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<ul><li>René understood that if he wanted to have a business that lasted for more than five years, he needed to invest all his money in tech.</li><li>There’s a huge lack of financial products in Latin America.</li><li>Kapital started back in 2020 with three founders.</li></ul>

René understood that if he wanted to have a business that lasted for more than five years, he needed to invest all his money in tech.There’s a huge lack of financial products in Latin America.Kapital started back in 2020 with three founders.

René Saul And Fernando Sandoval, co-founders At Kapital, On The Fintech Opportunity In LatAm

<ul><li>We looked for emerging market leaders that sold not just to the growing fintechs, but those that could sell to both and could crack the up-and-comers and the legacy incumbents.</li><li>Some of these waves are ongoing, while the B2B payments software wave and a few new ones are percolating, but that&#39;s how I would summarize them quickly.</li><li>Fraud, in financial services, is a big industry and it&#39;s only going to grow.</li></ul>

We looked for emerging market leaders that sold not just to the growing fintechs, but those that could sell to both and could crack the up-and-comers and the legacy incumbents.Some of these waves are ongoing, while the B2B payments software wave and a few new ones are percolating, but that&#39;s how I would summarize them quickly.Fraud, in financial services, is a big industry and it&#39;s only going to grow.

Charles Birnbaum, Partner At Bessemer Venture Partners, On The Five Waves Of Fintech

<ul><li>Historically, startup founders have struggled opening bank accounts and getting credit cards—particularly without giving a personal guarantee.</li><li>In 2018, Brex launched a credit card for startups and hit 1,000 customers in 5 months underwriting cash in the bank, not historical financials, with 10x the credit limit of American Express and no personal guarantee.</li><li>Today, Sacra estimates that Brex is at $400M revenue, growing 67% year-over-year and doing $17.5B in annualized transaction volume, last valued at $12.3B or a 31x multiple to current revenue with 50,000+ customers (~40% of U.S. startups).</li></ul>

Historically, startup founders have struggled opening bank accounts and getting credit cards—particularly without giving a personal guarantee.In 2018, Brex launched a credit card for startups and hit 1,000 customers in 5 months underwriting cash in the bank, not historical financials, with 10x the credit limit of American Express and no personal guarantee.Today, Sacra estimates that Brex is at $400M revenue, growing 67% year-over-year and doing $17.5B in annualized transaction volume, last valued at $12.3B or a 31x multiple to current revenue with 50,000+ customers (~40% of U.S. startups).

<ul><li>We talked to Immad to learn more about Mercury's business model vs. that of a Silicon Valley Bank, how Mercury thinks about its ideal customer segment, and how Mercury is set up to be more fault-tolerant than SVB.</li><li>Currently, we have two partner banks, Evolve Bank & Trust and Choice Financial Group, and plan to add a third by the end of the year.</li><li>We believe in building a long-term sustainable company.</li></ul>

We talked to Immad to learn more about Mercury's business model vs. that of a Silicon Valley Bank, how Mercury thinks about its ideal customer segment, and how Mercury is set up to be more fault-tolerant than SVB.Currently, we have two partner banks, Evolve Bank & Trust and Choice Financial Group, and plan to add a third by the end of the year.We believe in building a long-term sustainable company.

Immad Akhund, CEO Of Mercury, On The Business Models Of Fintechs Vs. Banks

<ul><li>Mercury is becoming the Booking.com of startup banking, aggregating demand using free checking accounts and the best banking experience to commoditize suppliers (partner banks) who pay for access to Mercury’s customer base.</li><li>SVB got unbundled during COVID and then unwound completely in 48 hours, with Mercury and Brex initially emerging as the primary beneficiaries, with Mercury adding $2B+ in deposits and thousands of customers in a week.</li><li>SVB’s growth left it vulnerable to bottom-up disruption from Mercury and Brex (both founded in 2017), which offered bank accounts and corporate cards to underserved startups outside the core Silicon Valley clique (e.g., international startups).</li></ul>

Mercury is becoming the Booking.com of startup banking, aggregating demand using free checking accounts and the best banking experience to commoditize suppliers (partner banks) who pay for access to Mercury’s customer base.SVB got unbundled during COVID and then unwound completely in 48 hours, with Mercury and Brex initially emerging as the primary beneficiaries, with Mercury adding $2B+ in deposits and thousands of customers in a week.SVB’s growth left it vulnerable to bottom-up disruption from Mercury and Brex (both founded in 2017), which offered bank accounts and corporate cards to underserved startups outside the core Silicon Valley clique (e.g., international startups).

Mercury: The Unbundling Of Silicon Valley Bank

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Banking software for startups offering checking accounts, cards, treasury, and venture debt

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René Saul And Fernando Sandoval, co-founders At Kapital, On The Fintech Opportunity In LatAm

What is Kapital and what inspired you guys to start the company...

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Charles Birnbaum, Partner At Bessemer Venture Partners, On The Five Waves Of Fintech

Sacra interview with Charles Birnbaum, partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

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Brex: The $400M/year anti-Amex

Brex and Ramp are the PayPal and X.com of corporate spend—competitive with each other, but more importantly chasing the bigger prize of disrupting...

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Immad Akhund, CEO Of Mercury, On The Business Models Of Fintechs Vs. Banks

Sacra interview with Immad Akhund, the CEO of Mercury.

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Mercury: The Unbundling Of Silicon Valley Bank

TL;DR: As Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last week, $3B+ in funds flowed through the startup ecosystem to other startups, particularly neobanks...

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