fintech Archives

How Fintech Founders Can Raise Funding in Difficult Times

Risk-averse investors. A stagnating IPO market. Layoffs and steep valuation markdowns. It’s no surprise that industry watchers are saying the party is over for venture-backed startups. The carnage—caused by a confluence of factors—has also temporarily...

byMartin Hegelund

June 2, 2022

Top Fintech Startups in the Midwest 2022

The Midwest is rapidly becoming home to some of the best fintech startups in the country. Chicago, for instance, is becoming a top tech hub for fintech startups, seeing massive growth and funding for its...

byLauren Zyber

May 17, 2022

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Mortgage Startup Tomo Streamlines the Way We Buy Homes (Episode 138)

There's a new FinTech startup in the real estate industry, and it's just secured $40 million in seed funding. Tomo, founded by former Zillow executives, Carrie Armstrong and Greg Schwartz, aims to change the way that...

byStartupNation

November 2, 2020

Why Fintech Startups Fail (and How You Can Avoid These Mistakes)

Fintechs are one of the hottest trends in the tech industry today. It seems as though everywhere you turn, there’s a new startup trying to get you to open a digital account or use their...

byTom Casano

December 15, 2019

4 Options for Funding Your Startup Without Losing Your Sanity

Most startup founders know that a great idea alone is worth nothing. Executing a great idea (and making it better) is the real job of an entrepreneur. It isn’t always pretty, as building a business...

byAndrew D'Souza

February 12, 2019

5 Industries With the Most Opportunities for Tech Startups

In 2017, Forbes compiled a list of the Next Billion Dollar Startups, revealing companies poised to become the fastest-growing within their industry. Of the startups profiled, 70 percent comprised the fintech, healthcare and biotech, data and analytics,...

byDeborah Sweeney

July 24, 2018

How Fintech is Helping Startups with Their Cash Flow

Have you ever considered how your inability to access cash when you need it is impacting the growth of your business? Even if your startup is profitable and performing well, just imagine what you could...

byTony Smith

April 4, 2018

Business Builder E-Book Series: Finance Fundamentals [Free Download]

StartupNation’s Business Builder e-book series provides you with a FREE downloadable guide to help you start, grow or manage your business. In this Finance Fundamentals e-book, you’ll learn key insights into raising and managing finances...

byStartupNation

June 29, 2017

5 Ways Fintech Helps Support Startups

Fintech is simply a term that refers to advances in financial technology. This technology helps with banking, lending, payments and much more. Fintech is meant to make financial services more efficient, and it also makes...

byJami Schwartz

March 7, 2017

How the World of Fintech is Changing Finance for Entrepreneurs

Part of my job as a millennial money expert is to stay up to date on all the changes going on in the world of finance. One of the areas in which I’ve seen some...

byAmanda Abella

February 27, 2017

Why Millennials Are Taking on Entrepreneurship

Millennials have been getting some serious hate in the media for years, but they also have a lot of fans for their love of entrepreneurship. Forbes called them the “true entrepreneur generation,” Fortune noted how millennials...

byAmanda Abella

February 9, 2017

Fintech, Venture Capital and Your Company

Venture capitalists have moved on from social media apps and photo filters. The new interest is financial services, especially lending. This may create new options for small businesses looking for new sources of funding. The...

byAnn Logue

November 7, 2016

Which Funding Source is Best for Your Business?

Before exploring the topic of traditional banks versus online lenders as a source of startup funding, it's interesting to learn where typical startups get their funding today. While no two startups are exactly the same,...

byJess Harris

October 28, 2016