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Nest Rival tado° Raises $50M From Amazon, Others
October 25, 2018

Munich-based tado°, the intelligent home climate management company, announced on Thursday (Oct. 25) that it has landed a $50 million investment from investors, including Amazon. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Visa Invests In Brazil Payment Co Conductor
October 23, 2018

Visa, the payments company, announced Tuesday (October 23) a strategic minority investment in Conductor, a digital payments processing technology platform in Brazil. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Alexa Fund Boosts Voice-Enabled ResTech With SevenRooms Investment
October 17, 2018

SevenRooms, the all-in-one reservation, seating and guest management platform, announced on Wednesday (Oct. 17) an investment from Amazon’s Alexa Fund. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Instacart Raises $600M At $7.6B Valuation
October 16, 2018

Instacart, the retailers’ delivery service, raised $600 million in a fresh round of funding, giving it a valuation of $7.6 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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MIT’s New AI School Gets $1B Investment
October 15, 2018

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), aiming to take a lead in educating on artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced computing, is creating a new college called MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing with a planned investment of $1 billion. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Brex’s Plan For Its New $125M In Funding
October 12, 2018

When Brex CEO Henrique Dubugras first started out as an entrepreneur, his first destination wasn’t finance — it was virtual reality (VR) technology. But that changed when he went to try and get a corporate card for his firm and found that it was a bigger-than-intended...

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SoftBank, Flush with Hard Cash, Eyes WeWork Stake
October 10, 2018

SoftBank is looking to put its money to work in WeWork. Possibly. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

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Divvy Lands $30M To Disrupt The Homeownership Model
October 10, 2018

Homeownership startup Divvy announced that it has raised $30 million in equity and debt from Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from seed investors Caffeinated Capital, DFJ and PayPal Co-founder Max Levchin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Starbucks’ New Investor: Pershing Square
October 09, 2018

Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund controlled by activist investor William Ackman, now has about a 1.1 percent stake in Starbucks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...