions to comply with new open banking regulations. 

Nomad Homes adds software for real estate agents following $20M capital infusion

The company added a B2B component called Nomad Agent, which provides a network for real estate agents to collaborate with one another and standardize commission-sharing.

Is Plaid’s potential IPO a sign of fintech turning a corner?

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iink puts its digital stamp on property insurance claim lending following $12M Series A

iink integrates with mortgage servicing banks and insurance carriers to create an entirely digital and automated workflow to keep the restoration process moving along.

Catch, offering health insurance for gig workers, relaunches with new owners

Alexa Irish and Laura Speyer, now the co-CEOs of Catch, acquired the company in June after the original co-founders shuttered the company.

Vopero, now with $4 million more, provides a clothing resale marketplace for Latin America

Vopero intends to launch in Chile by the end of the year with a goal to put 1,000 of its items in “corners” of physical retailers like Paris.

Flanks grabs additional capital to automate wealth services in Europe

Flanks gathers global wealth data under one API so that clients can have a complete view of their investment portfolio in real time and make more intelligent investment decisions.

Salted spices up its QSR brands with $14M, new Mediterranean-style restaurant

The Los Angeles-based company has created six brands since the company was founded in 2014, including moonbowls (Korean cuisine), Cauliflower Pizza and lulubowls (Hawaiian-inspired dishes). 

Solid co-founders call FTV Capital’s fraud claims ‘completely baseless and incorrect’

Arjun Thyagarajan and Raghav Lal, the co-founders of fintech startup Solid, are pushing back at investor FTV Capital's lawsuit with a counterclaim of their own.

Creative Force, now with $8.9M, gives e-commerce workflows an AI treatment

Creative Force helps retailers and brands create content at scale for marketing campaigns and online merchandising.

Braid shuts down, Stash marches toward an IPO and what happens when a fintech relationship fizzles out

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Amid breakup, Synapse, Evolve address allegations about how their relationship ended

Synapse and Evolve addressed allegations that claimed the companies were at odds with each other after Evolve decided to end the relationship.

Food tech roundup: Mammoth meatballs, tiger steaks and zebra chops, oh my!

Is it time to normalize the idea of cultivated meat? Depends on who you ask.

Ergo’s Shopify app gives online retailers joy of bartering without the hassle

The startup is developing pricing software to give online retailers an easy way to clear out inventory and increase profits without having to put those items on sale.

Yooga wants its restaurant operating system to be ‘Toast of Latin America’

Yooga provides software for restaurants to manage orders, send orders to the kitchen, last-mile delivery and control inventory and cash flow.

Pair Eyewear sets its peepers on international expansion following $75M Series C

The company saw revenue grow 24x between 2020 and 2023, and is expecting to double its year over year revenue at the end of this year.

Wanda Fish navigates VC waters to catch $7M for production of cultivated bluefin tuna

The company aims to create whole-cut cultivated fish filets, starting with bluefin tuna, using muscle and fat cells.
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