🚨Exciting announcement today🚨 ZFoundr is now 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩 We’ve been writing ZFoundr for 9 months and 45 editions – it’s been a blast – but it’s also time for a brand & content refresh Let’s dive into the details 👇

Feature of the day 👇 🦄 Company: @tryvest_ 📝 TLDR: stock-based loyalty rewards for emerging businesses 💸 Stage: Pre-seed 📍 Location: SF 👥 Founders: @BrettSeaton0 & Kaushik Akula For more Gen Z deals & news, subscribe!

Feature of the day 👇 🦄 Company: @Arpari_ 📝 TLDR: Financial platform for commercial real estate 💸 Stage: Pre-seed 📍 Location: NYC 👥 Founders: Alexandra Zwiener For more Gen Z deals & news, subscribe!

Feature of the day 👇 🦄 Company: getpinglend.com 📝 TLDR: providing underbanked borrowers with a credit card by collateralizing assets 💸 Stage: Series A 📍 Location: SF 👥 Founders: James Savoldelli For more Gen Z deals & news, subscribe!

Feature of the day 👇 🦄 Company: @bluehillpay 📝 TLDR: marketplace to lower payment processing fees for merchants 💸 Stage: pre-seed 📍 Location: SF 👥 Founders: @HimanshuMinocha & Rohan Minocha For more Gen Z deals & news, subscribe!

Feature of the day 👇 🦄 Company: @endexapp 📝 TLDR: social investment platform to create and invest in peer-managed indexes 💸 Stage: pre-seed 📍 Location: NYC 👥 Founders: @Brit10knee_11 & @kevin_loo For more Gen Z deals & news, subscribe!

Theme of the week: FinTech 💸 💰 FinTech was the number one sector for VC funding in 2021 📈 $134 billion was invested, marking a whopping 177 percent YoY growth 🦄 New unicorns in the space include @gauntletnetwork, @getflex_hq, @sezzleinc

Feature of the day 👇 🦄 Company: @knowtexai 📝 TLDR: Automating manual tasks for healthcare professionals 💸 Stage: Pre-seed (YC S22) 📍 Location: San Francisco, CA 👥 Founders: @CarolineCZhang, Jocelyn Kang For more Gen Z deals & news, subscribe!

Feature of the day 👇 🦄 Company: @montereyai 📝 TLDR: Co-pilot for product development 💸 Stage: Pre-seed (YC S22) 📍 Location: San Francisco, CA 👥 Founders: @chunonline, @benmkramer For more Gen Z deals & news, subscribe!

Feature of the day 👇 🦄 Company: @toolcharm 📝 TLDR: Making backend services available to all employees 💸 Stage: Pre-first round 📍 Location: Orlando, FL 👥 Founders: @Mark_Bruckert, Owen Burns For more Gen Z deals & news, subscribe!

Feature of the day 👇 🦄 Company: uplinkapp.io 📝 TLDR: Enabling document requests at scale 💸 Stage: Pre-Seed (YC S22) 📍 Location: Washington, DC 👥 Founders: Alexander Grant, Alexander Maher, Brady Ochse, Nicholas Yarmesch For more Gen Z deals & news, subscribe!

Feature of the day 👇 🦄 Company: @PlusIdentityHQ 📝 TLDR: Password manager for startups on Slack 💸 Stage: Pre-Seed 📍 Location: San Francisco, CA 👥 Founders: Channy Hong, Ike Jin Park For more Gen Z deals & news, subscribe!

Theme of the week: Productivity Tech 👩‍💻 🏬 Companies large and small embrace tools that help their employees get more done 🦠 Since COVID, there has been an emphasis on how to make remote / hybrid workers more productive 📈 Unicorns include @MiroHQ @Calendly @clickup

Feature of the day 👇 🦄 Company: @mapis_is 📝 TLDR: Career platform for international students 💸 Stage: Pre-first round 📍 Location: Claremont, CA 👥 Founders: @dianavic_ For more Gen Z deals & news, subscribe!

Feature of the day 👇 🦄 Company: @JobProtocol 📝 TLDR: Accelerating web3 recruiting through on-chain referral bounties 💸 Stage: Pre-first round 📍 Location: Distributed 👥 Founders: @BGordts, @jacobclr For more Gen Z deals & news, subscribe!