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EXCLUSIVE: Insiders On Capital Raising And Scaling: '2021 Was A Year Of Champagned Valuations While In 2023 We Are Dealing With The Hangover'
Monday, November 20, 2023 - 7:12pm | 695Read More...Benzinga Fintech Deal Day & Awards featured the discussion “Insiders on Capital Raising and Scaling: Strategies, Tips, and Examples” with panelists including Social Leverage General Partner Matt Ober, FT Partners Managing Director Amar Mehta and BMO...
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Social Leverage's Matt Ober: Building A Company Is A Marathon
Friday, November 10, 2023 - 12:15pm | 537Read More...Matt Ober is a general partner at Social Leverage, an investment fund focusing on finding exceptional entrepreneurs and investing in their project's early stages. Before Social Leverage, Ober worked as a chief data scientist at Third Point where he built the data analytics and technology platform...
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Newsletter Platform Beehiiv Bags $1.6M To Help Writers 'Scale And Monetize' Their Work
Monday, September 12, 2022 - 4:43pm | 505Read More...On Monday, Beehiiv Inc’s leadership said it secured funding of $1.6 million to expand headcount and accelerate product development. The news comes on the heels of a large fundraiser last October. To date, the company has raised $4.2 million. The story was brought to Benzinga by Bullish...
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Gotrade Bags $15.5M For Global Trading App
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 6:29pm | 214Read More...Gotrade, a fintech specializing in democratized stock market investing, formally announced the closure of a $15.5 million Series A funding round led by Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures, with participation from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, BeeNext, Kibo Ventures, Picus Capital, as well as...
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Gotrade Raises $7M To Unlock Global Access To US Equity Market
Friday, June 25, 2021 - 1:15pm | 636Read More...Gotrade, a fintech specializing in democratized stock market investing, formally announced Friday the closure of a $7 million seed funding round led by LocalGlobe, with participation from Social Leverage, Picus Capital, Raptor Group, among others. As part of the development, Benzinga spoke with...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For May 23, 2021
Sunday, May 23, 2021 - 7:56am | 1771Read More...Fintech Spotlight: Nasdaq And Benzinga Partner, Express Commitment To Providing Actionable Market Intelligence As part of a vision to democratize access to actionable and timely stock market information, Benzinga partnered with Nasdaq Inc. Apart from supporting firms like Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc,...
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Collectibles Investment Pioneer Rally Secures $30M Series B Led By Accel
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 - 12:10pm | 358Read More...Rally, a platform for investing in collectible assets, added a $30 million Series B round to accelerate its expansion into new categories. What Happened: Rally, which was one of the first to democratize investment in one-of-a-kind assets for as little as $1 per share, raised $30 million in a...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For January 30, 2021
Friday, January 29, 2021 - 8:12pm | 1497Read More...A Short Seller Joins Benzinga's 'Power Hour' To Talk GameStop. The Rest Is History. On Jan. 21, Citron Research's Andrew Left went live with Benzinga’s Luke Jacobi and Jason Raznick on the daily "Power Hour" show to discuss his opinion on GameStop Corporation. After...
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Fintech Focus For January 27, 2021
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 8:57pm | 2806Read More...Quote To Start The Day: October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. Source: Mark Twain One Big Thing In Fintech: Greenwood Financial, a new challenger bank...
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Social Leverage SPAC To Unlock Market Access To New Wave Technology Innovations
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 9:28am | 396Read More...Social Leverage Acquisition I, a blank check company, filed an S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise nearly $300 million in an initial public offering. What Happened: Social Leverage is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage software, consumer, and fintech investments...
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Robinhood Raises $50 Million To Take Over The World Of Trading
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 4:50pm | 600Read More...Robinhood, a fintech startup that offers zero commission stock trading, is ready to go global. The company announced today that it has raised $50 million in a round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). "It's an important milestone," Vladimir Tenev, co-founder of Robinhood, told...
