| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.07.2022 | GR0 Presents: How to Bootstrap Your Startup | Though the image of perfecting a pitch deck and then presenting your concept to investors and VCs is central to our common conception of being a founder and entrepreneur, many of the largest and most valuable tech companies in the world – f... |
| 17.02.2022 | LA Is The Third-Largest Startup Ecosystem in the US | Los Angeles is now the third-largest startup market in the U.S.—with nearly 4,000 venture-backed startups calling the City of Angels home, according to a new report from venture capital firm Telstra Ventures.
On Wednesday, San Francisco-bas... |
| 31.01.2022 | What Are LA’s Hottest Startups of 2022? See Who VCs Picked in dot.LA’s Annual Survey | In Los Angeles—like the startup environment at large—venture funding and valuations skyrocketed in 2021, even as the coronavirus pandemic continued to surge and supply chain issues rattled the economy. The result was a startup ecosystem tha... |
| 11.01.2022 | “Grow & Drive” Helps Consumers Build a Path to Car Ownership After Getting Declined for Auto Loans | Grow Credit, a financial inclusion platform committed to building credit and improving credit scores, has developed a new and first-of-its-kind approach to help Americans fulfill their dreams of car ownership while building credit.
Grow Cre... |
| 17.09.2021 | Grow Credit Raises $106.3M in Seed Funding | Grow Credit, a Santa Monica CA-based financial inclusion platform, raised $106.3M in Seed funding.
The round includes:
$6.3m in equity financing from Mucker Capital, Commerce Ventures, Marqeta CEO Jason Gardner, DraftKings CEO Jason Robins,... |
| 17.09.2021 | Grow Credit raises $106m to expand subscription-based credit builder | Santa Monica-based and black-owned fintech firm Grow Credit has raised $106 million in a seed funding round.
Grow Credit says partners can monetise financial inclusivity
The round consists of $6.3 million in equity financing from a selectio... |
| 16.09.2021 | Grow Credit Raises $106.3M Funding Round | Grow Credit, a Black-owned financial inclusion platform, has raised a $106.3 million financing seed round, comprised of $6.3 million in equity financing from various investors and $100 million in debt financing from Arena Investors, LP, a $... |
| 14.09.2021 | A not-so-secret, secret ingredient in Mailchimp’s new $12 billion valuation | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 14.09.2021 | A not-so-secret, secret ingredient in Mailchimp’s new $12 billion valuation | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 14.09.2021 |
Grow Credit Scores $106M In Equity, Debt For Consumer Credit
| Santa Monica-based fintech startup Grow Credit, which helps consumers build their credit score through payments for subscription services, said on Tuesday that it raised $106M in a combination of equity and debt. The funding included $6.3M ... |
| 14.09.2021 | Grow Credit Secures $106 Million to Offer Banks, Apps, Websites, and Employers a Platform to Help Consumers Build Credit and Save on Subscription Payments | Grow Credit, a Black-owned financial inclusion platform, which partnered with MasterCard last year to help consumers leverage their subscription payments to build credit for free on Equifax, Transunion, and Experian, announced today that it... |
| 14.09.2021 | Grow Credit Secures $106 Million to Offer Banks, Apps, Websites, and Employers a Platform to Help Consumers Build Credit and Save on Subscription Payments | Grow Credit, a Black-owned financial inclusion platform, which partnered with MasterCard last year to help consumers leverage their subscription payments to build credit for free on Equifax, Transunion, and Experian, announced today that it... |
| 05.01.2021 | Here Are the LA Seed Startups Top VCs Wish They'd Invested In | Los Angeles is home to around 5,000 startups, the majority of which are in their young, formative years.
Which of those thousands are poised for a breakout in 2021? We asked dozens of L.A.'s top VCs to weigh in. We wanted to know which comp... |
| 07.07.2020 |
Grow Credit Adds New Investor
| Santa Monica-based Grow Credit, a fintech startup which provides small dollar loans and helps consumers establish their credit record through paying for online subscriptions, says it has added a new investor, Commerce Ventures. According to... |
| 26.06.2020 | 1% of venture-backed startup founders are Black. Here’s how one entrepreneur beat those odds | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Just 1% of venture-funded startup founders are Black, according the Crunchbase startup database. This means Joe Bayen, who runs a small... |
| 26.06.2020 | 1% of venture-backed startup founders are Black. Here’s how one entrepreneur beat those odds | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Just 1% of venture-funded startup founders are Bl... |
| 26.06.2020 | 1% of venture-backed startup founders are Black. Here’s how one entrepreneur beat those odds | Just 1% of venture-funded startup founders are Black, according the Crunchbase startup database. This means Joe Bayen, who runs a small company called Grow Credit, has beaten the odds.
In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, Bayen got i... |
| 12.06.2020 | Mucker Capital Invests in Grow Credit’s $2M Seed Round | Grow Credit, a Santa Monica, CA-based minority-led startup financial inclusion platform, received an investment from Mucker Capital.
The deal brought the seed round total to $2M with Mucker joining other investors Jason Robins, CEO and Foun... |
| 12.06.2020 | Financial Inclusion Platform Grow Credit Raises $2 Million | Grow Credit — a minority-led startup financial inclusion platform — announced that Mucker Capital has joined its seed round of funding
Grow Credit — a minority-led startup financial inclusion platform — announced that Santa Monica-based fun... |
| 10.06.2020 | Daily funding roundup - June 11th, 2020 | Pando landed $8M; Whatifi raised $10M;
Grow Credit: Grow Credit provides small-dollar loans to customers that it uses to manage subscription payments, later reporting those loans balances to the credit bureaus to help its customers improve ... |
| 09.06.2020 |
Grow Credit Gets $2M In Seed Funding
| Santa Monica-based Grow Credit, a startup which helps people establish credit by paying for subscriptions to services such as Netflix, Disney Plus, and Spotify, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The fundin... |
| 23.07.2019 | Using Spotify and Netflix payments to build your credit score? Grow Credit has a service for that. | Can subscriptions and everyday payments be used to help build or rebuild a credit score? The Los Angeles-based Grow Credit thinks so.
The service, which launched earlier this month, is one of the slew of new ideas coming from businesses tha... |
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