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Shekel Mobility is a technology company that provides a comprehensive platform for auto dealerships. It offers integrated solutions for inventory management, credit financing, and business operations, empowering dealers to streamline processes, enhance cash flow, and drive sustainable growth.

Flow48 is a company that specializes in revenue-based financing, providing businesses with access to capital to support their operations and growth. The platform offers upfront lump-sum investments that businesses can utilize for various purposes, such as investing in inventory or capital expenditures. By doing so, Flow48 helps stabilize cash flow and encourages future revenue generation. The company's model is designed to offer rapid funding solutions along with flexible repayment options, making it an attractive choice for companies seeking to enhance their financial stability and operational efficiency.

Scaleup Finance offers a subscription-based platform designed to enhance the management and administration of financial operations. By providing a digital Chief Financial Officer service and a CXO cockpit for financial management, it enables startups to optimize their finances, allowing them to focus on core business activities.

Pave helps consumer and SMB credit risk teams increase approvals through AI-powered cashflow analytics. 100 million+ US consumers and businesses are financially underserved, simply because their data is not recognized by the traditional financial system. We solve this by transforming transaction data, loan performance outcomes, and credit reports into Cashflow-driven Attributes and Scores, enabling increased financial access to new customer segments without increasing risk. Our mission is to build a future where every person and business has access to equitable credit solutions by creating a new standard of Cashflow-driven Analytics.

Sami is a health plan operator based in São Paulo, Brazil, established in 2018 by Dr. Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo. The company is dedicated to simplifying and enhancing the healthcare experience for its patients by offering comprehensive healthcare services at reduced costs. Sami provides unlimited app-based or in-person consultations, a dedicated health team, and access to a network of hospitals and wellness services. Through its innovative approach, Sami aims to deliver efficient, personalized, and preventive healthcare, ultimately helping individuals and businesses achieve better health outcomes. The company's mission focuses on transforming Brazilian healthcare into a more accessible, reliable, and user-friendly system, enabling each person to reach their best potential.

The Swarm is a platform that helps companies and investors access extended networks and relationship data to accelerate sales, recruiting, and fundraising. It supports integrations with Clay and HubSpot and enables users to browse candidate profiles and match top candidates with open positions, enhancing hiring efficiency and talent acquisition as part of network-based relationship management.

Invopop simplifies international invoicing for software companies. It offers an API that records sales, converts them into compliant invoices, and reports them to the appropriate tax authorities in the correct format.

Baton Market, founded in 2021 and based in Richmond, Massachusetts, offers data-driven business valuation services aimed at empowering small business owners. The company focuses on providing accurate business valuation estimates that help maximize the value of enterprises. By leveraging first-party financial data, Baton Market specializes in producing refined valuations tailored specifically for small businesses, making these insights accessible to owners. The company's mission is to ensure that small business owners receive fair compensation for their efforts and contributions, promoting the idea that ownership of small businesses should be attainable for all.

Shekel Mobility is a technology company that provides a comprehensive platform for auto dealerships. It offers integrated solutions for inventory management, credit financing, and business operations, empowering dealers to streamline processes, enhance cash flow, and drive sustainable growth.

Scaleup Finance offers a subscription-based platform designed to enhance the management and administration of financial operations. By providing a digital Chief Financial Officer service and a CXO cockpit for financial management, it enables startups to optimize their finances, allowing them to focus on core business activities.

MyPocketCFO is a cloud-based platform that provides integrated financial management for small and medium-sized consumer brand and e-commerce businesses. The platform connects financial records and offers accounting, analysis, and insights that support growth and data-driven decision making. It automates bookkeeping and generates real-time financial statements and insight reports, giving users a consolidated view of the company’s financial picture. By combining accounting, financial analysis tools, and fundraising capabilities, it helps businesses manage finances, monitor performance, and pursue financing opportunities. The solution aims to simplify financial operations for entrepreneurs and small teams, enabling clearer reporting and scalable growth.

EQUIP is an online platform designed to streamline the procurement of construction materials for small and medium-sized construction businesses in Latin America. By addressing the challenges faced by these companies, which often rely on local hardware stores with high markup prices, EQUIP provides a more efficient and cost-effective solution. The platform enables contractors to source a wide range of materials and equipment, ensuring convenient delivery and flexible payment options. With a founding team possessing strong backgrounds in technology and construction, EQUIP aims to enhance access to essential building supplies, thereby contributing to improved housing availability in the region. The company has garnered support from notable investors, including venture capital firms and angels associated with prominent companies.

Flex Finance is a spend management platform designed to help African businesses effectively manage their finances. It offers mobile, web, and corporate card solutions to streamline spending and provide insights for better budgeting.

Nsave is a fintech startup that specializes in digital banking services, focusing on providing a secure platform for saving in various currencies, including USD, EUR, and GBP. The company aims to enhance financial inclusion by offering services that do not impose account restrictions, allowing customers to access global safe accounts for their funds. With a commitment to financial security, Nsave ensures that users can manage their savings with confidence and ease.

