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Hungryroot Gobbles Up $3.7 Million
March 02, 2016

There are few people in the world who feel negatively about healthy eating. Most adults understand that healthy eating is an important and noble goal — or at least a necessary evil if one wishes to be thin, free of Type 2 diabetes or able...

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Uber’s $1B China Loss May Be Didi Kuaidi’s Gain
February 25, 2016

Uber’s aspiration to cut itself a bigger share of the Chinese ride-hailing market seems to be slipping away from its reach with its Chinese arch rival, Didi Kuaidi, planning to raise another $1 billion for further expansion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Investment Picks Up And Aria Systems Cashes In
February 24, 2016

The world of B2B payments management may not get all the breathless and elegiac press that there counter parts at financial services technology get.  But while praise is pleasant of course, and correlated to investor interest, at the end of the day for emerging start-ups...

Are Startups’ Glory Days Over?
February 22, 2016

Could IPO now stand for “It’s Positively Over?” 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, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you...

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Powa Technologies’ Own Payments Past Due
February 18, 2016

The U.K.’s top payments startup, Powa Technologies, is failing to pay its own employees and suppliers after running out of investment money and failing to raise fresh funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Icahn Slashed Apple Stake In Q4 — Among Others
February 17, 2016

Lest you think it’s only the small investor who flees at the drop of a hat, or stock, consider that some of the biggest names in the hedge fund world have cored their holdings in Apple as if they’d discovered worms in the once-highflying tech...

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Investments Trickle In And Kontakt.io Picks Up Another $5M
February 17, 2016

The investment pond was more or less tranquil this week, with only around $118M in total activity exciting the waters. And though most investors have been more focused on the latest round of earnings, Polish beacon firm Kontakt.io managed to pick up another $5M to...

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Uber Raises $200M For Emerging Market Expansion
February 15, 2016

In its latest move towards building muscle against ride-hailing companies in the Asian market, Uber has raised another $200 million from Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s investment fund, LetterOne (L1). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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BBVA Shutters Venture Arm For $250M FinTech Fund
February 15, 2016

In a divergence from its traditional method of tech investing, Spanish banking firm BBVA is closing its venture arm, known as BBVA Ventures. The parent company will then take the $100 million it had in that fund, along with an additional $150 million, and form...