Congrats @IamBrandonHill — also one of the coolest announcements videos I’ve seen

What a journey. Since the @CadreRE sale, I’ve been reflecting—not just on the highs & hard lessons, but on the people who made it all possible. From my family in Louisiana to my Cadre family world-wide, I have learned that No one builds anything worthwhile alone. I recently discussed my journey on the @mastersofscale podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… Thank you to my family, the Cadre team, and every mentor, investor & partner who lifted me up—from the late-night cleaning crews to friends and partners like @jaredkushner , @JoshuaKushner , @mcuban , @darrenwalker, @vkhosla, @aplusk and so many more! I wouldn’t be here without your support and I can’t wait to share more about what I’m building next as I continue to focus on breaking barriers & opening doors while creating access where it's needed most.

Finix, a "payments infrastructure" startup that became a payment processor like Stripe in 2023, raised a $75M Series C, bringing its total funding to $208M (@zeffmax / TechCrunch) techcrunch.com/2024/10/24/fi… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?from… techmeme.com/241024/p22#a241…

Today @finix is excited to announce we’ve raised $75M in Series C funding led by @AcrewCapital, co-led by @lightspeedvp and @leappartners. When we started Finix, we were big believers in the developer movement. We still are! Since then, we’ve recognized that there’s been a major shift in the market. Even businesses that have developers don’t want to spend their time or resources on payments — they want highly brandable and configurable payment components. From startups to publicly traded companies, merchants to vertical SaaS companies, customers of all sizes are taking advantage of Finix’s no-code solutions. Today, every feature in Finix's broad product suite is now available in no-code, low-code and API-driven solutions. If Adyen is for the enterprise, Square is for card present SMBs, Stripe is for the developer-centric startup, Finix is for the 22M businesses without enough developers. Read more here: hubs.ly/Q02VFwNl0

One of my favorite interviews — no podcast is complete without a reference to Ja Rule! Thanks for having me on your podcast, I had a ton of fun

Congrats @dan_portillo @phineasb @akline_SF and the entire @thegp team! Special shout out to @dan_portillo one of the few Latino VC fund managers doing it at this scale. Over the years he’s become a close friend, mentor and inspiration. Thanks for paving the way