“If someone walks away with a plan and has met the three people who are going to change their career or company, that’s going to drive people back again and again and again.” Stefan Weitz sees potential where others see uncertainty. As co-founder and CEO of HumanX, his mission has been to channel the chaotic […]
Hi there and welcome to Funded, where we spotlight early-stage bets on the future of tech. This week, we’re highlighting a bold $80 million seed raise for Reevo, a Santa Clara-based startup building an AI-native revenue operating system to replace the patchwork of go-to-market tools used by B2B teams. Reevo’s impressive seed raise, co-led by […]
As murky sentiment looms over the housing market, Michael White sees a bright spot for tech to tamp down mortgage troubles As the Federal Reserve weighs its next rate move — and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warns of a stagnating housing market — mortgages are once again in the national spotlight. Against this backdrop, Multiply […]
Set aside physics: Parachute into SmartCon, the summit hosted by Chainlink Labs, a driving force behind the development of DeFi protocols, and you, like me, might witness a blockchain-oriented subsector at odds with itself, or, at the least, speaking in two registers. The fashion choices: Plenty of plain-colored suits, sure, but also some flashier, more […]
Hear from the VP/GM of Payments at Google and the Chief Digital Officer at Mastercard on what the future of agentic payment holds — and what needs to happen first. The age of AI is advancing faster than anyone imagined. Not long ago, it was all about chatbots or digital assistants that answered questions, explained […]
New data from Worldpay projects $261 billion of online spending will be done by AI agents in the next 5 years (9% of purchases). 44% of Americans say they would let an AI assistant browse for them – rising to 59% among 18–34,” the survey revealed, with most interest concentrated in finding the lowest prices, […]
Your early delinquency rates are ticking up. Your quarterly vintage reports show deterioration. The ground is shaking, but you don’t know where the earthquake is coming from. Is it the economy? Your underwriting? That new marketing channel you launched? The honest answer: you probably can’t tell. And that could be costing you millions. I’ve spent […]
A Sorkin-esque writers’ room wouldn’t dare hold a fintech trade conference in the guts of The Venetian. Regulators holding poker chips as they deliver stump speeches; SVB loudly proclaiming its return; crypto platforms celebrating their time in the limelight; it’s all too on the nose. And yet. As with virtually all things money — including […]
Hi there and welcome to Funded, where we spotlight early-stage bets on the future of tech. This week, we’re highlighting Grasp, the Swedish startup building an AI Analyst to automate the grunt work of high-stakes financial decision-making. Grasp has raised $7 million in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from Yanno Capital, […]
To anyone who saw a haggard, chap-lipped traveler who looks a lot like me shuffling around the Las Vegas airport on Tuesday evening, no you didn’t. I’ve got Money 20/20 President Tracey Davies as an alibi. We met up at the press lounge — it felt far busier, if not overcrowded, this year; though some […]