Capstack Technologies’ founder and CEO Michal Cieplinski believes he has the antidote to the Silicon Valley Bank meltdown, and Citi Ventures agrees.
With community banks pulling back on lending to small businesses vertical software platforms are filling the void. They provide software, of course, but are increasingly also providing access to capital.
The CEO of Pipe, Luke Voiles, discusses the fintech approach to small business lending and why it is so important to be in the payments flow.
This week, we look at:
Pipe’s $150 million raise at a $2 billion valuation to turn annualized revenue run-rate into a new peer-to-peer asset class
BitClout’s $200 million of Bitcoin contributions and its mechanisms to turn social media profiles into digital assets
How both projects trade future performance for current monetization