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How Fintech Founder Richie Serna Diversified His Cap Table

How Fintech Founder Richie Serna Diversified His Cap Table

by Alyssa | Feb 25, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Richie Serna, founder and CEO of fintech company Finix, had already raised $30 million in a Series B extension last year, but his cap table was missing something. The first-generation Mexican-American sought a more diverse representation in his investor base. So he...
Goodr Founder and CEO Reveals Her Fundraising Turning Point

Goodr Founder and CEO Reveals Her Fundraising Turning Point

by Alyssa | Feb 24, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Jasmine Crowe says that raising the first million dollars for her food waste management tech startup Goodr took more than 200 meetings. Crowe founded Goodr, pronounced “good-er,” driven by the idea that hunger is a logistics issue. Her company securely...
Bucking the Trend: Female and Black Founders Land 2021 Early-Stage Investments

Bucking the Trend: Female and Black Founders Land 2021 Early-Stage Investments

by Alyssa | Feb 23, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Only about 1% of the total American VC funding went to Black and female founders last year, but Crunchbase reports that the first two months of 2021 are bucking that depressingly familiar trend. “A Crunchbase survey of rounds of $100 million or more to U.S....
How Martha Montoya Raised $1.85 Million for Her Agtech Startup

How Martha Montoya Raised $1.85 Million for Her Agtech Startup

by Alyssa | Feb 18, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Martha Montoya knew that having real-time data about factors affecting the food supply chain industry could maximize farmers’ profits while minimizing food waste. But investors wouldn’t listen to her at first. The Irvine, California-based Latina entrepreneur learned...
CapWay Founder Sheena Allen Sees Market Potential in the Underbanked

CapWay Founder Sheena Allen Sees Market Potential in the Underbanked

by Alyssa | Feb 16, 2021 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Millennial entrepreneur Sheena Allen wants to change our current financial system. Growing up in a small town in Mississippi, she saw firsthand how the lack of access to fair financial services created problems for friends and family. They had to stash money at home...
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