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Food supply chain software maker Silo lays off ~30% of staff amid M&A discussions
Silo, a Bay Area food supply chain startup, has hit a rough patch. TechCrunch has learned that the company on Tuesday laid off roughly 30% of its staff, […]
Immigrant banking platform Majority secures $20M following 3x revenue growth
It can be challenging to pick up and move to a new country, made even more challenging if you are not used to the style of banking in […]
a16z’s American Dynamism team launches program to introduce technical minds to VC
Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism fund has established a new fellowship program aimed at introducing top engineers and technologists to venture investing, a move that could help the firm […]
Teen fintech Copper had to emergency discontinue its banking, debit products
Another fintech startup, and its customers, has been gravely impacted by the implosion of banking-as-a-service startup Synapse. Copper Banking, a digital banking service aimed at teens, notified its […]
There’s a real appetite for a fintech alternative to QuickBooks
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at the continued fallout from Synapse’s bankruptcy, how Layer wants to disrupt SMB accounting, and much more! To get a […]
Vitesse, a payments and treasury management platform for insurers, raises $93M to fuel US expansion
U.K. fintech Vitesse has closed a $93 million Series C round of funding led by investment giant KKR. KKR said it’s making the investment through its Next Generation […]
SeekOut, a recruiting startup last valued at $1.2 billion, lays off 30% of its workforce
SeekOut, an 8-year-old recruiting startup that uses AI to find candidates, has cut about 30% of its workforce on Thursday, TechCrunch has learned. “Lately, we have been spending […]
Fintech lender Solo Funds is being sued again by the government over its lending practices
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing SoLo Funds, a fintech company that enables peer-to-peer lending, alleging that the company used “digital dark patterns” to deceive borrowers and […]
Embedded finance is still trendy as accounting automation startup Ember partners with HSBC UK
A few years ago, you couldn’t go to a fintech meetup without ending up in a conversation about embedded finance. In 2020, we even wrote that embedded finance […]