E125: Credit-Building Debit Cards, Revolutionized Plant-Based-Meat, and AI-Generated Content Detection

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And now for this week’s prescription:

On this week’s dose, you’ll first hear about Fizz (1:48), a startup that is helping young adults boost their financial literacy and build credit through their reward-earning debit card, hot off a $14.4M seed round led by Kleiner Perkins.

Next, we’ll talk about Tender (6:33), a startup that’s revolutionizing the plant-based meat industry with their innovative fiber spinning technology, fresh off an $11M Series A funding led by Rhapsody Venture Partners.

And lastly, we’ll close out this week’s dose with a breakdown on GPTZero (11:21), the leading platform for AI-generated content detection and responsible AI adoption, and their $10M Series A led by Footwork Co-founder Nikhil Basu Trivedi.

Debit cards, plant-based meat, and AI-detection; another diverse spread of startups for this week’s dose.

Sources:

https://joinfizz.com/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/06/kleiner-perkins-leads-14-4m-seed-round-into-fizz-a-credit-building-debit-card-aimed-at-gen-z-college-students/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/17/tender-food-plant-based-alternative-protein/

https://vegconomist.com/investments-finance/investments-acquisitions/tender-food-11m-replace-extrusion-animal-ag-appoints-oatly-president/

https://gptzero.me/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/13/gptzero-profitable-ai-detection-startup-10m-series-a/

https://www.ctol.digital/news/gptzero-ai-startup-achieves-rapid-profitability-and-secures-10m-funding/

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gptzero-announces-10-million-series-a-funding-round-to-revolutionize-responsible-ai-adoption-302172340.html

Music Credit: Chapter One by Cole Bauer and Dean Keeton

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