Meiweibuyongdeng, a Shanghai-based online restaurant reservation and management service app similar to OpenTable, is in talks to secure an investment from Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Bloomberg Beta has raised its second $75 million fund to be dedicated – like its predecessor – to seed funding for start-ups. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Bloomberg reports that the biggest bank in Spain is, in effect, doubling down on its investments in FinTech. 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...
Thanks in part to the resiliency of the stock market, the amount of venture capital money going into startups improved in the second quarter. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Aiming to increase its upscale offerings, coffee chain giant Starbucks announced last week that it is investing in Princi, the Italian boutique bakery and café, known for its artisan breads. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Startups have been aiming to disrupt pretty much every aspect of our lives, and that is particularly true of the fitness class market as well. Aiming to become the de facto app to help customers find local fitness classes, Zenrez of San Francisco raised $2...
The conventional wisdom going into 2016 was that chat apps and email apps were pretty much dead. Might there still be ways to innovate with email? Sure, but the experts agree that it was unlikely that anyone was going to outdo the dominance Google (and to...
CityBase, the Chicago startup that aids cities in reaching and serving residents and businesses, announced on Thursday (July 7) it raised $6.25 million in a Series B round of funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Amid stock volatility, some unicorns pull back from previous IPO plans. Could there be cannibalization amid mergers and acquisitions, too?
