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1.9KRipple Invests $25M Worth Of XRP Into Blockchain Capital’s Fund
Ripple, the blockchain company, announced news on Wednesday (April 11) that it has invested $25 million of its XRP cryptocurrency in Blockchain...
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2.0KAccessFinTech Joins JPMorgan’s In-Residence Program
Access Fintech announced on Tuesday (April 10) that JPMorgan Chase took part in a round of fundraising. According to a press release,...
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1.7KAnt Financial May Become The World’s Biggest Unicorn
Through a private funding round that could make Ant Financial the world’s biggest unicorn, the Chinese financial firm — an affiliate of...
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3.2KSenseTime Notches $600M In Funding
Furthering the battle for artificial intelligence (AI) between firms in China and the U.S., China’s SenseTime has raised $600 million in Series...
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1.6KInstacart Now Reportedly Has A $4.35 Billion Valuation
About a month after Instacart raised $200 million in February, the grocery delivery platform has reportedly notched another $150 million in funding....
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3.9KSoftBank Invests $400M In India’s Paytm Mall
SoftBank Group announced that it is investing $400 million in India’s Paytm E-Commerce Pvt. Ltd., which will bring the value of the...
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4.9KCredit Karma Now Valued At $4B Thanks To $500M Funding Boost
As Credit Karma seeks to move beyond credit reports and become a financial assistant, the company said on Wednesday (March 28) that...
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2.5KSoftBank Might Invest $1B In China’s Manbang Group
Japan’s SoftBank might be looking to invest $1 billion in Chinese truck-hailing company Manbang Group. The Wall Street Journal reported that the...
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2.6KJD’s Finance Arm Seeks Fresh Funding
In an effort to deepen its push into securities, banking and insurance, JD.com’s finance arm is seeking to raise ¥12 billion —...
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1.7KChinese Investors Want To Invest In Tech IPOs
A new survey by Shenzhen Stock Exchange reveals that most Chinese investors, who expect the government to roll back some of its...
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2.8KAnt Financial Buys 45 Percent Stake In Telenor Microfinance Bank
Telenor Group announced news on Tuesday (March 13) that it made a strategic partnership with Ant Financial Services Group in which Ant...
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1.5KBioCatch Announces $30M Financing Round
U.S./Israeli startup BioCatch announced it has closed a $30 million funding round led by Maverick Ventures. Founded in 2011, BioCatch uses behavioral biometrics...
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4.6KAlibaba Co-Founders Invest In Rent the Runway
Blue Pool Capital, a financial company that’s main role is investing for Jack Ma and Joe Tsai, the co-founders of Alibaba, has...
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2.8KBlockchain Startup Bitt Gets $3M Investment From Medici
Blockchain startup Bitt announced that it has received an additional $3 million in funding from Overstock’s venture capital subsidiary, Medici Ventures. According...
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2.5KAtom Tickets Raises $60M; Adds Fidelity As Investor
Atom Tickets, the movie ticket app, announced news on Thursday (March 8) that it closed a Series C round of funding, raising...
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3.7KUber’s Kalanick Launches New Investment Fund
Uber co-founder and former Chief Executive Travis Kalanick announced in a Twitter post that he is creating a new fund called 10100,...
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3.6KBBVA Increases Stake In UK’s Atom Bank
BBVA, the Spanish bank, announced news on Wednesday (March 7) that it has raised its stake in Atom Bank, the U.K. digital...
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2.1KSEC Takes A Closer Look At Overstock Token Sale
The Securities and Exchange Commission, as part of its wider probe of cryptocurrency and the complex world of ICOs, is taking a...
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983Telegram Set To Break ICO Record At $850M
As it seeks to build a payment platform using the blockchain, Telegram Group Inc. is tripling the price of coins in its...
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4.9KBill Gates Says ICOs And Cryptos Can Be ‘Super Risky’
Bill Gates took on cryptocurrencies and the future of transportation in an ask me anything (AMA) session on Reddit. And, while he...
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2.1KGo-Jek Raises $1.5B From Investors, Including BlackRock, Google
Go-Jek, the delivery and ride-hailing company located in Indonesia, has raised $1.5 billion in venture capital funding. According to news from Reuters, Go-Jek...
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2.0KSignal Goes From Non-Profit To Profit With $50M Investment
Moxie announced Wednesday (Feb. 21) that it is launching the Signal Foundation with the support of Brian Acton, the co-founder of WhatsApp,...
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Even Financial Reports $3M Financing Round
Even Financial announced news on Tuesday (Feb. 20) that it received $3 million in a strategic investing round, with participation from American...
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3.6KTempest In A Meal Box?
Tempest in a (meal) box? Attention turned to meal kits as the government invoked “Blue Apron” as a model of sorts for...
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2.2KIdentityMind Raises $10M
IdentityMind Global announced that it has closed a $10 million Series C round of financing. Along with existing investors, the round was...
