Better Tomorrow Ventures closes $140M, remains bullish on fintech
The six-year-old firm’s third fund is nearly the size of it previous fund raised during the fintech boom in early 2022.
Meet Ponte Labor, a startup matching Hispanic immigrants to jobs using WhatsApp
While working on their MBAs at Harvard Business School, Colombian immigrants Stephanie Murra and Lorenza Vélez noticed that most of the workers in the cafeteria were Hispanic. In conversations with them, a common theme kept coming up: how difficult it …
VC Sheel Mohnot talks about Twitter fame, fintech, and the truth about AI startups
If you follow fintech on X, it’s very likely that you have come across the account of Sheel Mohnot, co-founder and general partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures. With over 150,000 followers, Mohnot has built an impressive presence on the social media sit…
VC Sheel Mohnot leads $4.3M seed in automated financial reporting fintech InScope
InScope leverages machine learning and large language models to provide financial reporting and auditing processes for mid-market and enterprises.
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Effectiv’s fraud tools determine if it is you or your deep fake making that bank withdrawal
Effectiv developed AI-driven payment fraud detection, verification and compliance tools as well as models that are trained to detect that simulated behavior.
The Mint, started by Better Tomorrow Ventures, wants to be the accelerator fintech needs
Better Tomorrow Ventures’ Sheel Mohnot landed some of his biggest wins before he ever started a venture firm. The investor previously worked as a partner at 500, previously known as 500 Startups, where he raised and ran a dedicated fintech fund as well as helped build an accelerator. There he met his eventual founding partner […]
The Mint, started by Better Tomorrow Ventures, wants to be the accelerator fintech needs by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Charlie’s new banking app aims to help seniors ‘make the most of their limited resources’
Different demographics often have different banking needs. So it’s no surprise that we have seen a flurry of financial technology startups offering banking services catered to certain populations based on factors such as age and ethnicity. For example, numerous fintech startups cater to younger users – from Greenlight to Step to Current and now, Acorns. […]
Charlie’s new banking app aims to help seniors ‘make the most of their limited resources’ by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
How one Brazilian startup’s pivot to corporate cards has paid off
Portão 3 was founded as a corporate travel startup in 2020 and had released its product just as COVID hit Latin America and “all airports closed,” recalls co-founder Bianca Pereira. Although the timing was “terrible,” she said, the company didn’t give up. Pereira and fellow founder Fernando Nery concluded that the software that Portão had […]
How one Brazilian startup’s pivot to corporate cards has paid off by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
Rali_cap gets backing from global VCs and launches $30M fintech fund for emerging markets
Rali_cap, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on emerging markets fintech, has launched a $30 million fund. Last month, the firm, formerly known as Rally Cap Ventures, reached its first close of $20 million (its initial target) before increasing the fund size, signaling a strong LP appetite. The two-year-old VC fund invests in B2B and API-first […]
A look at six new funds begs the question: Is a slowdown really coming?
If that slowdown comes, however, it could happen slowly, given that our inboxes are filled with news about newly raised venture funds.
A look at six new funds begs the question: Is a slowdown really coming?
If that slowdown comes, however, it could happen slowly, given that our inboxes are filled with news about newly raised venture funds.
Better Tomorrow Ventures closes on $225M fintech-focused fund, which is triple the size of its last fund
Early-stage fintech-focused venture firm Better Tomorrow Ventures has raised $225 million for its second fund — triple the amount it raised for its debut fund that closed in September of 2020. Founded by Sheel Mohnot and Jake Gibson in November of 2019, San Francisco-based Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV) has allocated $150 million to invest in […]