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SoFi-Social Capital Merger Will Fuel Growth Of One-Stop-Shop Financial Supermarket

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7) that it was merging with publicly-traded Social Capital in an $8.6 The SoFi deal marks at least the third such transaction done by the Social Capital SPAC, Palihapitiya said in a televised interview on CNBC, adding that the deal was driven by the fact that banking infrastructure isn't currently meeting the needs of U.S.

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VC Challengers: 7 Largest U.S. Equity Crowdfunding Startups

Fintech Labs Insights

Startups looking to raise capital have more options today thanks to evolving technology, regulation and market behavior. only seeing deals that could not raise elsewhere), but now that it has matured, it’s becoming an option to other sources of early capital (eg. First Round Capital blog post. family & friends, angels, VCs).

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

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For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners. PROFILES OF THE TOP 20 VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS. Current Firm: First Round Capital (Founding Partner).

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Ellevest Pulls in $10 Million from Morningstar

Fintech Labs Insights

Karen Finerman, Co-founder of Metropolitan Capital Advisors and panelist on CNBC’s Fast Money. Brian Finn, Former Chairman and CEO of Asset Management Finance Corp and former President of Credit Suisse First Boston. Jeff Schwarz, Co-founder of Metropolitan Capital Advisors. Contour Venture Partners.

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Quantopian Adds Chief Investment, Compliance Officers Ahead of Opening Fund to Public

Fintech Labs Insights

Meisner called it a “rare opportunity” and arrives at the company after serving as chief counsel and CCO for Boston-area alternative investors, RA Capital Management and Regiment Capital Advisors. Previous to this, Meisner spent four years as a Branch Chief for the SECs Division of Enforcement.

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Andreessen Horowitz Leads $25 Million Investment in Quantopian

Fintech Labs Insights

Also participating in Quantopian’s funding round were Bessemer Venture Partners, Point72 Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Spark Capital – all existing investors. The Series C takes Quantopian’s total capital to nearly $50 million.

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Andreessen Leads $25 Million Investment in Quantopian

Fintech Labs Insights

Also participating in Quantopian’s funding round were Bessemer Venture Partners, Point72 Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Spark Capital – all existing investors. The Series C takes Quantopian’s total capital to nearly $50 million.