Fimple lands $12M

And Zillow’s co-founder steps in as CEO. What’s next for Tinder & Hinge? 📲

February 05, 2025

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What we’ll cover today:

  • Banking Shakeup: SmartFin-backed Fimple lands $12M to take on Mambu & Thought Machine 💰

  • Match Group’s Big Swipe: Zillow’s co-founder steps in as CEO. What’s next for Tinder & Hinge? 📲

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Turkish fintech startup Fimple just bagged $12M from SmartFin to take on big players like Mambu and Thought Machine.

🚨 Breaking News:
Fimple is gearing up to disrupt banking software by offering modular, cloud-based solutions with fresh funding from SmartFin and institutional investors.

⚡Wire Simplified:

  • Fimple builds cloud-based banking software that helps banks modernize their systems.

  • The $12M funding will accelerate its growth and market expansion.

  • It’s competing with big names like Mambu and Thought Machine.

  • SmartFin and other investors see Fimple as a rising star in fintech.

  • The company aims to simplify banking infrastructure with flexible, plug-and-play solutions.

✔️ Straight to the Point:
Fimple’s fresh funding boosts its fight against banking software giants. With modular solutions, it aims to modernize banking without breaking the system.

Match Group, the company behind Tinder and Hinge, just appointed Zillow’s co-founder Spencer Rascoff as its new CEO.

🚨 Breaking News:
Spencer Rascoff, former Zillow boss, is now leading Match Group, aiming to shake up the online dating industry’s future.

⚡Wire Simplified:

  • Match Group owns dating giants like Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid.

  • Spencer Rascoff previously built Zillow into a real estate powerhouse.

  • He replaces Bernard Kim, who stepped down as CEO.

  • The company hopes Rascoff’s experience will drive innovation and user growth.

  • Online dating competition is heating up, with AI and new platforms emerging.

✔️ Straight to the Point:
Match Group bets on Zillow’s co-founder to boost its dating empire. Can he swipe right on success or face heartbreak?

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