Fizz

“Kleiner Perkins Dominates $14.4M Seed Investment in Paradigm-Shifting Fizz: The Ultimate Credit-Building Debit Solution for Gen Z Scholars”

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“I couldn’t get a credit card because my parents couldn’t co-sign,” Kobe recalls, “and I didn’t want to put down a large security deposit. Scott points out that New York-based Fizz set out to offer college students a different entry ramp into building credit. And if you ask any of them, they’ll tell you that they’re credit card averse, but they’re not necessarily credit averse,” he told TechCrunch. ”Fizz is one of several fintechs aiming to serve the expansive Gen Z market. For instance, Frich, a financial education and social community for Gen Z, just raised $2.8 million in seed funding.

“UNC System Implements Ban on Yik Yak, Fizz, Sidechat, and Whisper: The Latest Confrontation for Anonymous Social Platforms”

Anonymous Social Apps
Anonymous social apps tend to appeal to younger users and are often used for bad behavior like bullying, harassment, and online abuse. It seems every few years — and no matter how many times anonymous apps like these fail — someone, somewhere builds yet another anonymous social platform. Yik Yik, in fact, is on its second life. No matter how many times this trend is tried, standalone anonymous social apps aimed at consumers rarely lead to a sustainable business. Yik Yak, Sidechat, Whisper, and Fizz were asked for comment using public email addresses published on their websites and in their terms of service.