"The road to successfully raise an institutional round is hazardous and extremely hard for any founder and downright impossible as a minority, particularly as a black founder where, according to CrunchBase, only 1% are expected to reach the milestone."

"Grow Credit, the startup that launched last year to help customers build out their credit scores by providing a credit line for online subscriptions like Spotify and Netflix, has added Mucker Labs as an investor and closed its seed round with $2 million in total commitments."

"The Grow Credit Mastercard requires no credit check, but its credit limits are tiny and you can’t use it like a traditional card"

"Can subscriptions and everyday payments be used to help build or rebuild a credit score? The Los Angeles-based Grow Credit thinks so."

"Grow Credit Announces Free Loan Service to Build Credit By managing subscription payments, it aims to help 90 million Americans."