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Venture135 Conference Spotlights Queen City Fintech and IBM Hype Protect Accelerator Startups

The Conference The third annual Venture135 conference (formerly the Southeast Fintech Venture Conference) will kick off on November 21-22 in Charlotte, NC. This two-day fintech-focused event brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and financial service executives from all across the Southeast. With a unique program format, Venture135 is intentionally

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Kid-Focused Fintech Startup Greenlight Closes $54M Series B With Participation From JPMorgan and Wells Fargo

Fintech startup Greenlight, which provides a debit card and app for kids to learn about financial education, has closed a sizable Series B funding round of $54 million. The round was led by Columbus, Ohio-based Drive Capital with participation from JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, as well as existing

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Kid-Focused Fintech Startup Lands New Bank, Corporate Partners In $16M Series A Round

Children's debit card provider Greenlight Financial Technology has raised $16 million from investors TTV Capital (lead investor), New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Relay Ventures, SunTrust Bank, Ally Financial, nbkc bank, Canapi, and Amazon's voice tech-focused Alexa Fund. Greenlight's product allows parents to monitor their

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Skip The Cash: This Startup Helps You Show Your Kids the Money

Deciding when your child is ready to start receiving an allowance is tricky territory. Plus, cash can be an unreliable way to track how your child is spending that allowance — did they go to the campus bookstore or the comic store? According to a report, 86 percent of parents use