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2.5KYapStone Raises $71M To Fund Expansion, M&A
YapStone, the online and mobile payment company, has raised $71 million in venture capital funding. According to news from Financial Technology Partners, which...
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3.8KAlibaba Follows Amazon’s Lead, Buys Grocery Store
Two months after news surfaced that China’s Alibaba wanted to make an online grocery play in India by investing in BigBasket, it...
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2.2KBad Week Worsens For Cryptos; No TGIF Here
There’ll be no TGIF from bitcoin and its brethren, it seems. Cryptos of all stripes and sizes, from bitcoin to its lesser...
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7.5KAnt Financial Stake Helps Alibaba Beat The Street
Alibaba, China’s leading eCommerce player, announced a 56 percent increase in earnings during its third quarter and revealed it’s acquiring a 33...
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3.3KSoftBank Takes Majority Share In LINE MOBILE
SoftBank is acquiring a majority stake in LINE MOBILE, a subsidiary of Line Corporation, which owns and operates the messaging app LINE....
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3.0KSoftBank Invests $300M In Wag
Wag Labs, a startup that connects dog walkers with dog owners through an app, is receiving $300 million in funds from SoftBank’s...
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3.7KAirbnb Spending $5M To Build Localized Experiences
Airbnb, which last year launched Experiences – an initiative that enables small businesses, entrepreneurs and community non-profits to create immersive experiences for...
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9.0KSilicon Valley VCs See Green In Telegram’s $600M ICO
Three big Silicon Valley venture capital firms want to invest in Telegram’s initial coin offering (ICO), The Financial Times reported. Kleiner Perkins Caufield...
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4.0KBaidu Wants $2B To Grow Financial Services
Baidu, the Chinese search engine company, is looking to raise money for its finance unit, Baidu Financial Services Group (FSG), and could...
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4.1KCargo’s Plan To Turn Cars Into Mobile Convenience Stores
Cargo, the startup that allows ridesharing drivers to sell food and beverages inside their vehicle, just landed $5.5 million in venture capital...
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3.8KMania And Madness: A History Of Things People Liked Too Much
Did you know that mania is considered a mental illness? Google Dictionary defines it as a “mental illness marked by periods of...
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22.3KAutomakers Rev Up Venture Capital Engine With 38 Investments in 2017
Automakers that want in on ridesharing, self-driving cars or innovative car financing options aren’t always developing their own technologies or starting their...
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1.9KStrong Jobs Boost Dow To Break 25K
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other stock indexes hit fresh highs on the heels of strong jobs data Thursday (Jan. 4)....
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5.4KAuto Asset-Backed Securities Surge; Could Create Trouble In 2018
Auto asset-backed securities (ABS) hit a post-financial crisis high this year in the U.S., which could set up some trouble in the...
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2.4KTheranos Gets $100M Lifeline
Theranos, the struggling blood testing company based in Silicon Valley, has landed a $100 million loan from Fortress Investment Group. Citing an...
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3.1KLong Island Iced Tea Becomes Long Island Blockchain; Stock Surges 300 Percent
Need more evidence that the cryptocurrency craze is taking a page from the dotcom boom of the early 1990’s? Check out Long...
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3.5KJPMC Hops On Robo-Advisor Bus
JPMorgan Chase is launching a lower-cost online investment management tool this week: the robo-adviser. According to news from Reuters, the company plans to...
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3.1KKasisto Lands $17M, Plans Expansion
Kasisto, the creator of KAI, the conversational artificial intelligence (AI) platform for finance, announced news on Wednesday (Dec. 13) that it raised...
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3.0KPayPal, Accel Back Fraud Detection Startup, Simility
Simility, the fraud detection and risk management startup, has landed $17.5 million in funding. In a company blog post, Chief Executive Officer...
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4.0KUber Ex-Employees Worry About Stock Value In Face Of SoftBank Investment
Uber employees are taking advantage of the rare opportunity to convert their paper shares of Uber into cold, hard cash as SoftBank,...
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3.2KIndia’s Bigbasket Getting Even Bigger With Alibaba Investment
India’s biggest online supermarket Bigbasket is about to get even bigger. Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has said it will...
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3.1KWorldRemit Lands $40M
Leading digital money transfer service WorldRemit has raised $40 million to drive its next phase of growth, bringing its total amount raised...
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3.2KChina’s Bike-Share Ofo Raises $1B
Ofo, the Chinese bicycle sharing company, has raised $1 billion or more from Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant, and other investors. According...
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2.4KAmid The Good (Stock Market) Cheer, Clouds Gather?
Nine years is a long time for anything to run — a TV show, your car, a bowling league — especially so the...
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2.7KAffirm Said To Eye $150M Capital Raise On $1.5B Valuation
Affirm Inc., an online lender, is reportedly in late-stage talks to land a new round of financing that would propel it to...
