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How To Find A Co-Founder For Your Startup

Original post by George Deeb, Forbes Often times, a startup entrepreneur has a good business idea, but doesn’t know how to build the product. Or, the entrepreneur has deep technology skills, but is lacking in business skills.  In many cases, these entrepreneurs are on the hunt for co-founders to help them build their businesses.  The problem […]

When Will European Fintech Startups Grow Up?

Original post by Daniel Lowther via TC Fintech, the home of the fabled unicorn, is hot. There are now 36 fintech unicorns in the wild, which is up 25 from 11 over the last year. This staggering growth is a reflection of the hype around fintech, where a plethora of startups are using technology to compete against or […]

London FinTech startup Currency Cloud raises $18m series C funding from Rakuten, Sapphire Ventures and other investors

Original post by Lynsey Barber via CityA.M One of London’s FinTech stars has landed a new round of funding as investors scramble for a piece of London’s booming financial technology sector. Currency Cloud has landed $18m (around £12m) from investors, including ecommerce giant Rakuten, in its latest funding round, just a week after London cemented its status as […]

15 Fintech Startups To Watch In 2015

Original post by Ilya Pozin via Forbes Huge institutions, archaic systems and lots of money at stake. These are the conditions that have brought tech entrepreneurs to the wildly exciting and growing arena of financial tech. Fintech companies, as they’ve come to be called, are easing payment processes, reducing fraud, saving users money, promoting financial planning, and […]