funding

Funding is the act of providing financial resources, usually in the form of money, or other values such as effort or time, to finance a need, program, and project, usually by an organization or company.

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Standard Cognition Raises $40M To Take On Amazon Go
Standard Cognition Raises $40M To Take On Amazon Go
November 15, 2018  |  Investments

Standard Cognition, which provides AI-powered autonomous checkout solutions for brick-and-mortar retailers, announced it has raised $40 million in Series A funding, bringing its total amount...

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Mastercard Leads Investment In Mobile FinTech Mobeewave
Mastercard Leads Investment In Mobile FinTech Mobeewave
November 15, 2018  |  Investments

Contactless payment company Mobeewave announced the closing of a $16.5 million Series B funding round, led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay Capital. The investment...

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Instacart Raises $271M On $7.8B Valuation
Instacart Raises $271M On $7.8B Valuation
November 15, 2018  |  Investments

Grocery delivery startup Instacart raised an extra $271 million in November, bringing its latest round of funding to $871 million. A source told Reuters that...

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Mintos Notches €5 Million In Series A Funding; Monzo Teams With PayPoint For Deposits
Mintos Notches €5 Million In Series A Funding; Monzo Teams With PayPoint For Deposits
November 14, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Mintos‘ €5 million Series A raise. In addition, Singapore’s...

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SoftBank Invests $3B More In WeWork
SoftBank Invests $3B More In WeWork
November 14, 2018  |  B2B Payments

On-demand workspace provider WeWork secured a $3 billion investment from SoftBank Corp. in the form of a warrant, reports said on Tuesday (Nov. 13), just...

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B2B Startups Welcome Another Unicorn With TripActions Funding
B2B Startups Welcome Another Unicorn With TripActions Funding
November 09, 2018  |  B2B Payments

It was another busy week for B2B FinTech startups, with globally and vertically diverse companies securing new funding for their enterprise-targeting tools. The big news...

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VCs Act On Cannabis’ FinTech Opportunities
VCs Act On Cannabis’ FinTech Opportunities
November 02, 2018  |  B2B Payments

As legal cannabis spreads, the industry is a big opportunity for FinTech, as industry players struggle to manage intense compliance requirements and limited access to...

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Bitcoin Daily: Jamie Dimon Couldn’t Care Less About Bitcoin; Dapper Labs Notches $15M For CryptoKitties
Bitcoin Daily: Jamie Dimon Couldn’t Care Less About Bitcoin; Dapper Labs Notches $15M For CryptoKitties
November 02, 2018  |  Bitcoin

JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon is not a huge fan of bitcoin and offered a comment on the cryptocurrency’s 10th anniversary, Financial News...

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American Express Ventures Invests In API Platform Cloud Elements
American Express Ventures Invests In API Platform Cloud Elements
October 31, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Cloud Elements, a platform offering application program interface (API) integration solutions, secured an investment from the venture capital (VC) arm of American Express (Amex), the company said...

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