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TTV Capital adds former Global Payments CFO to Team

The former chief financial officer of Atlanta-based Global Payments Inc. is now using his expertise to help entrepreneurs...
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Waste management payments startup CurbWaste raises $4M

CurbWaste, a Saas software and payments provider to the waste management industry, has raised a $4 million seed extension from TTV Capital....
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Charlotte Fintech Startup Foro Raises $4M for Marketing, Product Enhancements

Foro — which was created to make commercial lending more equitable — has various backers, including local leaders such as Hugh McColl Jr., former CEO and chairman of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Recurring investors who led its latest funding...
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Atlanta Venture Firm TTV Capital Closes Its Largest Fund Ever at $250M

Atlanta venture capital firm TTV Capital has closed its largest fund to date at $250 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Originally, the firm planned for a $150 million fund, but significantly...
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African Gaming Startup Carry1st Raises $27M from Bitkraft Ventures and a16z

In the coming decades, Africa will be a significant growth market for mobile games, driven by the proliferation of technology adoption among the continent’s youthful population. And as gamers in sub-Saharan Africa increase to more than 180 million ...
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Democratizing Leadership Will Create A More Inclusive Economy

The rise of new technologies, the gig economy, platform business models and the increased focus on stakeholder capitalism are significant forces reshaping work. Moreover, old-school leadership is increasingly being challenged by a new generation ...
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Charlotte Fintech Startup Foro Aims to Eliminate Commercial Lending Hurdles, Preps for Expansion

Charlotte-based fintech startup Foro is striving to make commercial lending more equitable for growing businesses as it gears up to launch its platform nationwide early next year. Foro, founded in 2019, serves businesses seeking commercial loans ...
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Carputty Wins Investor Millions To Dull Auto Financing Pain Points

ayliss and his partner co-founder and CPO Joshua Tatum, created Carputty, an online auto financing site where consumers can apply for lines of credit up to $250,000 to purchase a new or used vehicle, refinance an existing loan of buyout a lease.
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After Little Progress on Lending Discrimination, a Mortgage Fairness Crisis Looms

You have a fair shot at getting a mortgage – if you’re white or Asian. For every other race, "mortgage fairness," which is already at low levels, could be sinking further. That’s according to an analysis of 350 million mortgage applications from 1990 ...
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VCs Decipher the Recent Fintech Layoffs — and Why They’re Happening Now

Many big companies in the fintech world cut jobs in the past month. And yet Stripe’s announcement it would lay off 14% of its workforce still made a splash, proving that unicorns and decacorns are not immune to the challenging economic and fundraising ...
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