Trim, the San Francisco startup that launched seven months ago to help consumers spot and cancel unwanted subscriptions, just raised $2.2 million in venture funding, which it is using to expand its product to tell people how much they spend on Uber each month or...
Brazil is getting a lot of press time these days, but that isn’t too terribly surprising since the 2016 Olympics are gearing up to kick off in in about two weeks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
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...
