Carvana, the Phoenix-based online used car dealer made famous by running a car vending machine, has raised $160 million in venture funding, putting its total funding at $460 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Who doesn’t want an investment that’s insulated from external events, while also offering them a high probable return on their investment? LexShares, according to CEO and co-founder Jay Greenberg, does that and in a pretty counterintuitive way. Well, if you have an appetite for throwing...
Airbnb’s last investment round pales in comparison to the most recent round; a group of investors pushed Airbnb to a market cap that is second only to Uber, which is currently worth $68 billion. Airbnb plans to use the raised capital for physical expansion and...
In the latest round of fundraising, Airbnb is grabbing $850 million from a consortium of investors, which would give the property sharing giant a $30 billion valuation. The total raised to date by the firm stands at $3.2 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the...
If Uber’s spread isn’t global at this point, then what markets they haven’t entered weren’t likely to be vibrant business interests in the end. Where it has expanded, though, it’s made gains enough to make the native players in the market nervous enough to go...
Currency transfer and finding ways for consumers to avoid the inevitable fees is a hot spot for FinTech startups. 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...
Credit Suisse is getting back into the private wealth business in the U.S., creating a new investment banking unit that caters to company founders and entrepreneurs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Wonder Workshop, a San Mateo, California-based company that makes two types of toy robots intended to teach children coding skills, announced on Thursday (July 28) that it had secured $20 million in Series B funding from a round of investors. Get the Full Story Complete...
Phishing scams have become commonplace, costing companies countless amounts of money. Cybersecurity startup PhishMe is aiming to help companies thwart those attacks and just closed a round of funding to aid it in its plight. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
