PayPal is throwing its weight behind a mobile app called Acorns Grow by leading its $30 million funding round. 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...
A year can make a big difference to how the world sees a business model. 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,...
In a bit of a switch, startups that concentrate on serving businesses rather than consumers are garnering a bit more money from venture capital firms — who, as Reuters noted, want to see investment returns “sooner rather than later.” Get the Full Story Complete the...
Logistics, particularly in shipping, more or less make the world go round. Done right the average person doesn’t think much about them, mostly because the process by which goods ship from one side of the world to the other is not the type of story...
The venture capital industry in the United States raised $12 billion, across 57 funds, in the first quarter of this year, as noted by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), in conjunction with Thomson Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Investor letters are not generally highly renowned for their incredible readability. That’s never been a real problem since shareholders aren’t looking to be entertained when they read the annual missive from the CEOs whose firms they own a share of; they are looking to be...
Venture capitalists can be a cagey bunch, and now, they are a cautious bunch. The group, noted Bloomberg on Thursday (April 7), made fewer investments within the last quarter in the United States and actually loaded relatively more money into what Bloomberg termed as “mature private companies,”...
While there are many wonderful things to be said for parenting, there is one inarguable downside to bringing new life into the world: it is very, very expensive. From birth to age 18 the average cost of raising a child is estimated to be around...
French telecom giant Orange is making a play in the African retail industry with a $85 million investment in Nigerian eCommerce company Africa Internet Group (AIG). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
