After a tumultuous year, banking-as-a-service (BaaS) startup Synapse has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and its assets will be acquired by TabaPay, according to the two companies.

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Spend management startup Ramp raised a $150M Series D extension at a $7.65B valuation, up from $5.8B after raising $300M in 2023 but down from $8.1B in 2022 (Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch)

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Diagon puts ex-Tesla supply chain muscle to work for small businesses tcrn.ch/3UiIUQn via @techcrunch

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💡 In Q1 of this year, US VC funds amassed a record $311.6 billion in dry powder. However, the majority of this capital (73.1%) is concentrated in funds from the 2020-2022 vintages, which closed during a period of heightened market volatility and uncertainty.

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Nashville-based Yoshi Mobility is settled into three business lines: preventative maintenance, virtual vehicle inspections and electric vehicle charging. Yoshi Mobility has come a long way since gassing up cars on the side of the road tcrn.ch/3PVXieM via @techcrunch

Metalab goes from quietly building the internet to investing in it tcrn.ch/3VR2cxu

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Cross-border fintech stands out in Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort tcrn.ch/49s4Ywj

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Team management app Homebase welcomes $60M Series D to give SMBs ‘superpowers’ tcrn.ch/3TZoY4K

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Matter Venture Partners raises $300M first fund to invest in ‘hard tech’ tcrn.ch/3TE2AfS

Century Health, now with $2M, taps AI to give pharma access to good patient data tcrn.ch/3TSzjPR

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