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1.6KAmazonJust How Useful Are All Those ‘Uber Of’ And ‘Amazon Of’ Clichés?
Cliché — or, if you prefer, motto or metaphor — can drive so much of life, for good and bad. “Early bird...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsNewly Funded B2B Startups Get Creative With Enterprise Data
B2B startups are increasingly building themselves on top of troves of enterprise data, uncovering new ways to unlock and aggregate information across...
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1.6KInvestmentsCoffee Startup Luckin Challenges Starbucks With $200M Investment
A coffee startup in China that’s gunning for Starbucks has raised $200 million in a Series B funding round, bringing the company’s...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsOweMe Lands Seed Funding For Blockchain Trade Finance Platform
Supply chain financing startup OweMe has landed seed funding from pi Ventures, TechCircle reported on Tuesday (Dec. 11). Investors provided $1 million...
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1.4KStartupsMainVest On Bringing Everyday Investors To Main Street Shops
There are all kinds of startups that set out with a big goal in mind — disrupting an ecosystem; remaking the way...
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2.7KStartupsBird, Lime Seek Capital At Lower Valuations As Investor Interest Wanes
Bird and Lime, the two electric scooter sharing startups, have been reducing the amount they are seeking to raise from investors amid...
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3.1KRidesharingUber Eyes 2019 IPO
Uber is moving ahead with its initial public offering, filing paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the U.S. last week....
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2.0KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Plunge Sinks Crypto Startups; New Tech Predicts Crypto ‘Pump-And-Dump’ Scams
In February, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a warning to consumers about pump-and-dump cryptocurrency scams, and now regulators have some...
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2.1KRetailRetailers Eye Industry-Shaking Innovation With Accelerators
Retailers are turning to accelerators to drive innovation, and Target is taking its program to the international stage: It is teaming up...
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2.4KB2B PaymentsIntel, Nasdaq Back Crypto Startup BOX’s Supply Chain Finance Launch
China cryptocurrency startup BOX is introducing supply chain financing services for corporate users with the help of Intel, Nasdaq and Baidu Cloud....
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2.1KRetailRent-A-Christmas Delivers Holiday Decorations On Demand
For some people, decorating for Christmas is an important part of the season’s fun: unpacking the decorations, laying them out perfectly and...
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2.5KStartupsFrance’s Macron To Urge Visiting VCs To Invest In French Startups
French President Emmanuel Macron is gearing up to address a group of leading Silicon Valley venture capitalists, when he will urge them...
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3.4KInvestmentsForeign Startups Receive Fresh Capital From Chinese VCs
China’s venture capitalists have started to take an interest in foreign startups in an attempt to find the next tech unicorn. “China’s...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsStartups (And Their Investors) Offer Enterprise Processes A Digital Overhaul
With more than $370 million raised by B2B startups this week, investors are showing their support for companies that help other businesses...
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2.7KInnovationQualcomm Launches Fund For On-Device AI
Qualcomm, a wireless technology company based in San Diego, has launched the Qualcomm Ventures AI Fund, with a plan to invest up...
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2.0KRetailCotopaxi And Selling Outdoor Gear For The Greater Good
When Cotopaxi Founder Davis Smith began shopping his idea for an outdoor gear company with a focus on giving back — particularly to...
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1.6KInvestmentsHong Kong’s Oriente Raises $105M
Hong Kong-based startup Oriente has announced a $105 million initial funding round, which included investment from the founders, as well as a...
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1.5KRidesharingGO-JEK Rolls Into Singapore
Indonesian ride-hailing startup GO-JEK is getting set to launch a preliminary version of its ride-hailing app in Singapore this week, taking on...
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2.0KRetailOllie And Fresh Food Delivery For – Yes – Dogs
If spending is any gauge of affection, it is safe to conclude that Americans truly love their pets. According to the Bureau...
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2.2KInvestmentsModo On How FinTechs Can Help Merchants Access Payments Marketplaces
Funding can often be a sign of confirmation for FinTech startups. For Modo, the company’s Series A round showed that there is...
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4.1KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: SWIFT India Teams With Blockchain Startup; Giga Watt Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
SWIFT India, a joint venture between SWIFT SCRL and several banks, plans to test distributed ledger technology (DLT) in partnership with blockchain...
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3.1KRetailEyewear Startups Put On Their Customer Experience Glasses With AR
Before the dawn of 3D smartphone technology, it wasn’t easy for startups to create a customized product — and market it to...
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3.0KInvestmentsCareem Aims To Raise As Much As $200M From Chinese Investors
Careem, the leading ride-sharing rival to Uber in the Middle East, is aiming to raise between $100 million and $200 million. According...
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4.0KB2B PaymentsRobotics Process Automation Rakes In The VC Cash
In a week of multiple nine-figure venture capital funding rounds, B2B FinTech has proved it plans to end the year on a...
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2.9KInvestmentsStandard Cognition Raises $40M To Take On Amazon Go
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...
