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Lull Hits B2B FinTech Venture Capital Funding

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A lull in venture capital funding has only a few B2B FinTechs this week securing new investment rounds. Just this week, RTP Global announced a a fund, with the venture capital firm planning to deploy that cash for early-stage technology companies in areas like FinTech and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

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Centana Growth Partners closes $375m fintech fund

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Centana Growth Partners, a New York and Palo Alto, Calif.-based based growth equity firm, closed its second fintech valued at $375 million this week. The firm, which closed a $250 million fund in 2015, primarily invests in business-to-business technology companies.

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Female FinTech Founders’ Funding Behind Male Counterparts

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Female FinTech entrepreneurs are getting left out of funding even as record venture capital money is being pumped into startups. percent of FinTech startups with female founders received funding January through October, according to Crunchbase, per a Bloomberg report on Wednesday (Nov. percent of total monies raised. .

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Fintech’s Power Grab — in The New York Times

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Ok, it’s safe to say fintech has hit the big time. The New York Times covered the subject — and the word — in depth yesterday, in a special section called “Fintech’s Power Grab.” ” The lead item, by Andrew Ross Sorkin of CNBC fame, focuses on the fintech challenge to Read More.

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FinTech Capital Launches With $100M To Fund Startups

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New York-based FinTech startup Capital , an alternative financing company for startups, launched on Wednesday (Oct. 30) with a $100 million fund to invest in middle-stage companies, Capital announced in a press release. Capital provides its investment findings to companies along with financing terms.

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New York Seed Investors Stayed Strong in 2016 As Others Stepped Back

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Top seed investors in the New York startup community showed their muscle in the final quarter of 2016 and are likely to continue doing so in the coming year, says a new report from Primary Venture Partners. Among the winners in an otherwise difficult year for startups were fintech companies like Read More.

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Proxy War Prompts Exit Of CEO From USA Technologies

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USA Technologies CEO Stephen Herbert has stepped down against the backdrop of a proxy war ignited by the company’s biggest investor, New York-based hedge fund Hudson Executive Capital, Biz Journals reported on Friday (Oct. Herbert’s exit follows a plan by Hudson Executive Capital to take over the USAT board.