Tag: Zach Perret

UserHub Raises $3.2M for its User-Based Billing Platform for SaaS Companies

Finance April 24, 2024

In the world of SaaS, there are typically two billing structures, seat-based subscriptions or session-based subscriptions. To complicate things, organizations may start with a...

Top tech startup news for Tuesday, March 7, 2023: Banyan, Binance, DefiChain, Meta, Opkit, and Sensate

Startups March 7, 2023

Insurtech startup Opkit launches out of stealth with over $1M in funding to provide health insurance verification for telehealth companies

Startups March 7, 2023

Plaid Lays Off 260 Employees (20% of Staff)

CrowdfundingDecember 7, 2022

Plaid Lays Off 260 Employees (20% of Staff) TechCrunch | Mary Ann Azevedo | Dec 7, 2022 Plaid, a Fintech decacorn, is laying off...

Plaid to let go of 260 employees

PaymentsDecember 7, 2022

Open banking platform Plaid is to lay off 20% of its workforce in response to the turbulent economic environment. Like other fintechs...

Open banking fintech Plaid acquires ID verification platform Cognito

FintechJanuary 21, 2022

The acquisition completes the customer onboarding experience, says Plaid CEO.

Open finance network Plaid is snapping up identity verification and compliance platform Cognito in a deal valued around $250 million. Plaid’s “next major step” as a company is to help developers build onboarding experiences. And because identity is a huge piece in the onboarding process, Cognito’s technology will be key in the launch of the Read more...

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Plaid Lands Funding from JP Morgan Private Capital & Amex

FintechAugust 17, 2021

Financial data and infrastructure platform Plaid announced today that it received an undisclosed amount of new funding from J.P. Morgan Private Capital Growth Equity...

These Forge cofounders just raised $5 million to work on a new, still-stealth investing startup

StartupsJune 22, 2021

Sohail Prasad and Samvit Ramadurgam are cofounders who met during Y Combinator’s 2012 summer batch and went on to cofound Forge, which helps...

PitchIt Podcast Episode 1: Zach Bruhnke of HMBradley

CrowdfundingMarch 30, 2021

In the premier episode of PitchIt: the fintech startups podcast we talk with HMBradley Co-Founder and CEO Zach Bruhnke.Neobanks have been sprouting up...

Speaker Applications for LendIt Fintech USA 2021 Close Soon

CrowdfundingFebruary 10, 2021

The deadline for speaker applications is February 19, so submit your application now to become part of the leading fintech event of the...

Extra Crunch roundup: Antitrust jitters, SPAC odyssey, white-hot IPOs, more

CannabisJanuary 15, 2021

Some time ago, I gave up on the idea of finding a thread that connects each story in the weekly Extra Crunch roundup;...

Highlights from the First Big Fintech Virtual Event: LendIt Fintech USA 2020

CrowdfundingOctober 9, 2020

Peter Renton and Bo Brustkern kicking off the first ever virtual LendIt FintechLast week the fintech industry gathered online for the eighth annual...