When Foursquare launched out of the South by Southwest conference in 2010, it was briefly something of an overnight sensation. Consumers just couldn’t get enough checking-in. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
There are any number of players striving to be the prime mover behind Southeast Asian eCommerce — many of them very large and rather established. And in that crowded field is iPrice, a small firm with a big plan for itself: to be the gateway...
Insurance is, by its very nature, not an easy product to sell because it requires customers to give up current cash flow to hedge against a bad future situation of some kind. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Despite fewer business days last week, investment continued apace going into the holiday season, with even activity between commercial and B2B investment split almost evenly. That was good news for Bee, the online banking startup that grabbed $4.3M to seed its expansion outside New York.
The weather has been warm all around the U.S. — much to the irritation and chagrin of the nation’s retailers. But the investment marketplace has had just the opposite “weather pattern;” in fact, it’s been a decidedly chilly place for the last several weeks. The weather...
Alternative student and personal loan outfit Earnest just garnered $275 million in financing — a nod to the continued attractiveness of lenders outside of big banking. And investment activity picked up sharply from early November's slump.
Much focus has been spent (and column space been given) to the ever-expanding valuations handed off to maturing — or nearly mature —startups as part of their supercharged late funding rounds. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
While investing in startup firms has been somewhat restricted to institutional investors and the extremely affluent, 2015 has seen the marketplace open up some for involvement for middle-class investors looking to get in on the storied “ground floor.” Get the Full Story Complete the form...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When long-time homeless advocate and serial entrepreneur Liz Powers first told people about her plan to combine her two passions and build the first online art marketplace for homeless, disabled and otherwise disadvantaged people, people continually congratulated her on founding such a noble charity. Get...
