Mary Ann Azevedo
Co-Host at Equity Podcast
Senior Reporter at TechCrunch
sr. reporter @TechCrunch, co-host of award-winning @EquityPod & author of TC Fintech newsletter. Believer in the power of kindness. Wife, mom of 2.
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5 days ago |
techcrunch.com | Mary Ann Azevedo
HR tech startup Rippling has raised a $450 million Series G round at a $16.8 billion valuation, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. It is also conducting a $200 million tender offer to give current and former employees some liquidity. The equity raise marks a big jump in valuation from a year ago. In April 2024, Rippling was valued at $13.4 billion when it raised a $200 million Series F round led by Coatue and a $590 million tender offer, with $200 million available for employees.
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6 days ago |
finance.yahoo.com | Mary Ann Azevedo
Sankaet Pathak’s last startup, fintech Synapse, filed for bankruptcy in 2024 amid issues with partner Evolve Bank & Trust. Tens of millions of dollars in deposits made by consumers, mostly customers of fintechs that worked with Synapse, remain unaccounted for. Yet according to The Information, Pathak is reportedly moving full steam ahead on attempts to fundraise for his new venture, humanoid robotics startup Foundation.
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1 week ago |
techcrunch.com | Mary Ann Azevedo
Fintech giant Stripe announced Wednesday a slew of new product launches at its annual Stripe Sessions user event. The highlights include a new AI foundation model for payments; stablecoin-powered accounts; a new Orchestration offering, and a recent migration with chip behemoth Nvidia. Stripe’s payments foundation model has been trained on tens of billions of transactions, Emily Glassberg Sands, Stripe’s head of information, said.
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1 week ago |
au.finance.yahoo.com | Mary Ann Azevedo
Fintech giant Stripe announced Wednesday a slew of new product launches at its annual Stripe Sessions user event. The highlights include a new AI foundation model for payments; stablecoin-powered accounts; a new Orchestration offering, and a recent migration with chip behemoth Nvidia. Stripe’s payments foundation model has been trained on tens of billions of transactions, Emily Glassberg Sands, Stripe’s head of information, said.
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1 week ago |
techcrunch.com | Mary Ann Azevedo
In February of 2024, equity management startup Carta revealed that it was getting into the startup winddown business with a new offering called Carta Conclusions. By December, the company had decided to “retire” that offering, according to a blog post. And now, SimpleClosure, a startup that has described itself as “the Turbo Tax of shutting down,” has announced that Carta is a new investor in its $15 million Series A round.
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RT @Techmeme: Rippling raised a $450M Series G at a $16.8B valuation, up from $13.4B during its $200M Series F in 2024; it is also conducti…
HR tech startup Rippling has raised a $450M Series G round at a valuation of $16.8B, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. It is also conducting a $200M tender offer to give current and former employees some liquidity. https://t.co/OLdj0PGypu