Bullet points of The flat-rate real estate startup that’s got big players worried and BNPL’s turning a corner

Bullet points of The flat-rate real estate startup that’s got big players worried and BNPL’s turning a corner
- Landian, a new real estate startup, emerged from stealth to offer a flat-fee real estate service, allowing buyers to pay $49 for home tours and $199 for offer prep sessions, or a flat fee of $1,799 for up to five home tours and two offer prep sessions.
- Klarna and Affirm, buy now, pay later players, shared their financials, with Affirm beating analysts' expectations and Klarna reporting a 27% revenue increase in the first half of 2024.
- Comun, a digital bank focused on serving immigrants in the United States, raised $21.5 million in a Series A funding round, growing its valuation by 50%.
- Carta, a stock-trading startup, sold its brokerage accounts to Public, after facing allegations of using private cap table data to approach shareholders without their knowledge.
- Bolt's proposed new backers, The London Fund, scrubbed its web page, and there is ongoing news about the company's saga.
- MoneyThumb was acquired, and Ryan Campbell took over as CEO, with expectations of what to expect.
- Synctera partnered with Marqeta to introduce Fleet Cards, and PayPal joined a group investing $15M in a Brazilian startup.