startup investment

Report: News Startup Semafor Looks to Buy Out Bankman-Fried
Report: News Startup Semafor Looks to Buy Out Bankman-Fried
January 18, 2023  |  Startups

Media startup Semafor is reportedly seeking to buy out investor Sam Bankman-Fried. The effort, reported Wednesday (Jan. 18) by the New York Times, adds Semafor to a...

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Hoxton Debuts $215M Fund for European Startups
Hoxton Debuts $215M Fund for European Startups
March 17, 2022  |  Investments

Hoxton Ventures announced Thursday (March 17) that it closed a $215 million fund to help Europe’s new startups scale up, a press release said. The...

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Acorns’ Micro-Investment Video Game Startup Snags $7M
Acorns’ Micro-Investment Video Game Startup Snags $7M
July 18, 2018  |  Investments

Video game startup Blast has raised another $7 million in funding. The company, founded by Walter Cruttenden, the founder of Roth Capital Partners and co-founder of...

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How Sapphire Will Spend That $1B
How Sapphire Will Spend That $1B
September 15, 2016  |  B2B Payments

There are some contradicting reports forecasting the strength of FinTech investment this year. The latest report from KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech, released quarterly, found a...

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Coca-Cola Revamps Support For The Startup
Coca-Cola Revamps Support For The Startup
May 21, 2015  |  B2B Payments

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...

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Lyft Gets $300M Investment From Rakuten
Lyft Gets $300M Investment From Rakuten
March 13, 2015  |  News

Lyft has snagged a $300 million investment from Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten in a funding round that gives the ride-sharing company a $2.5 billion valuation,...

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