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USAA is Hiring! The Member Protection organization is seeking a Lead Model Validator to join our first-line model governance team. In this critical…
USAA is Hiring! The Member Protection organization is seeking a Lead Model Validator to join our first-line model governance team. In this critical…
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In the Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) market, distinguishing between players like Unit, Marqeta, Synctera, or Lithic can be a challenge for those not…
In the Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) market, distinguishing between players like Unit, Marqeta, Synctera, or Lithic can be a challenge for those not…
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Pie has raised a $19.5M Series A from Lightspeed! Their focus -- be the embedded growth engine for every SMB. here's my interview w/ founder Syed…
Pie has raised a $19.5M Series A from Lightspeed! Their focus -- be the embedded growth engine for every SMB. here's my interview w/ founder Syed…
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Two great partners and two great products come together. Excited to launch this with the team at Fleetio.
Two great partners and two great products come together. Excited to launch this with the team at Fleetio.
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I’m excited to finally share what we’ve been building for the past year 3 Degrees After years working across payments and fintech I kept seeing the…
I’m excited to finally share what we’ve been building for the past year 3 Degrees After years working across payments and fintech I kept seeing the…
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Excited to see Socure continue investing in world-class security leadership with the appointment of Mark Carter as Chief Information Security…
Excited to see Socure continue investing in world-class security leadership with the appointment of Mark Carter as Chief Information Security…
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2026 has been insane at Rillet. We just added more ARR this month than we had in total ARR this time last year. We overshot every single metric…
2026 has been insane at Rillet. We just added more ARR this month than we had in total ARR this time last year. We overshot every single metric…
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Congratulations to Savannah L. on her well-deserved promotion to Senior Associate at Artisanal Talent! Savannah has been a key partner in building…
Congratulations to Savannah L. on her well-deserved promotion to Senior Associate at Artisanal Talent! Savannah has been a key partner in building…
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Great to announce at the zerohash on-chain Summit at NYSE our latest product for banks, wealth managers and brokerages - portfolio strategies through…
Great to announce at the zerohash on-chain Summit at NYSE our latest product for banks, wealth managers and brokerages - portfolio strategies through…
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Trust & Will exists because I got a $5,000 quote for an estate plan. That was in late 2017. Before the $5,000 quote, I’d gotten a quote from another…
Trust & Will exists because I got a $5,000 quote for an estate plan. That was in late 2017. Before the $5,000 quote, I’d gotten a quote from another…
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Kalshi is giving away the (signed) jersey Messi wore for his 800th career goal. But we’re also giving away something more valuable. The signed…
Kalshi is giving away the (signed) jersey Messi wore for his 800th career goal. But we’re also giving away something more valuable. The signed…
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It took Unit 5.5 years to reach $50 billion in annualized transaction volume. Today, we’re announcing that we’ve doubled this number in the last 12…
It took Unit 5.5 years to reach $50 billion in annualized transaction volume. Today, we’re announcing that we’ve doubled this number in the last 12…
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These are the most well-funded VC-backed private FinTech companies in North America. 🤯 This isn't company valuation. It's the total amount of…
These are the most well-funded VC-backed private FinTech companies in North America. 🤯 This isn't company valuation. It's the total amount of…
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Another great award for Socure. Trust and Banking go hand-in-hand.
Another great award for Socure. Trust and Banking go hand-in-hand.
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Between 20 and 25 percent of every applicant to Socure is fraudulent. That’s not a typo. In this episode of Totally Talent, Mike Wood sits down with…
Between 20 and 25 percent of every applicant to Socure is fraudulent. That’s not a typo. In this episode of Totally Talent, Mike Wood sits down with…
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I used to think partnerships were nonsense in startups. Now I think they're everything. Before you start a company, your impression of who's winning…
I used to think partnerships were nonsense in startups. Now I think they're everything. Before you start a company, your impression of who's winning…
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When Kraken, Binance.US, Zero Hash, and Rain are all in the same room talking identity, that tells you something. Identity is the hardest unsolved…
When Kraken, Binance.US, Zero Hash, and Rain are all in the same room talking identity, that tells you something. Identity is the hardest unsolved…
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After a fantastic year at Yale University, I’m happy to share that I have started working as a Researcher at Kalshi in New York. I’m excited to be…
After a fantastic year at Yale University, I’m happy to share that I have started working as a Researcher at Kalshi in New York. I’m excited to be…
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Layer is tackling one of the most overlooked pain points for SMBs: accounting. They’re gaining real traction doing so. Emergence is leading their seed round to bring embedded, AI-powered accounting to the SMB software stack. Kevin Spain highlights what makes this team and product so compelling.
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Olivier G Åhlén
Why do promising sectors take so long to get investors/VCs attention? It’s one thing to pass on a deal because it’s not your niche. It’s another to miss an entire technological shift because you think the market isn't "big enough" yet (or overestimate one...I give you that) A year ago, I was sharing notes/deck with quite a few investors and VCs about a startup with an amazing tech. My point was simple: Deepfakes and AI voice-based frauds aren't just a "cool tech problem", they are about to become an enterprise epidemic. To me, it was obvious... The response from most? "Is the TAM really there? We don't see it yet and how this and how that...naaah". Fair enough Well, the data just caught up today. A new report shows that: - Traditional fraud: Down 69% - AI-enabled fraud: Up 1,210% (!) The scary part? The firms "winning" this space right now aren't even the ones with the best tech, they’re just the ones who were standing there when the house caught fire and smartly using marketing to scale....fair enough bis. Now in the mid/long term...they hardly will be able to face the speed of new types of frauds since training LLMs needs a lot of time when mostly depending on them. Synthetic voices and virtual meeting deepfakes are now a daily emergency for CTOs. It’s a classic case of a tech being ready a year ago (yeah, early stage...but still..) with investors needing a headline disaster to finally put their glasses on...when they even do. So, what about today? now that the 1,210% spike is official, is this enough for a wake-up call or...being personally defrauded is needed? Actually, It’s interesting to see who actually "gets" this sector. I recently watched a great podcast featuring ElevenLabs, who just raised $500m at an $11B valuation (!!) and talking about the voice-based fraud risks. They understand the voice sector better than almost anyone no? https://lnkd.in/eUsxKhjC
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Maddi Holman
💡Emerging GP Fundraising Insight #8: Rolling Closes Keep You Moving Small funds can't always afford to sit still until the target is hit. Rolling closes let you start deploying earlier, build a track record, and show momentum to prospective LPs. One GP told me that for Fund I ($5M target), he took capital as it came, signed, wired, and got to work. It wasn't perfect, but it kept the lights on and the deals moving. Sometimes the "sign and wire as it comes" approach is the only way to get moving. Takeaway: Momentum is a fundraising asset and rolling closes can help you keep it. Has anyone here used rolling closes as a strategic advantage?
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