Entertainment Pipe expands into media and entertainment financing with its acquisition of Purely Capital – TechCrunch Christin Hakim, May 1, 2024March 19, 2023 When Pipe was founded in 2019, its vision was to provide SaaS companies a funding alternative outside of equity or venture debt. Specifically, the Miami-based fintech’s mission was to give SaaS companies a way to get their revenue upfront, by pairing them with investors on a marketplace that paid a… Continue Reading
business Start-ups founders can’t operate business as usual amid capital crunch: Kalaari Capital MD Christin Hakim, June 1, 2022 Amid the global capital crunch start-ups are facing, Meta today announced that it had partnered with leading VC fund Kalaari Capital to upskill and scale young businesses by providing them with skilling support. Kicking off the event, Vani Kola, Founder and Managing Director, Kalaari Capital said, “I think if you… Continue Reading
Real Estate HFZ Capital and the Ugliest Divorce in Manhattan Real Estate Christin Hakim, May 13, 2022 Nir Meir, Ziel Feldman, and Helene Feldman. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Shutterstock/Getty Images This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Ziel Feldman is in good company. At least that’s what the real-estate developer at the center of one… Continue Reading
Automotive Fighting for equity: How Maine female entrepreneurs are beating the odds to raise capital Christin Hakim, December 3, 2021 As Atlantic Sea Farms CEO Briana Warner raises more than $4.5 million in venture capital to finance a new 27,000-square-foot kelp-processing facility in Biddeford, she recalls early pitches to unwelcoming investors. “It was fairly deflating in every way,” Warner says three years after taking the helm of the country’s first… Continue Reading
business Think You Need Venture Capital Backing to Start Your Business? Think Again. Christin Hakim, September 22, 2021 Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. 2021 has been a banner year for venture funding with an all-time high of over $288 billion invested within the first half of the year globally. These investments have yielded flashy headlines for brands and an assumption by the general public that… Continue Reading