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Can Data Driven Lending Displace VC Funding For Some Firms?

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CircleUp entered the market in 2012 as a data driven variation on venture capital (VC) funding to solve for part of that problem in retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms. Small manufacturers face a lot of pressure from retailers, so the credit works as a buffer,” Hochberg said. CircleUp is retail- and CPG-focused.

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Transcript: Kenneth Tropin

Barry Ritholtz

RITHOLTZ: You guys do everything from quantitative analysis to macro. And now, some of the retailers are talking about easing Amazon and Walmart. RITHOLTZ: Right. TROPIN: They use multiple time horizons. That’s just an example of a technique that’s easy to understand. TROPIN: Sure. They were in a mad dash to hire.