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Diffuse just hosted yet another successful ConZoom session - a virtual event that is part networking (you’ll meet at least a half dozen high caliber startup players) and part purposeful (you’ll ConZoom new ideas). This week, we sat with Joe Holberg, Founder and CEO of...

COVID-19 has completely reframed the way we consume and interact. Extensive social distancing measures being taken across the globe and countries going under complete lockdowns have significantly impacted the world economy. Businesses are undergoing a severe shortage of capital and are struggling for survival. 

The Fintech sector, in particular, has taken the impact both ways. It has faced some serious risks due to the global decrease in financial transactions and, at the same time, has acted as an enabler by providing digital solutions to industries on the verge of bankruptcy. Here is a detailed analysis of how COVID-19 has affected the fintech industry across the world.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive wave or uncertainty in the venture capital (VC) industry. With practically everything now on pause, both startups and investors have been launched into a state of uneasiness, and we are seeing the consequences across...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive wave or uncertainty in the venture capital (VC) industry. With practically everything now on pause, both startups and investors have been launched into a state of uneasiness, and we are seeing the consequences across...

“When the market tanks like this, if you go to investors and do a capital call right now, you will have anarchy on your hands,” warns Diffuse Founder Kenny Estes. The world is facing a major crisis today like no other. In this great time of uncertainty, certain...

A great deal of investors tend to lose out on their investments, which begs the question: how many investors really do commit due diligence to their full capacity?  Due diligence, in the simplest of terms, is the process of gathering information and insights that...

Venture capital is an exciting field, but recent fundamental trends in money inflow/outflow suggest that passive VC investing may not work for very long. Certainly, early stage startups have been hard put to find funding. In the last ten years, the amount of capital...

Investing in early stage businesses can be risky; after all, 90 percent of all startups do fail. Moreover, a startup can take anywhere between 4 and 16 years to provide its investors with an exit; thus, it is safe to assume that the investor money will be locked up...

Valuation of early stage startups is one of the most important areas of discussion and negotiation between the founders and investors. While the situation is less tricky for later-stage startups with steady revenues and projections, determining valuation is more of an...

It’s 2020, and VCs are mad about fintech-related startups. Pitchbook reports that in 2018, the financial technology industry in America and Europe alone drew more than 1,300 venture deals totalling more than $15 billion. KPMG’s estimate for the global market,...