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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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B2B PaymentsLogistics, Supply Chain Tech Lead B2B Funding This Week
Taulia, a B2B FinTech startup, made headlines this week thanks to reports that the company is raising funds from Ping An Insurance...
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IPOMarqeta Preps For IPO, Had $4.3B Valuation In May
Oakland, California-based issuer processor Marqeta, which is backed by Goldman Sachs, is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) and seeking out...
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StartupsTech Startups Laid Off 70K Since March
No sector of the U.S economy has been spared from the economic fallout of COVID-19. But the ranks of tech startups have...
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RetailIsraeli Innovation Accelerator Focuses On Retail
Israel has long been a hotbed for digital innovation producing companies like Red Hat and Klarna. Now a new Israeli tech accelerator...
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InvestmentsFacebook Co-Founder On Hunt For Startups With $820M Fund
Billionaire Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s budding venture capital firm has raised a new $820 million fund for investments in startups, a move...
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InvestmentsTencent, Primavera Staking $300M On Chinese Grocery Delivery Startup
A Chinese startup is landing hundreds of millions in additional financing as a group of investors – which includes Tencent – eyes...
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Financial InclusionZogo: How A 21-Year-Old Duke University Grad Is Reinventing Financial Literacy
When Bolun Li was in high school, a local bank came in and offered a heavily branded PowerPoint presentation about financial services...
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IPOLemonade Seeks $23 Per Share In IPO
Lemonade Inc., the technology-driven insurance startup, has told regulators that its initial public offering (IPO) is seeking a share price of between...
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InvestmentsVolcker Rule Revision Inspires Hope For Startups, But Also Stirs Debate
The FDIC’s decision to ease the Volcker Rule could prove to be a boon for some startups, freeing up banks to invest...
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CryptocurrencyNew York To Ease Cryptocurrency Regulations
It will be easier for New York cryptocurrency businesses to launch in New York, thanks to a plan by regulators that would ease licensing...
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B2B PaymentsLatin America Entices B2B FinTech Investors
It was a big week for B2B FinTech startups in Latin America. Supply chain financing company Greensill revealed its acquisition of Colombia-based...
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B2B PaymentsMerkado, Kapital Connection Team To Offer SMB Finance Options
Merkado RHA, which offers digital transformation solutions, will work with Singapore-based Kapital Connection to offer inclusive investing and financing services to Indian...
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IPOInsurTech Lemonade To Go Public
Betting going public will take advantage of a resurgence as the market recovers from COVID-19, Lemonade Inc., the technology-driven startup, has filed...
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InternationalFrance’s Fund Aims To Rescue Tech Startups From Takeovers
Looking for a way to protect technology companies from becoming prey to foreign buyers, France has created a fund to bail out startups....
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AmazonAmazon’s PayFort Looks To Boost Middle East Startups And SMBs
Amazon-owned PayFort aims to support startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the Middle East with its #StartUpStayUp initiative. The FinTech company...
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InvestmentsSoftBank Announces $100M Fund For Minority-Led Startups
SoftBank is rolling out a $100 million loan fund targeted exclusively at minority-led startups, in the latest move by a big corporate...
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EuropeMastercard’s Fintech Express Aims To Fuel European Startups
Mastercard has added a program designed to assist FinTech startups in Europe with quickly launching and expanding, the company announced on Tuesday...
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Investments52 Boston Startups Net $1.5 Billion+ In May
Boston’s biotech industry raised more than $1.5 billion in venture capital funding in May, BostInno reported. Among the handful of startups to...
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B2B PaymentsNimbla Teams With Wiserfunding To Safeguard Invoices
U.K. invoice insurance provider Nimbla is teaming up with the credit risk assessment firm Wiserfunding, according to a report in Crowdfund Insider...
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B2B PaymentsB2B VC Firm FINTOP Exceeds Goal With $126M
Venture capital (VC) firm FINTOP Capital closed FINTOP Fund II with $126 million, surpassing the company’s goal of $100 million, FINTOP said...
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InvestmentsMonzo Closes In On New Funding As Valuation Plunges 40 Pct
London FinTech unicorn Monzo is closing in on a new funding round as it faces a near 40 percent drop in valuation...
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AppleApple Buys VR Broadcasting Startup
Apple has confirmed it has purchased NextVR, the virtual reality (VR) streaming startup, CNBC reported. Apple declined to reveal the purchase price...
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MastercardMastercard, Enel X Win Bid To Develop Israeli FinTech Lab
Mastercard and technology solutions firm Enel X are teaming up after winning a competitive bid to develop a FinTech and cybersecurity innovation...
