After the Wirecard scandal, Germany’s financial regulator BaFin started to look more closely at young fintech startups that wanted to grow at a rapid pace — it’s better […]
How Clean Energy Ventures avoided the pandemic bubble and raised a $305M fund
Climate tech couldn’t escape the frothiness that engulfed the startup world earlier in the decade. For both founders or venture capitalists, it was tempting to raise money. Interest […]
From Plaid to Figma, here are the startups that are likely — or definitely — not having IPOs this year
Last year’s investor dreams of a strong 2024 IPO pipeline have faded, if not fully disappeared, as we approach the halfway point of the year. 2024 delivered four […]
Khosla Ventures, Pear VC triple down on Honey Homes, a smart way to hire a handyman
There’s apparently a lot of demand for an on-demand handyperson. Khosla Ventures and Pear VC have just tripled down on their investment in Honey Homes, which offers up […]
Berlin-based trawa raises €10M to use AI to make buying renewable energy easier for SMEs
The brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 took businesses that depended on oil and gas energy by surprise. Suddenly, renewable energy became crucial to survival. […]
A reckoning is coming for emerging venture funds, and that, VCs say, is a good thing
Thousands of new venture capital funds have launched over the past few years, each hoping to carve out a long-term, lucrative place for themselves. PitchBook is tracking over […]
Israeli startup Panax raises a $10M Series A for its AI-driven cash flow management platform
High interest rates and financial pressures make it more important than ever for finance teams to have a better handle on their cash flow, and several startups are […]
Despite recent successes, IPO market still won’t fully open until 2025
This year already proved that startups are willing to go public in a less-than-ideal market — and get rewarded for it, too. But bankers, lawyers and investors said […]
Backflip raises $15 million to help real estate investors flip houses
Flipping houses is not for the faint of heart, no matter how fun or easy HGTV might make it seem. One startup wants to make the process less […]
Stripe’s big changes, Brazil’s newest fintech unicorn and the tale of a startup shutdown
Fundid’s founder shares how rising interest rates, VCs and partners killed the business finance startup Mary Ann Azevedo 7 hours Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at […]