PayO is an Accounting and payments application that enables simplified billing, easy stock management, payment collections, and supplier payments for small businesses.

EQUIP is an online platform designed to streamline the procurement of construction materials for small and medium-sized construction businesses in Latin America. By addressing the challenges faced by these companies, which often rely on local hardware stores with high markup prices, EQUIP provides a more efficient and cost-effective solution. The platform enables contractors to source a wide range of materials and equipment, ensuring convenient delivery and flexible payment options. With a founding team possessing strong backgrounds in technology and construction, EQUIP aims to enhance access to essential building supplies, thereby contributing to improved housing availability in the region. The company has garnered support from notable investors, including venture capital firms and angels associated with prominent companies.

PayO is an Accounting and payments application that enables simplified billing, easy stock management, payment collections, and supplier payments for small businesses.

Plentina is a financial technology company founded in 2019 that specializes in creating alternative credit scores and applications to facilitate access to store credit financing for essential purchases, such as food and medicine, in emerging markets. By leveraging machine learning algorithms, Plentina aims to unlock financial services for underserved populations, enabling them to secure microloans and improve their purchasing power. The company's innovative approach addresses the challenges faced by individuals in these markets, helping them to access vital goods and financial resources more easily. Headquartered in its founding location, Plentina is committed to enhancing financial inclusion in regions where traditional credit systems may be inadequate.

SMBX, Inc. is an online funding portal and public marketplace based in San Francisco, California, that facilitates the issuance and buying of small business bonds. Founded in 2016, the company enables small businesses to raise capital by offering bonds directly to the public, bypassing traditional banking channels and associated regulatory fees. SMBX focuses primarily on small business debt, particularly within the SBA loan market, providing an innovative alternative for businesses seeking financing. The company also operates a mobile application to enhance user accessibility and engagement. By connecting high-quality businesses with potential investors, SMBX aims to streamline the capital-raising process for small enterprises.

Bikry is India’s first direct-to-consumer platform empowering small businesses to establish an online presence within seconds. It offers a zero-commission model, enabling merchants to manage operations, promotions, sales, payments, and deliveries through its user-friendly application.

Plentina is a financial technology company founded in 2019 that specializes in creating alternative credit scores and applications to facilitate access to store credit financing for essential purchases, such as food and medicine, in emerging markets. By leveraging machine learning algorithms, Plentina aims to unlock financial services for underserved populations, enabling them to secure microloans and improve their purchasing power. The company's innovative approach addresses the challenges faced by individuals in these markets, helping them to access vital goods and financial resources more easily. Headquartered in its founding location, Plentina is committed to enhancing financial inclusion in regions where traditional credit systems may be inadequate.

Umba is an African digital bank offering free bank accounts and connected financial services. Founded in 2017, it operates in Kenya and Nigeria, providing customers with complete control of their finances via a single mobile application.

SMBX, Inc. is an online funding portal and public marketplace based in San Francisco, California, that facilitates the issuance and buying of small business bonds. Founded in 2016, the company enables small businesses to raise capital by offering bonds directly to the public, bypassing traditional banking channels and associated regulatory fees. SMBX focuses primarily on small business debt, particularly within the SBA loan market, providing an innovative alternative for businesses seeking financing. The company also operates a mobile application to enhance user accessibility and engagement. By connecting high-quality businesses with potential investors, SMBX aims to streamline the capital-raising process for small enterprises.

Sami is a health plan operator based in São Paulo, Brazil, established in 2018 by Dr. Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo. The company is dedicated to simplifying and enhancing the healthcare experience for its patients by offering comprehensive healthcare services at reduced costs. Sami provides unlimited app-based or in-person consultations, a dedicated health team, and access to a network of hospitals and wellness services. Through its innovative approach, Sami aims to deliver efficient, personalized, and preventive healthcare, ultimately helping individuals and businesses achieve better health outcomes. The company's mission focuses on transforming Brazilian healthcare into a more accessible, reliable, and user-friendly system, enabling each person to reach their best potential.

Bikry is India’s first direct-to-consumer platform empowering small businesses to establish an online presence within seconds. It offers a zero-commission model, enabling merchants to manage operations, promotions, sales, payments, and deliveries through its user-friendly application.

SMBX, Inc. is an online funding portal and public marketplace based in San Francisco, California, that facilitates the issuance and buying of small business bonds. Founded in 2016, the company enables small businesses to raise capital by offering bonds directly to the public, bypassing traditional banking channels and associated regulatory fees. SMBX focuses primarily on small business debt, particularly within the SBA loan market, providing an innovative alternative for businesses seeking financing. The company also operates a mobile application to enhance user accessibility and engagement. By connecting high-quality businesses with potential investors, SMBX aims to streamline the capital-raising process for small enterprises.