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Investments
FreshDirect Raises $189 Million In Venture Funding
September 27, 2016

FreshDirect, which has been delivering groceries to people on the East Coast for some time now, has raised $189 million in additional venture funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Slow Go For IPOs In 2016
September 23, 2016

There’s been a dearth of IPOs this year — so much so that 2016 will go down as a banner year of less than plenty for investment bankers who rely on fees from this corner of the market, depressed as it is to a multi-decade...

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Google Leads Airbnb’s Massive Funding Round
September 23, 2016

Alphabet’s investment arm has jumped on the Airbnb bandwagon, joining a round expected to net out at $850 million. That would put the homesharing platform’s valuation at around $30 billion, according to sources close to the deal quoted by The Wall Street Journal. Get the...

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Operator Raises $15 Million For Chinese Shopping App
September 23, 2016

Operator, the Chinese startup that is betting Chinese citizens will want to buy American products on its shopping app, raised $15 million in a round of venture funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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OurCrowd Gets Record Equity Investment
September 22, 2016

The crowdfunding platform OurCrowd announces that it has raised $72 million but expects the final amount to be close to $100 million. According to Crowdnetic, this is the largest pure equity investment in a crowdfunding company.

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InfluxData Bags $16M To Organize IoT Data
September 22, 2016

By some estimates, a passenger riding in a “smart car” that is essentially doing the driving could produce nearly a gigabyte of driving data every second. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Gametime Raises $20 Million In VC Funding
September 22, 2016

Gametime, the mobile last-minute ticketing company, announced on Wednesday (Sept. 21) it raised $20 million via a Series B round of financing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Nucleus Brings Home $5.6M In Funding
September 22, 2016

Just two years old, Nucleus, a home intercom system, just brought in $5.6 million in Series A funding. 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...

Metromile Drives Home $191.5M In Funding
September 22, 2016

This self-driving car trend is something it seems everyone is talking about, and many companies are trying to jump in on it. From self-driving cars already turning over engines in Pennsylvania, to Lyft saying close to no one will own a car by 2025, to...