Tagged: silicon valley

November 7, 2026 @ 2:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sequoia Capital, one of the most prominent venture capital firms, is undergoing a significant reorganization that marks a clear return to its Silicon Valley origins. Established in 1972, the firm built its reputation through early investments in transformative companies including Apple, Google, and Nvidia. In… Read More

September 8, 2025 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lead Bank, a 97-year-old financial institution based in Missouri, has reportedly raised $70 million in a funding round, propelling its valuation to  $1.47 billion. This achievement, reported by Bloomberg, nearly doubles the bank’s valuation from the previous year, underscoring its role in serving fintech and… Read More

September 20, 2023 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, the unified global spend platform, announced the launch of Brex Assistant, a proactive assistant that simplifies expense management for employees and improves their productivity. Brex Assistant is the flagship product of Brex AI, “a suite of capabilities that transform spend management to enable unprecedented… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 7:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A Fintech firm’s Chief Executive Officer is reportedly attempting to secure over $1 billion in order to fund bridge loans for startups that have been affected by the spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Fintech Unicorn Brex CEO Henrique Dubugras recently revealed that he’s… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global innovation platform, Plug and Play, together with founding partners Visa, AllianceBlock, The INX Digital Company, IGT, and Franklin Templeton, has announced “the launch of their new Crypto and Digital Assets program in Silicon Valley.” The program aims “to connect international startups with the founding… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capdesk – Europe’s equity management solution – is announcing it has been “acquired by Silicon Valley unicorn and equity giant Carta.” Founded in 2015, London-based Capdesk claims it is “trusted by over 3500 of Europe’s fastest-growing companies – including Gousto, VOI, Checkout.com, Plum Guide and… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, the company “reimagining finance” for growing businesses, recently announced the appointment of Doug Adamic as its Chief Revenue Officer. Doug will “lead revenue and growth strategy for Brex as the company expands into financial software with Brex Empower and grows its global offerings for… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spend management Fintech Airbase founder and CEO Thejo Kote recently commented on the latest development from Fintech firm Brex. Brex recently announced that they are going “to close all the accounts of small businesses to focus on enterprises and subscription revenue.” As noted by Thejo… Read More

April 23, 2022 @ 2:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, the Fintech firm that is focused on reimagining finance for growing businesses, has  announced its acquisition of Pry Financials, which is a software platform “with tools designed to enable budgeting, bookkeeping and forecasting, for $90 million.” As mentioned in the update, cash flow forecasting… Read More

April 14, 2022 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, the firm that’s focused on reimagining finance for growing businesses, announced Brex Empower, a new software platform designed “to increase the speed of businesses by enabling a culture of trust and financial discipline.” Empower will serve as the foundation for all Brex products “moving… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 9:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Like any industry, venture capitalism is “a shifting landscape with ebbs and flows, though to be fair, it hasn’t really ‘ebbed’ lately,” according to a blog post by US Fintech Unicorn Brex. The VC industry has seen tremendous growth during the past few years—one that’s… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Corporate credit card Fintech Brex has reportedly seen its valuation surge to $12.3 billion after securing an additional $300 million in capital. No formal announcement has been made about Brex’s latest investment round, however, a term sheet has reportedly been finalized on the raise, according… Read More

October 12, 2021 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Silicon Prairie has acquired Miventure, according to a note from the company. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Silicon Valley lists securities under Reg CF as well as other exemptions. Miventure is a FINRA regulated funding portal seeking to raise… Read More

September 9, 2021 @ 10:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Uphold, the digital money platform offering retail investors with single-wallet access to virtual and physical assets reveals that it has appointed technologists Stephen McNamara, as Chief Executive, and Kevin Sullivan, as CTO, at Uphold Labs. The new recruits will be responsible for leading Uphold Labs,… Read More

August 27, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based Fintech Unicorn Brex, the all-in-one or comprehensive finance solution for growing businesses, has introduced Brex Venture Debt, a newly-developed product that gives certain clients access to debt financing. Brex currently provides credit cards, cash management accounts, spend management, and bill pay software together via… Read More

July 10, 2021 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Toronto-headquartered Clearco — which was previously doing business as Clearbanc — has secured $215 million in growth equity through a round that was recently led by the SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The firm is now focused on its global expansion efforts. Established in 2015, the… Read More

May 30, 2021 @ 7:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Karachi’s Seed Labs, which has developed a new trading app (called dTrade), has secured $6.4 million in capital through a seed funding round at a $50 million valuation. Seed Labs co-founders Ahmad Jawaid, Zabi Mohebzada, Rabeel Jawaid, and Yameen Malik have helped create the dTrade… Read More

May 2, 2021 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Giant Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has revealed that it’s made a major quantum computing breakthrough. Goldman said that it’s working on computer algorithms that may be used on hardware that could be available within the next 5 years. Goldman Sachs has reportedly… Read More

February 5, 2021 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Bondora, a European peer to peer lending platform, states that the first month of 2021 is “setting the tone” for the year to come. Bondora notes that the Fintech sector is still growing steadily. including Portugal’s financial technology industry as the country… Read More

December 2, 2020 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adam Nash, the former CEO at Wealthfront, a software-based financial advisor, is in the process of launching a new Fintech firm that has acquired an investment from Ribbit Capital, a few angel investors, and Nash’s friends as well. Other investors that took part in the… Read More