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Kids-focused fintech Greenlight raises $260M in a16z-led Series D, nearly doubles valuation to $2.3B Greenlight, the fintech company that pitches parents on kid-friendly bank accounts, has raised $260 million in a Series D funding round that nearly doubles its valuation to $2.3 billion. The funding comes just months after the Atlanta-based startup landed $215 million in funding at a $1.2 billion valuation. With the latest round, Greenlight has now raised over $550 million. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led its Series D, which also included participation from return backers TTV Capital, Canapi Ve...

MX Joins Forces With FormFree to Speed Up Loan Approval Process & Close More Than One Million Loans   MX announced on Tuesday it has partnered with digital asset verification platform FormFree to speed up loan approval processing and close more than one million loans. According to MX, FormFree improves lenders’ ability to make more informed decisions about borrowers and minimizes lenders’ risk while creating a seamless loan application experience for borrowers “By using MX’s modern connections, the average aggregation time for FormFree connections decreased by 89 percent to 22 secon...

Inman Connect Notarize announced at its 2021 Rewired for Real Estate conference Wednesday that it is opening up its platform to independent notaries to use in their remote online notarization (RON) transactions. Notarize is piloting its program launch in May in two states: Tennessee and Washington. After the initial pilot, the company plans to quickly roll it out to additional states over the summer. By the end of 2021, Notarize expects this platform function should be available to notaries in all 31 RON-approved states. At the end of last year, Notarize announced it would open its platform u...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Veteran Investor From General Catalyst & General Atlantic Launches Avid Ventures with $68M Debut Venture Capital Fund February 19, 2021 GMT NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 19, 2021-- Avid Ventures today announced the launch of its $68 million debut venture capital fund. Avid backs exceptional founders at the Series A and B stages who are building transformative technology companies. Pursuing a highly collaborative investment strategy, Avid partners with top-tier lead investors and takes a hands-on app...

So naturally, anytime we hear of a new female-led fund, our ears perk up. Today, New York-based Avid Ventures announced the launch of its $68 million debut venture capital fund. Addie Lerner — who was previously an investor with General Catalyst, General Atlantic and Goldman Sachs — founded Avid in 2020 with the goal of taking a hands-on approach to working with founders of early-stage startups in the United States, Europe and Israel. “We believe investing in a founder’s company is a privilege to be earned,” she said. Tali Vogelstein — a former investor at Bessemer Venture Partner...