Startup

A startup or start up is a company or project initiated by an entrepreneur to seek, effectively develop, and validate a scalable business model. Hence, the concepts of startups and entrepreneurship are similar.

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China B2B FinTech Nabs The Venture Capital Spotlight
China B2B FinTech Nabs The Venture Capital Spotlight
October 25, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.K. challenger banks Tide and Starling Bank ramped up their competition once again as the two rivals each announced new funding. Yet, small business (SMB)...

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Fair Auto Subscription Firm Cuts 40 Pct Of Workforce
Fair Auto Subscription Firm Cuts 40 Pct Of Workforce
October 24, 2019  |  Personnel

Fair, a car startup that lets people own cars flexibly, has been paying attention to the fate of venture-backed startups like Uber and WeWork, who...

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Digital Bank Chime Suffers Outage Affecting 5M Customers
Digital Bank Chime Suffers Outage Affecting 5M Customers
October 18, 2019  |  Banking

Online banking startup Chime has been hit with an outage that has left its 5 million customers with no access to their money. The outage...

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Shubert, True Tickets Partner To Pilot Mobile Orders For Broadway Shows
Shubert, True Tickets Partner To Pilot Mobile Orders For Broadway Shows
October 16, 2019  |  Blockchain

Boston startup True Tickets is teaming up with the Broadway theater company The Shubert Organization for blockchain-based mobile ticket delivery, the companies said in a...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Mining Startup Lands $50M From Big-Name VCs; Bitcoin Transaction Fees Have Now Exceeded $1B
Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Mining Startup Lands $50M From Big-Name VCs; Bitcoin Transaction Fees Have Now...
October 16, 2019  |  Bitcoin

San Francisco-based Layer1 announced that it has raised $50 million from investors including Peter Thiel, Shasta Ventures, and various crypto industry leaders. The company will...

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Nubank FinTech Grows Client Base By 25 Pct Since August
Nubank FinTech Grows Client Base By 25 Pct Since August
October 13, 2019  |  Digital Banking

The largest FinTech startup in Latin America — Brazil’s Nubank — is reporting a 25 percent increase in the number of clients since August, Reuters...

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Startup Partially Funded By Ashton Kutcher Can’t Pay Staff
Startup Partially Funded By Ashton Kutcher Can’t Pay Staff
October 08, 2019  |  Investments

Silicon Valley tech startup Neighborly is having money woes and can’t make payroll, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Oct. 7). Anticipated funding did not close and...

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India Lodging Startup OYO Raises $1.5B Led By Founder, SoftBank
India Lodging Startup OYO Raises $1.5B Led By Founder, SoftBank
October 07, 2019  |  Investments

India-based hotel and booking startup OYO announced a $1.5 billion funding round led by founder Ritesh Agarwal, SoftBank’s Vision Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia...

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Coinbase Eyeing Omni’s Crypto Engineering Team For Acquihire
Coinbase Eyeing Omni’s Crypto Engineering Team For Acquihire
October 07, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Coinbase is reportedly in talks to acquire rentals startup Omni’s engineering team. Two sources told TechCrunch that Omni also laid off seven operations team members...

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