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February 2022

Expa’s Portfolio News

Mos | Amira Yahyaoui wants Mos to be a 'radical' fintech startup

Since its inception, Mos has opened access to a pool of over $160B in financial aid to more more than 400,000 students within its community. Now, on the heels of announcing their $40M Series B (led by Tiger Global with participation from Expa, Sequoia, and more), Mos is expanding into a challenger bank—with over 100,000 students already sign up for an account.

Read on TechCrunch ›

Wingcopter | German drone pioneer snaps up $16M contract with Spright

Wingcopter's purchase agreement with flight specialist Spright will enable large-scale medical drone deliveries in the US.

Read on Mobile Health News ›

Aero | Upgrade your trip: Aero is the ultimate way to fly

"...the Aero experience takes ‘first class’ to a whole new level…If you’ve been reluctant to get back on a plane, Aero offers something you won’t find anywhere else: a truly stress-free flight.”

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Current | US fintech Current introduces high-yield savings where customers earn a 4.00% APY

As competition amid digital banks heats up, U.S. fintech Current is rolling out a new product designed to make its banking service more appealing...

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Joro | CEO is making climate-solution tools more accessible

The app tracks and personalizes your carbon footprint: "[Joro's CEO Sanchali Pal] wants to offer more sustainable lifestyle goals that are less daunting to those who are novices in environmentally conscious decision-making."

Read on Business Insider ›

Funding Rounds

Fabric

Headless commerce company Fabric sews up unicorn milestone following new round, securing $140m in Series C funding on a $1.5 billion valuation

Read on TechCrunch ›

Mos

Mos secures $40m Series B funding to drive product expansion

Read on FinTechFutures ›

Radar

Location data startup Radar raises $55 million series C round to help businesses build out geofencing

Read on Forbes ›

Welcome to Expa

BondAval

A new world for credit security

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Supermassiv

A web3 commerce platform for recording artists

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Farm

Climate investment platform for land restoration

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Aument

Tailored automation platform for ecommerce

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Certifaction

The privacy-first eSigning solution

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Portfolio company spotlight

Meet Farm

No matter how plugged-in we are to the virtual world, land continues to be an essential resource for humans. Colorado-based Farm is an investment management platform that allows investors to contribute to projects that are aimed at revitalizing land and ecosystems in the U.S., as well as solar and wind energy generation.

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Headlines of interest

Why you should build a startup when everything has already been invented

Brilliant ideas are few. There are fewer than 100 truly large markets in the world....So, every good idea has already been tried, right? Of course not.

Continue reading on Entrepreneur ›

Build a versatile startup team to make pivots easier

New founders often believe that they are building a product, a marketing machine or a well-oiled operations machine. That may all be true, but it isn’t enough. The world is full of examples where the second-best product wins...

Continue reading on TechCrunch ›

McDonald's discovers the golden ticket to making money in the metaverse

McDonald's recently filed applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in what indicates to most that the global fast food chain is setting up to open shop in the metaverse. Its applications largely center around the $36 billion company's expansion into the "virtual food and beverage sector."

Continue reading on Inc ›

On the bookshelf

Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take

Is it profitable to do business with the goal of making the world better? Authors Paul Polman and Andrew Winston seem to think so, arguing that the companies of the future will profit by fixing the world's problems, not creating them. Through stories and lessons from pioneering companies, Net Positive will introduce you to a business model for tomorrow's world.

Named as recommended reading by Fortune's CEO Daily and one of "5 Books Entrepreneurs Should Read Immediately If Not Sooner" by Inc. magazine.

A Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year.

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Quote of the month

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Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Steve Jobs

Entrepreneur, industrial designer, former CEO, Apple

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