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This startup wants to use technology to help solve Austin’s housing shortage problem

TechCrunch

The sheer volume of people migrating to Austin from all over the country, but particularly from the San Francisco Bay Area, has been making headlines for a while now. It’s a model Pechet envisions replicating in other cities with similar housing supply issues such as Miami, Tampa, Raleigh and Charlotte.

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Allocations just got valued at $150M to help private equity funds lure smaller investors

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Interest in alternative investments such as private equity, real estate and crypto continues to surge, and Miami-based fintech startup Allocations is riding the wave. The company is betting that retail investors will continue to show strong demand for alternative asset classes that have typically been dominated by institutions.

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The fintech space continues to be competitive and drama-filled

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The circumstances around his departure remain fuzzy, but one source speculated that tension arose between Ackerson and Fin founding partner Logan Allin over some of the goings-on at alternative financing startup Pipe last year. More headlines Apple and fintechs like Robinhood chase yield-hungry depositors as Fed rate hikes continue.

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Going Back to the Future to Help Your Nonprofit

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The movie hops around the timeline and makes stops in 1955 and an alternate 1985, but the film is most famous for the time spent in 2015 (October 21, specifically). Marty McFly: ‘Cubs win world series…against Miami’? Marty: I just meant that Miami—What did you just say? Who would’ve thought?

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Daily Crunch: Finnish tech conference yanks $1M pitch contest prize from Russian co-founders

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The company is turning to crowdfunding to raise money for the vegan alternative. At our TC Sessions: Crypto event last week in Miami, Darrell sat down a veritable who-is-who in crypto to talk about the crypto regulation landscape. So as to not incur the wrath from both sets of Vikings, we’ve corrected the headline.

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What the midterm madness means for startups

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Former Google Area 120 director Gabor Cselle is among the opportunists, announcing on Monday that he’s secured interest (and promises of capital) from investors and an ex-Twitter exec to build a Twitter alternative. Deepfaked porn and AI-generated art competition entries might be dominating the headlines. Let AI generate it.

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