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Today Finix is excited to announce we’ve raised $75M in Series C funding led by Acrew Capital and co-led by Leap Global Partners and Lightspeed. When we started Finix, we were big believers in the developer movement. We still are! Since then, we’ve recognized that there’s been a major shift in the market. Even businesses that have developers don’t want to spend their time or resources on payments — they want highly brandable and configurable payment components. From startups to publicly traded companies, merchants to vertical SaaS companies, customers of all sizes are taking advantage of Finix’s no-code solutions. Today, every feature in Finix's broad product suite is now available in no-code, low-code, and API-driven solutions. If Adyen is for the enterprise, Square is for card present SMBs, Stripe is for the developer-centric startup, Finix is for the 22M businesses without enough developers. Read more here: https://hubs.ly/Q02VFwqb0

Chicago hustle is real, and Samara Mejia Hernandez is living proof with her lean team that's invested in more than 40 companies with the $60M fund, Chingona Ventures. 💪💰 Today, Moneda Moves kicks off a new season. Join me as I chat with Samara, a force to be reckoned with, who's empowering underrepresented founders in the Midwest. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gqJjPe5z We'll discuss: 🎧 The Midwest's promising entrepreneurial scene 🎧 Samara's journey to becoming an investor 🎧 How Chingona Ventures is making a difference And much more! Tune in for insights, inspiration, and a whole lot of hustle. 🎙️ #MonedaMoves #ChicagoHustle #ChingonaVentures #Entrepreneurship #Investment

🚀 New Enterprise Customer Alert! We’re thrilled to announce that delivery.com, a platform serving over 12,000 businesses and 3 million customers nationwide, has chosen Cartwheel as their delivery technology provider! Our integration is already live and transforming their operations 🔥 With Cartwheel’s enterprise-grade technology, delivery.com has launched a Hybrid Delivery model. This allows them to maintain their own dedicated fleet while seamlessly integrating with national fleets like Uber Direct during peak times or overflow. This streamlines dispatch operations, reduces manual work, and delivers faster service to customers. “At delivery.com, we are committed to providing the best possible experience for our customers,” said Laurence Levine, Executive Head of delivery.com. “Cartwheel's deep integration across the restaurant tech ecosystem aligns perfectly with our goals” We’re proud to revolutionize the delivery experience—one enterprise customer at a time. 🚀 To streamline your delivery operations, book a call with us: https://lnkd.in/dbZ8yTY2 #deliverytech #hybriddelivery #customersuccess #innovation

California, here we come! We're thrilled to announce our expansion into Orange County. With over 1,700 happy members already enjoying simplified home maintenance, we're excited to bring the Honey Homes experience to more busy homeowners. From tackling home to-do lists to bringing dream projects to life, we're now ready to serve Orange County, expanding beyond Los Angeles. We're proud to be in neighborhoods like Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Santa Ana, Irvine, Costa Mesa, Dana Point, and more! To celebrate our launch, we’re offering free trial visits for a limited time. Simply book your free walk-thru and let us take care of your home projects—big or small. Let’s simplify home maintenance together. Book your free walk-thru → https://honeyh.co/3Yl0eGA

Big News from Teal Health: We’ve been awarded a $1.68 million SBIR Grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of The National Institutes of Health (NIH), to support the development and validation of our at-home cervical cancer screening technology, the Teal Wand™. The Teal Wand is a purpose-built device that allows a woman to collect her own vaginal sample for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, a critical piece in cervical cancer prevention - all from the comfort, convenience, and privacy of her home. This grant is will help us bring this life-saving technology to more women, particularly those from underserved and underrepresented communities. Kara Egan, CEO of Teal Health, shares, "We're honored that the NIH recognizes the importance of our at-home screening technology in increasing access to preventive care and cancer screenings for women in the US. This funding brings us closer to our goal of providing women greater autonomy over their health while advancing the fight to eradicate cervical cancer." This award also recognizes the incredible work of our research partners and the diverse group of clinical trial participants who have been instrumental in this journey. We are excited about the impact this grant will have on our ability to expand access to critical preventive care and improve outcomes for women nationwide. Thank you to the National Cancer Institute for your support and belief in our mission to get all women screened for cervical cancer – working towards eradicating this preventable disease. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to drive innovation in women’s healthcare! *The Teal Health Cervical Cancer Screening device is an Investigational Device and is not yet approved by the US FDA. #WomensHealth #CervicalCancerScreening #Innovation #SBIRGrant #HealthcareAccess #TealHealth #EquityInHealth Read Full Release Here: https://lnkd.in/gGmst3Um

OK, no more teasing it. Today’s the day. Introducing my new company, Agency AI — backed by Sequoia and HubSpot Ventures; with my friend and mentor Brian Halligan on the Board. We've been building Agency behind the scenes over the last year and today is our official public launch. Agency is the AI Agent built for B2B customer success teams. For too long, B2B Customer Success teams have been drowning in manual tasks: updating CRM records, taking notes, scheduling follow-ups, battling through internal meetings, and chipping away at endless administrative work that leaves little time for what really matters—building strong relationships with customers and driving growth. Customers renew and expand with your business because you’ve helped them grow. Not because you did a nice job managing all of the administrative work. That’s where Agency comes in. We’ve built the first AI agent specifically designed to handle the complex workflows of B2B Customer Success. I’m not exaggerating when I say that everything is about to change. We’re going to look back and realize this was it—this was a tipping point in how we use AI. Agency is going to make companies 10x, 100x, 1000x more efficient. Visit our site and join the waiting list for Agency