Startups to Watch: Finch, Grin, Zuper, ShoppingGives

This week, Finch, a New York-based fintech startup that integrates the benefits of investing and the flexibility of checking into an all-in-one account, announced a $1.8 million seed round to launch its platform. Finch is helping users earn returns by automatically investing their checking balance into a portfolio designed to match their unique risk profile. The launch coincides with a strategic distribution deal with the 3M Oral Care Solutions Division (NYSE: MMM), which will be the first nationwide distributor of Grin Scopes. Grin’s team doubled in the last year, and its plan is to invest in engineering resources to add functionality and tools for its doctor network and to bring new orthodontists onboard. “Grin is investing to allow orthodontists to serve even more patients per practice to expand the offering to more people around the country,” he said “This means going beyond regular video chats and the EMR systems that we’ve grown accustomed to and leveraging bleeding-edge advances including incorporating the latest in image processing techniques.” Here’s what else is on my radar Zuper, a Seattle-based intelligent workforce and customer management platform, said it raised $1.1 million in seed funding and appointed former Microsoft product leader Anand Subbaraj as CEO.