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With more than $900 million raised to date, Capchase experienced record growth in 2022, seeing demand increase almost 350% and growing European business to 30% of the company

NEW YORK, Dec.13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Capchase, the leading provider of non-dilutive capital to SaaS companies, today revealed its 2022 growth metrics, announcing it saw a surge in customers and increased revenue by 250%. Throughout the year, Capchase was able to expand its reach by securing additional funding, forging partnerships with leading financial service companies, and expanding its European services, including launching in Germany. The company’s success allowed it to deploy a record amount of non-dilutive financing to startups across the globe.

As the macroeconomic environment has become uncertain and VC funding has slowed, founders are increasingly looking to non-dilutive financing to diversify their funding, and future-proof their growth. As a result, Capchase saw underwritings increase by nearly 350% in 2022, with the majority of Capchase customers putting capital toward financing customer acquisition costs, key sales hires, and subscription expenses.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Prima, the award-winning, science-driven, plant therapeutic wellness brand and certified B Corp™, today announced the acquisition of Prospect Farms. Together, they form Uplifter Brands, PBC, a next-gen CPG house of clean and conscious brands across personal care, supplements, spa and hospitality, private label, and pet wellness.

The acquisition gives Prima ownership of Prospect Farms, one of the nation’s largest USDA Certified Organic hemp farms and manufacturing complexes. With over 250-acres of regenerative cultivation, the farm holds a state-of-the-art greenhouse, pharmaceutical-grade filing system, and on-site lab formulation and fulfillment to fuel profitable, accelerated growth for Uplifter Brands, as well as uphold and expand the portfolio’s highest standards for sourcing and sustainability.

“At a time when many of our competitors are shutting down, consolidating, or moving away from cannabinoids all-together, we’re doubling down on the ingredient and its vast therapeutic benefits,” says Laurel Angelica Myers, Uplifter Brands’ Co-CEO. “With the acquisition of a USDA Certified Organic hemp farm and an even bigger plan to lead the wellness category with the cleanest, science-backed botanical therapeutic products, we can’t wait to share what’s coming next.”

Arena Club, a card-trading platform co-founded by baseball Hall-of-Famer Derek Jeter, recently raised $10 million in Series A funding as it looks to put the ‘trading’ back into trading cards.

Sports trading card platform Arena Club has raised $10 million in Series A funding.

Co-founded by CEO Brian Lee and Hall of Fame Yankees player Derek Jeter, Arena Club launched its digital showroom in September. Through the platform, sports fans can buy, sell, trade and display their card collections. Using computer vision and machine learning, Arena Club allows fans to grade and authenticate their cards, which can be stored in the company’s vault or delivered in protective “slabs.” Arena Club intends to use the new cash to expand these functions and scale its operations.

The new funding brings Arena Club’s total amount raised to $20 million. M13, defy.vc, Lightspeed Ventures, Elysian Park Ventures and BAM Ventures contributed to the round.

“Our team is thankful for the group of investors—led by M13, who see the bright future of the trading card hobby and our platform,” Lee said in a statement. “I have long admired M13 and the value they bring to early-stage startups.”

Arena Club, the trading-card venture of New York Yankees icon Derek Jeter, has raised fresh funds as it looks to expand.

The $10 million round was led by M13 Ventures Management, with Defy.vc, Elysian Park Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures and BAM Ventures also participating.

The stablecoin issuer said Apple Pay support allows traditional businesses to experience the benefits of crypto settlement while allowing crypto businesses to engage with non-crypto-using customers.

Circle, the issuer of the United States dollar-pegged stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) has added support for Apple Pay — with the intention of bringing the crypto and traditional payment systems closer together.

Circle made the announcement in a Nov. 15 blog post, suggesting it may boost sales for crypto-native businesses as they can facilitate traditional payments from non-crypto-using customers while enabling customers to “buy crypto with Apple Pay on their preferred exchange.”

According to Circle, the addition of Apple Pay support will benefit traditional businesses by allowing them “to shift more retail payments to digital currency.”

Apple Pay is available to “eligible businesses” and claims to enable it is “a simple process.” Meanwhile, customers who checkout with Apple Pay at participating firms will finalize the transaction, as usual, using Apple’s Face ID or Touch ID.

The NBA Game release date is finally here, and there’s fantastic news for those of you who love basketball and mobile games. The new title came to you as courtesy of Nifty Games and promises to be a great 3-pointer full of fun activities, which may not be exactly what you expect because of the special abilities on offer.

Of course, there is no video game for the National Basketball Association without all 30 teams in the league, including the Celtics, Knicks, 69ers, Lakers, Bulls and more. There is no doubt that it’ll be a good time for some legendary players to appear on the screen. Obviously, NBA Clash includes more than 100 athletes.

The date is one of the most important and most memorable games, Jon Middleton says. We designed NBA Clash, which allows the intense fast-paced basketball movement to live from the ground up. Gamers will be fired to face off with custom teams of their favourite NBA players to rain down threes, break ankles and wreck rims against friends and opponents around the world.

Nifty Games announced this week the launch of NBA Clash on iOS and Android platforms.

NBA stars Jaylen Brown and Jamal Murray were featured as highlight athletes. Brown and Murray, alongside the full roster of NBA players are part of the player roster officially licensed from the NBA and the NBPA.

The game is an action mobile game aimed at armchair power forwards, casual hoops fans and sports fanatics looking for basketball action. Featuring all 30 NBA teams and over 100 individual players, NBA
Clash is a quick-session, real-time player-vs.-player mobile game.

Gamers worldwide will be able to compete head-to-head in 3-on-3 games, featuring first to eleven scoring. Nifty Games also published NFL Clash as part of its mission of bringing short form sports games to mobile players.