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Investing can provide you with another source of income, here are investment options that will return a percentage of the vested value.
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1.8KInvestmentsSoftBank Abandons WeWork Deal; Lawsuit Likely
SoftBank finally pulled out of its $3 billion deal to purchase office sharing startup WeWork, after murmurs of such last month amid...
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1.6KB2B PaymentsCorporate Travel Startup Huilianyi Raises $42M Amid Industry Turmoil
Huilianyi, a business travel platform, notched approximately $42 million in fundraising as China begins a possible economic renewal amid the global coronavirus...
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3.3KInvestmentsJapanese FinTech Kyash Notches $45M Despite Pandemic
Tokyo, Japan’s digital banking startup Kyash has closed a $45 million Series C funding deal co-led by Greenspring Associates and Goodwater Capital,...
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1.8KInvestmentsChina’s Pinduoduo Raises $1.1B In Private Placement
Despite the world’s markets being crippled by the coronavirus, Pinduoduo Inc., the Chinese eCommerce company, said on Tuesday (March 31) that it...
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2.1KRetaileCommerce Grocer Weee Notches Almost $50M In Funding
In Series B and Series B+ rounds headed up by VMG and XVC, California-based eCommerce grocer Weee notched almost $50 million in...
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3.4KInvestmentsChina Regulator Gives Nod To Goldman JV’s
The China Securities Regulatory Commission has given final regulatory approval to Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to assume majority stakes in joint...
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3.6KeCommerceCheckout Solution Startup Fast Closes $20M Series A Led By Stripe
Login and checkout startup Fast closed a $20 million Series A funding round led by Stripe, Fast said in a statement on...
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3.2KAcquiringOfferUp, letgo To Merge As Biz Nets $120M In VC Funds
OfferUp has been winning recently, closing out a $120 million funding round and acquiring its top competitor, letgo, according to a blog...
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3.8KCoronavirusPE Firms Look For Investments Among Hard-hit Travel Sectors
Despite the massive upheavals in the world economy and droves of people laid off, private equity companies are looking to swoop in...
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1.5KInvestmentsArkose Labs Notches $22M In Microsoft Venture Fund-Led Round
San Francisco-based fraud prevention technology firm Arkose Labs has raised an additional $22 million in Series B funding led by Microsoft’s venture...
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2.4KInvestmentsUK’s Used Car Startup Cazoo Raises Another $116 Million
Used car sales startup Cazoo has raised another 100 million pounds ($116 million), which it wants to use to continue buttressing its...
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7.0KInvestmentsWeWork To SoftBank: Hold Up Your End Of Our Deal
An agreement between SoftBank and WeWork to bail out the latter from dire fiscal strife may be about to fall apart as...
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3.3KInvestmentsEnable Raises $13M For Rebate Management Platform
A cloud-based rebate company called Enable has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round, according to a report. The U.K....
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3.3KB2B PaymentsB2B FinTech Embraces VC Amid Market Uncertainty
The current volatile business and economic climate is sure to have an impact on venture capital, but new analysis suggests startups shouldn’t...
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1.7KInvestmentsSoftBank Looks To Raise $10B To Bolster Vision Fund
SoftBank‘s first Vision Fund is now looking to grow larger, seeking another $10 billion to help portfolio companies affected by the coronavirus...
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1.8KCoronavirusVCs Push Pause On Startup Funding
Silicon Valley deals have reportedly been temporarily halted with a lack of certainty surrounding COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according...
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2.4KB2B PaymentsPenta Lands $20M For Corporate Banking Tech
Germany’s Penta, which works in banking for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has completed a 18.5-million-euro ($20.4 million) funding round, according to...
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4.3KInvestmentsSoftBank May Drop Plan To Buy $3B In WeWork Stock
A big part of SoftBank’s bailout plans for office sharing company WeWork could be in jeopardy after SoftBank backed away from a...
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3.4KInvestmentsGojek Notches $1.2B In Funding To Compete With Rival Grab
To compete with Grab Holdings, Gojek has beaten tech industry tumult amid the coronavirus pandemic and notched $1.2 billion in fundraising, Bloomberg...
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1.5KBankingDigital Banking Service One Combines Accounts
One, a new digital banking service in the U.S., is launching with a focus on helping middle class Americans with their finances...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsPayhawk Raises $3.35M For Virtual Corporate Cards
Payhawk, which makes next-generation paperless company cards, closed a 3-million-euro ($3.35 million) seed funding round primarily aided by Earlybird’s Digital East Fund,...
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2.6KBitcoinBitcoin’s Plummet Exposes Crypto’s Flaws as ‘Safe Haven’
There’s an old maxim in investing and in markets in general: You only know who’s swimming naked when the tide goes out....
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1.8KInvestmentsFamily-Friendly Digital Payment App FamPay Raises $4.7M
FamPay, a Bengaluru, India-based digital payment app that lets parents pay and supervise financial activity for their underage kids, has raised $4.7...
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2.7KInvestmentsStripe Backs Customer Service Logistics Startup Assembled
Assembled, a tech startup focused on improving processes for customer support teams, has raised $3.1 million in a funding round led by...
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2.5KInvestmentsSMB FinTech SpotOn Raises $50M In Series B Round
SpotOn, a point-of-sale payment solution company for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round,...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsCorporate Cards Find Opportunity (And Funding) In New B2B Use Cases
B2B FinTechs are once again showing off the versatility of the corporate card. While QuickBooks is piloting card payments on invoices powered...