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B2B PaymentsAgicap Closes Funding Round With $16M
Agicap, a French Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) startup that works with business cash flow data, announced the end of a funding round that netted...
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InvestmentsRobinhood Nets $280 Million On A $8.3B Valuation
Robinhood Markets, coming off a new $280 million funding round backed by Sequoia Capital, has seen its value and services expand during...
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StartupsTech Startups Trade Lofty Valuations For Funding
San Francisco tech startup founders are accepting tougher funding terms — if they can even get any money — as many announce...
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RetailNonprofit Supports Community Entrepreneurs Amid Pandemic
It’s understandably an anxious time for Main Street businesses, even as downtowns prepare to reopen. But what about the entrepreneurs who are...
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StartupsVC Funding Rebounds In China As COVID-19 Lockdown Ends
Venture capital funding is starting to bounce back in China after the coronavirus triggered a slowdown in what was already a stagnant...
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B2B PaymentsOpen Banking, Supply Chain Tech Land Fresh VC Funding
Adding to ongoing confusion and hiccups surrounding the U.S. stimulus package, some small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) remain unclear as to whether...
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CoronavirusPOS Toast Cuts Staff In Half As More Restaurants Close
Restaurant point-of-sale (POS) software provider Toast said it would have to cut about half of its staff — about 1,300 people —...
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UK Tech Lobby Warns Coronavirus Could Wipe Out Startups
The U.K. tech lobby is reasserting the need to help EU startups with funding as venture capital money dries up in the...
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CoronavirusCoronavirus Update: Saudi Arabia Requires Lenders To Help Companies; British Startups Ask Gov’t For COVID-19 Assistance
Governments are aiming to help companies amid the coronavirus, while executives are taking measures to contend with the crisis. Here are the...
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RetailHow An eCommerce Startup Is Bringing UK’s High Street Home
If you can’t get shoppers to go to High Street, bring High Street to them. In fact, let them create their own...
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B2B PaymentsGoogle, Amazon Urged To Delay SMB Cloud Payments
Top technology conglomerates including Google, Amazon and Microsoft are being urged to allow their startup and small business customers to defer payments...
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StartupsSatellite Internet Startup OneWeb Closes After SoftBank Fund Raise Fails
OneWeb, which wanted to make internet access worldwide and widespread, has filed for bankruptcy and let most of its employees go after...
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CoronavirusFrench Startups To Get Financial Help From Gov’t
A new multibillion-euro stimulus package aims to keep French startups alive during the tumultuous and lagging economy of the coronavirus pandemic, according...
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B2B PaymentsBrex Buys Three Companies
San Francisco-based FinTech startup Brex has acquired Neji, Compose Labs and Landria to help it build out its product offerings for growing...
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StartupsCar-Sharing Startup Getaround Looks For Buyer
The Getaround car-sharing platform is shopping around for a buyer as the coronavirus pandemic kills demand for its services, Bloomberg reported Friday...
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B2B 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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CoronavirusVCs 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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B2B PaymentsSAP.iO Launches Corporate T&E Accelerator Program
SAP‘s new SAP.iO program will attempt to act as an idea farm for businesses involved in the travel industry, according to a...
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InternationalGrab And IMDA Team Up On Singapore Business Accelerator
Grab, a Southeast Asian app, and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have teamed up to run an accelerator meant to jumpstart...
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InternationalGerman Travel Booking Firms Prepare For Border Closures
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on travel companies all around the world, especially airlines, but other companies with travel-facing businesses are...
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InvestmentsPropTech 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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InvestmentsSoftBank 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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B2B 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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StartupsGrab Creates Accelerator For Vietnam Startups
Singapore-based app Grab has launched an accelerator program for startups in Vietnam, according to a report by Deal Street Asia. The initiative,...
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B2B PaymentsFrench FinTech Closes $4M For New Neobank
FinTech startup EasyEuro — based in both Paris, France and Shenzhen, China — has closed a $4 million pre-funding deal to launch...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsIndonesia’s Gojek Buys Minority Stake In Blue Bird Taxi App
Indonesian delivery app Gojek has finalized its $30 million deal for a minority stake in the app-based taxicab startup Blue Bird, Bloomberg reported...
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StartupsFacebook Teams With Surge For India VC Brand Incubator
Facebook has connected with Sequoia Capital India’s Surge accelerator initiative to roll out the fourth version of the VC Brand Incubator program...
