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A huge congratulations to the incredible team at Payabli on raising their Series A funding round! 🎉 We are thrilled at Fika Ventures to continue supporting Payabli in its bold vision to transform payments from a cost center to monetization engine for software platforms. Historically, it has been hard for software platform to build a payment processing and analytics stack as it was complex and required significant capital investment . But Payabli with its agnostic payment infrastructure has transformed it to a straightforward process allowing these platforms to avoid cumbersome integrations, substantial administration and compliance costs. We know that the market need for a platform like Payabli is exploding and are excited for Payabli's next wave of growth under William Corbera and Joseph Elias Phillips' leadership. Wishing Payabli even more success and growth as you embark on this next chapter. The future looks bright, and we can't wait to see all the amazing things you will achieve!

🎉🌟 Exciting News! 🌟🎉 I am thrilled to announce that Gabriella Brignardello has been promoted to Principal at Fika Ventures! 🚀 I have worked very closely with Gabriella since day one and she has really grown in leaps and bounds in terms of her ability to develop authentic relationships with entrepreneurs and becoming trusted partners to them.  Her dedication to building community and identifying interesting opportunities within fin tech and prop tech have also elevated Fika’s ability to work with the best entrepreneurs. As Gabriella Brignardello steps into this new role, I have no doubt that she will continue to excel and make a significant impact on our firm and the companies we support. We are very fortunate to have her be part of the Fika family.  Please join me in congratulating Gabriella on this well-deserved promotion! 🎉 Your hard work, dedication, and unwavering commitment to excellence inspire us all. Here's to many more successes together at Fika Ventures ! 🥂

Processing payments was typically seen as a cost center for a lot of ISVs and Vertical SaaS companies but the big unlock is there is a huge monetization opportunity for those that are willing to make the investment. Sharing my humble perspective on what that monetization playbook could look like here https://bit.ly/3vxLKr5! Fika Ventures Revenew Payabli Bikky

🎙️I’m excited to share insights from my conversation on the latest episode of Pour Over, where I dive deep into the world of commercial contractors with Alok Chanani, CEO and Co-founder of BuildOps. Here's a sneak peek into what makes this episode a must-listen:  🛠️ Empowering Commercial Contractors: Discover the comprehensive solution that is BuildOps, dedicated to empowering #commercialcontractors to run profitable and efficient businesses. 🤝 Military Shaping Leadership: Explore the fascinating characteristics of Alok's #leadership style, intricately shaped by his time serving in the military. 💡 Inspiration and Startup Wisdom: Uncover the inspiration behind Alok's venture into the realm of commercial contractors. 🌟 Mentorship Matters: Mentorship emerges as a key theme, highlighting its pivotal role in Alok's personal and professional growth. 🚀 Advice for Founders: The episode concludes with Alok sharing pearls of wisdom for individuals embarking on their journey as founders. 🎧 Tune in here: https://lnkd.in/g3jx6nNJ  Subscribe to Fika Ventures's newsletter to receive future episodes of Pour Over: http://eepurl.com/iaoksz

Thanks for having me Jason Yeh & Adamant Ventures LLP team! Was fun pulling back the curtain on all things fundraising.Sharing a few nuggets from our convo (or watch the full video below). Opinions are my own! - I'm a big fan of short & punchy intros or answers. Demonstrates an active conversation vs scripted / rehearsed pitches. - Responsiveness is a key indicator of a successful founder/VC relationship. - Establishing trust early on is critical. VCs are here to help and give you the best chance of success, not dictate or judge. - Have an exceptional and differentiated "spike" on what you're building. Can't stress enough how important it is for founders to have HIGH conviction. - If not raising, recommend finding 2-3 great VCs to connect with and build relationships over time but be cognizant of your own fundraising timeline so it doesn't become a drag on bandwidth for all. https://lnkd.in/g3MZDkEr

The Fed’s new infrastructure for instant payments, #FedNow, promises to revolutionize the payments industry. The Fika Ventures team is excited to meet with startups looking to capitalize on this new regulation. More thoughts on what the opportunities are here - bit.ly/3I2KhvM!

Throughout 2022, global markets came to realize that the cost of capital is no longer cheap. While signals that interest rates would rise were well telegraphed, it still was a tough pill to swallow for many tech companies. One technology sector that has been among those hit the hardest was FinTech, especially at the later stage. However with every downturn brings new opportunities and we at Fika Ventures try to unpack what these opportunities are and how to play offense in this environment https://lnkd.in/gtvGKtUE!

Such a fun time chatting with Tarang Gupta on the future of fin tech, where we think the biggest opportunities are and the challenges founders needs to navigate as they scale fin tech companies Fika Ventures

I am extremely pleased to welcome Naveen Zutshi, CIO of Databricks, and Andrew Peterson, CEO & Co-Founder of Signal Sciences, to Propelo’s Board of Directors.  Propelo is seeing amazing traction with enterprise customers using it to achieve higher levels of engineering productivity. https://lnkd.in/gFwmMdrc #Propelo_ai #EngineeringExcellence #DevProductivity #Enterprise #DevOps Fika Ventures