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2.8KInvestmentsAlexa Fund Invests $5M In Parking Startup
ParkWhiz announced it has received an additional $5 million in equity to its recently-announced Series D financing, bringing the total funding round...
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3.6KPartnerships / AcquisitionsCommunity Banks Debut FinTech Alliance
In the United States, a consortium of collaborators across FIs and FinTech firms has taken shape. Across the Pond, joint efforts among...
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5.9KLegalRipple, XRP Investors Lawsuit Heads To Federal Court
Ripple, the cryptocurrency startup behind the XRP tokens, and its affiliated defendants have filed documents to move a consolidated class action lawsuit to...
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1.8KStartupsSeed Companies’ Valuations Surging But Number Of Deals Dwindling
Startups just in their infancy are getting attention from seed investors — but unlike the dotcom days when every idea got some...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsB2B Startups Welcome Another Unicorn With TripActions Funding
It was another busy week for B2B FinTech startups, with globally and vertically diverse companies securing new funding for their enterprise-targeting tools....
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3.5KBankingUK Retail Banks Draft FinTech Alliance Guidelines
Top U.K. banks and financial technology firms have worked together to create a set of guidelines to improve the relationship between FinTech...
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2.2KRetailHow Clandestina (Literally) Snuck Into The US Market
Starting a new business is never easy, and new apparel lines are particularly challenging. There are many, many retailers and brands trying...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsVCs Act On Cannabis’ FinTech Opportunities
As legal cannabis spreads, the industry is a big opportunity for FinTech, as industry players struggle to manage intense compliance requirements and...
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3.3KStartup Check-InStartups See Tech Fix For Card Declines
To better serve clients and help make their businesses run smoother and more efficiently, FinTech startups are tackling an array of challenges,...
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2.1KRetailDaily Harvest Pops Up In Manhattan
When one looks at the statistics on American eating habits, two things become pretty clear. The first is that, on average, Americans...
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1.9KDeliveryUK Startup Delivers Goods On Demand Via Robots
A U.K.-based startup has launched delivery by robot in a southern England town. According to reports, autonomous robot startup Starship Technologies is...
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2.0KStartupsBrex Overhauls Rewards Program To Give Startups The Perks They Want
Brex, the corporate card for startups company, announced earlier this week that it has overhauled its credit card rewards system to give more...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsAmerican Express Ventures Invests In API Platform Cloud Elements
Cloud Elements, a platform offering application program interface (API) integration solutions, secured an investment from the venture capital (VC) arm of American Express (Amex),...
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2.2KB2B PaymentsWAYV Lands Seed Funding For Cannabis B2B Procurement Platform
With cannabis legalization expanding around the globe, marijuana-targeting FinTech startups are a growing breed, too. The latest to secure venture capital is...
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2.9KAlternative FinancesFinlok And Building Better Financial Services For Young Indian Consumers
In the course of conversations with many innovators and entrepreneurs about how they ended up founding the firms they founded, we tend...
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2.5KInvestmentsJay-Z, Google-Backed InsurTech Co Ethos Gain $100M Valuation
Ethos, a startup that claims to process life insurance applications in minutes, has raised $35 million in venture funding. CNBC, citing the...
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3.4KInvestmentsNaspers Invests $300M In South Africa Startups
Naspers has announced that it has created an R1.4bn ($300 million) startup fund to boost the technology sector in South Africa. Naspers...
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5.2KStartup Check-InHow FinTech Startups Tackle Cyber Threats With Agile Development
Privacy is not an afterthought with the “privacy by design” mindset, and FinTech startups may take a similar approach with data security....
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2.9KStartupsByteDance Now Has A Valuation That Surpasses Uber
ByteDance, the Chinese media company, closed a $3 billion funding round led by SoftBank, making it the largest privately backed startup in...
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2.0KStartup Check-InBuilding A Better Customer Experience For Payments
When it comes to the customer experience, Denise Leleux looks through multiple lenses. The former Tesla executive, who AvidXchange recently hired as...
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3.1KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Bank Of Canada Tests DLT; Crypto Startup Uphold Gets Into Loans
The SBI Group plans to license Sepior ApS’ wallet technology to use in its own wallet, which will become a part of...
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3.3KRetailScentbird And The Sweet Smell Of Direct-To-Consumer Success
Perfume can be an expensive indulgence, particularly if one’s signature scent happens to be a designer perfume. Paying north of $300 to...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsVCs Back Startups’ Solutions For Siloed Enterprise Data
Though B2B FinTech firms looking to disrupt small business (SMB) banking and expense management made some noise this week, the real focus...
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6.2KB2B PaymentsA Look Inside Switzerland’s Plans To Bank Crypto Businesses
The global regulatory framework of cryptocurrencies and blockchain remains either fragmented, vague or simply nonexistent. However, Swiss officials recently took steps to...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsAustralia’s New Payments Platform Invites Startups Via API
New Payments Platform (NPP) Australia, the nation’s real-time payments service that went live earlier this year, is now seeking collaboration from FinTech...
