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Nearside Raises $58 Million Series B for Free Checking Account with Universal 1% Cashback Rewards for Business
Nearside (formerly Hatch) announced a $58 million Series B round of funding, seven months after announcing its $20mm Series A in April 2021. The Series B was led by Valar Ventures, with additional investors Kleiner Perkins, Foundation Capital, Jim Breyer from Breyer Capital, Michael Ovitz (Founder of CAA), Kevin Hartz (Founder of Eventbrite), Ryan Petersen (Founder of Flexport) and others.
In 2022, Nearside is planning to expand their portfolio of products and services with the launch of its Term Loan product and Sprout, an easy way for our customers to incorporate their businesses right from their Nearside dashboard.
“We believe that people work hard to earn their money and they should be rewarded when they invest in their businesses and not lose their money on hidden bank fees. Access to capital and premium cashback rewards should not be limited to those with prime credit scores.” said Thomson Nguyen, Founder and CEO, Nearside.
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Lastro Secures $15M Series A Led by Prosus Ventures to Scale its AI Agent, Empowering Over 2M Homebuyers
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EXCLUSIVE: “Scaling Safely – Without Debanking” – Imam Saygili, Flagright in ‘The Fintech Magazine’
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