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2.8KInvestmentsIDnow Lands $40M To Grow Online Identity Verification Service
ID verification startup IDnow has received a $40 million growth equity investment from private equity group Corsair Capital, according to reports. Corsair...
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3.6KInvestmentsBain Capital Raising $1B Fund For Software, Cybersecurity
Sources have revealed that long-standing private equity firm Bain Capital is trying to raise $1 billion to launch a new technology fund...
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8.0KB2B PaymentsKyriba Investment Lands Bridgepoint With Majority Stake
Private equity firm Bridgepoint is reportedly readying an acquisition of treasury management technology firm Kyriba, according to Private Equity News reports on...
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4.3KFintech InvestmentsUK FinTechs Garnered Record VC, PE Investments In 2018
The U.K. FinTech market had a strong showing in 2018, with venture capital and private equity investments hitting $3.3 billion. According to...
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5.3KRetailInvestors Say eBay’s More Valuable As Part Of Google, Walmart
Some investors believe that Walmart, Google or several private equity firms might buy eBay — as long as it gets rid of StubHub and...
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4.9KDigital BankingN26 Has $2.7B Valuation After Latest Funding Round
N26, the European mobile bank operator, announced Thursday (January 10) that it has raised $300 million in venture funding, led by Insight Venture Partners....
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5.3KInvestmentstZERO Investment Boosts Overstock’s Shares
Overstock shares jumped as much as 21 percent after the retailer announced that Hong Kong private equity firm GSR Capital is investing...
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6.0KRetailPret A Manger’s New Management
British coffee and sandwich chain Pret A Manger has found a new majority stakeholder: JAB Holding Company is expanding its already considerable reach...
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5.5KAlternative FinancesBanks Feeling The Heat From Nonbanks When It Comes To Business Loans
With competition increasing from the likes of hedge funds and private equity firms that are making business loans, banks are being forced...
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6.1KInvestmentsSoftBank Might Invest $1B In China’s Manbang Group
Japan’s SoftBank might be looking to invest $1 billion in Chinese truck-hailing company Manbang Group. The Wall Street Journal reported that the...
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4.0KPartnerships / AcquisitionsDigital Asset Lands $40M For Blockchain Platform
Blockchain startup Digital Asset has brought in another $40 million in funding, bringing its total amount raised to $100 million. According to...
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4.2KRetailPrivate Equity Firm Acquires Ruby Tuesday
According to CNBC news reports published on Monday (Oct. 16), Beall, Illinois-based food service retailer Ruby Tuesday has agreed to an acquisition...
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5.2KConsumer FinanceP2P Lending Sites Not Quite Wooing UK Customers
Although U.K.-based peer-to-peer lending sites have attracted millions in venture capital funding, consumers have been slower to adopt the technologies these FinTech platforms...
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4.3KRetailLuxury Retailer Nordstrom To Go Private?
Shares of luxury retailer department store Nordstrom jumped more than 10 percent Thursday after the company announced it was pursuing a potential sale...
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4.5KInvestmentsLine-Busting Biometric Startup Sees $15M In Private Equity
A biometric security startup with a fast growing membership-based secure identification program just recently scored a considerable amount of additional funding. CLEAR,...
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3.6KRetailStruggling Staples Is In Talks With PE Firms About A Sale
Staples, the office supplier retailer, is reportedly looking to sell itself. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar...
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5.6KInvestments$100B SoftBank Fund Gearing Up For Launch
Just a few weeks after the election of Donald Trump to the United States presidency, Masayoshi Son, head of SoftBank of Japan,...
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2.7KPartnerships / AcquisitionsConcardis About To Get Final Buyout Offers
Concardis, the German payments group, is about to receive final bids from buyout groups, which could give the company a value of...
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6.2KPartnerships / AcquisitionsBlue Nile Goes Private In $500 Million Sale To Bain, Bow Street
Blue Nile, the online jewelry eStore, announced Monday (Nov. 7) it is going private via a deal in which it will be...
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Slow Go For IPOs In 2016
There’s been a dearth of IPOs this year — so much so that 2016 will go down as a banner year of...
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3.4KInternationalBrexit A Private Investment Blip In The UK?
Who’s afraid of the Brexit vote? It may not be U.K. tech companies and the folks who invest in them. Data at...
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4.8KSecurity & FraudDarktrace Cybersecurity Firm Now Worth $400M
Cybersecurity firm Darktrace has garnered $65 million in equity funding through a consortium of investors led by private equity giant KKR and...
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3.7KInvestmentsIs The IPO Market Finally Heating Back Up?
The IPO market is getting back to normal. Or not. Maybe it’s all in how you look at it. As Bloomberg reported on Thursday...
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6.8KPayment MethodsWings And Lots Of Prayers
The frozen tech IPO market has been a subject that frequents the news, in tandem with what might be an open-ended question: When...
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4.8KInvestmentsVCs Raising More, Faster — But Not Dishing Out
The venture capital arena has been raising money at a furious pace, but VC firms have also been sitting on the cash...
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5.1KPayment MethodsAmid Regulatory Scrutiny of Unicorns, Caveat Emptor
When the Feds come knocking and want to look under the proverbial hood, the unicorns may crash to earth.
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VCs To Hunt In Barren Fields?
Money is pouring into the venture capital space like there’s no tomorrow, but that may be the giddiness of a wild ride...
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VC-Backed FinTech Doubled In 2015 — Despite Q4 Slump
The FinTech world can be divided between public and private companies. Publicly traded companies have had a tough time the last several months....
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7.0KInternationalNordic Payments Firm Nets Heading For IPO?
Another payments processor may be coming to the public equity markets. Bloomberg reported that the owners of Nets Holding A/S are looking...
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7.7KPayment MethodsPrivate Equity Dry Powder May Not Deserve Lighting
In the private equity world, just as is the case in the public equity markets, the time to buy is when others...
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The Year That Will Be: What To Watch In 2016
2015, with respect to FinTech investments, came in like a lion with big funding rounds and unicorn designations flying around at warp...
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Tencent’s WeBank’s Billion Dollar Lending Business
WeBank, the online finance operation that is owned and operated by Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings, will seek to raise as much...
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TransFirst Takes Second Stab At IPO
TransFirst Holdings has filed for an initial public offering, marking the second attempt by the U.S.-based payments processor to bring its shares...