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2.5KInvestmentsUS Rental Marketplace Zumper Closes On $60M Series D Round
Zumper, a rental marketplace looking to streamline the process of renting an apartment, closed $60 million in a Series D funding round...
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1.7KCryptocurrencyBitcoin Rallies Above $8K After Two-Month Low
Bitcoin exceeded the $8,000 mark early Tuesday morning (March 10) before falling below the threshold at approximately 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. The...
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1.5KInvestmentsChina’s Expense Management Startup Fenbeitong Raises $36M In Series B+
Chinese business expense management startup Fenbeitong closed a $36 million Series B+ funding round led by Eight Roads, Ribbit Capital and Glade...
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1.4KB2B PaymentsUS Challenger SMB Bank NorthOne Lands VC
A new challenger bank in the U.S., NorthOne, has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round, according to a release. ...
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2.2KStock IndexPayments Stocks Plummet While Retail Remains A Bright Spot
Bloodbath. Buying opportunity. Call it what you will, but Monday’s rout left pretty much no one unscathed. The headline numbers show a 7.6 percent...
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3.1KInvestmentsSequoia Capital Gives Up $21M In Leaving Finix
In an unusual move for a venture capital firm, Sequoia Capital has parted ways with a company over a conflict of interest,...
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1.3KInvestmentsTFLiving Raises $4.8M In Bid To Provide Amenities For Apartment Complexes
TFLiving has closed a $4.8 million funding round to support its quest to bring amenities to residential and commercial spaces, according to...
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1.5KInvestmentsPropTech Startup Goodlord Raises $13M For Engineering, Product
London PropTech startup Goodlord appears to have turned its bad luck around with a new 10-million-pound ($13 million) Series B funding round,...
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4.6KEconomyWill The Coronavirus Unleash Corporate Debt Contagion?
As the coronavirus roils markets, as indexes swing down — and up — by several percentage points daily, and as interest rates...
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3.1KInvestmentsSoftBank Exec: ‘Mistakes Come Out First’ In Investing
SoftBank’s Rajeev Misra, head of the company’s $100 billion Vision Fund, is still banking on the success of the fund, confident investments...
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2.5KInvestmentsQuona Capital Raises $203M For FinTech-Boosting Fund
Quona Capital, a venture capital firm based in Washington and Bengaluru, has closed its second fund with $203 million in commitments, according...
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1.6KRetailFMCG Data Startup Convert Group Notches €1.2 Million
To bring online shopping visibility to fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), Greece-based Convert Group has notched €1.2 million in seed funding. The startup...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsLull Hits B2B FinTech Venture Capital Funding
A lull in venture capital funding has only a few B2B FinTechs this week securing new investment rounds. Even so, funds continue...
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3.8KPartnerships / AcquisitionsFinTech TerraPay Is Acquired, Raises $9.6M
TerraPay, a Dutch FinTech, has been acquired by a number of investors, including Prime Ventures, Partech Africa and management for an undisclosed...
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4.0KInvestmentsVisa Partnerships Level The Female Founder Funding Field
On Sunday, the world will celebrate International Women’s Day for the 45th time as a global community since the U.N. first declared...
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1.9KInvestmentsThought Machine Notches $83M For Cloud Banking
Cloud-native London FinTech startup Thought Machine has raised $83 million in a Series B funding round led by Draper Esprit, with participation...
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2.8KInvestmentsMapping Startup WhereIsMyTransport Raises $7.5M From Google, Toyota
WhereIsMyTransport, a mapping startup that works to outline public transport routes in emerging markets, has raised $7.5 million in a Series A...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsSoutheast Asia Tips The B2B FinTech Funding Scales
With more than $1 billion raised — and more to come — this week became the most lucrative for B2B FinTech venture...
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2.6KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Steven Seagal To Pay $314,000 SEC Fine Over Crypto Offering; Ukraine Gov’t Worker Accused Of Crypto Mining
Actor Steven Seagal was at the center of charges now settled with the Securities and Exchanges commission related to cryptocurrency investments, according...
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3.8KIPOWhy DoorDash Is Eyeing An IPO
Go public? In this market? News that emerged on Thursday (Feb. 27) that on-demand food delivery firm DoorDash has filed yet-to-be-made-public documents with...
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2.0KInvestmentsMalaysian Food Delivery Startup Dahmakan Raises $18M
Dahmakan, a Malaysian food delivery startup that uses menus and cloud kitchens, has raised $18 million in a Series B funding round,...
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2.9KDeliveryKraft Heinz’s Evolv: Backing Micro-Fulfillment’s Evolution At The Grocery
In eCommerce, and specifically, fulfillment, might the mantra be: Think big, go small? For grocers making the transition to the digital age,...
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3.6KInvestmentsVC Interest In Food Delivery And AgriTech Declines
Investment in food technology and agriculture services around the world dropped almost 5 percent in 2019, showing that investment firms are paying...
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2.0KInvestmentsSoftBank’s Second Vision Fund Invests In Two Companies
SoftBank’s second Vision Fund has invested in two companies, artificial intelligence company Behavox and healthcare-facing company Karius, according to Reuters. The fund...
