June 09, 2015
Blue Nile Tests The Waters With New Storefront
The online diamond retailer opened its first brick-and-mortar outlet, or “webroom” as the company calls it, in Roosevelt Field Mall on Long Island last week (June 5). Seen as a...
June 08, 2015
Coupa Continues Momentum With MasterCard Partnership
Just days after cash flow management software firm Coupa grabbed headlines for its latest fundraising round, one that valued the company at more than $1 billion, Coupa is continuing its...
June 05, 2015
B2B Investment Tracker, May 29 – June 5
When it came to B2B investments in the last seven days, the name of the game was certainly “quality,” not quantity. Venture capitalists struck only a few deals, but B2B...
June 03, 2015
Coupa Is B2B’s Next Unicorn
The procurement and treasury management services of Coupa have caught the attention of some of the largest names in B2B, including NetSuite and American Express Global Business Travel. Now, the...
May 29, 2015
B2B Investment Tracker, May 22-29
Venture capitalists from around the world pumped their money into the B2B segment this past week. But it’s not just the investors that are going global. The startups getting backed...
May 26, 2015
Why Banks Aren’t Lending’s Dead End
The last 12 months have been good for alternative financial services. And this is quantifiable from a variety of vantage points. A decade ago, alternative financial services was mostly a euphemism for...
May 21, 2015
Coca-Cola Revamps Support For The Startup
Among one of the top concerns of today’s small businesses is improper treatment by the hands of their large corporate buyers. Issues like late payments from corporations to their small...
May 20, 2015
WePay’s $40M Week
While financial services innovation and tech probably do not occur to most people as particularly “flashy” areas, there is a noticeable preference shown toward the more dramatic side of the...
May 01, 2015
Warby Parker Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Unicorn
Silicon Valley’s unicorn herd has just welcomed its newest member. Warby Parker has just finished off a $100 million Series D round that leaves the five-year-old startup with a valuation...