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595B2B PaymentsBrex Propels B2B FinTech Into Investors’ Spotlights
Commercial card startup Brex captured headlines this week when it confirmed a significant funding round that propelled the two-year-old startup’s valuation to...
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778StartupsGE Seeks To Unload 100 Startups From Portfolio
GE Ventures wants to sell its portfolio of more than 100 startups. Sources told CNBC the move is is designed to help parent...
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602LegalExpedia Sued By Nustay Over Antitrust Claims
Online travel booking startup Nustay has filed a complaint with the European Union’s antitrust regulator, the European Commission, accusing Expedia Group and...
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1.1KInvestmentsBrex Raises $100M At $2.6B Valuation
Brex, the credit card startup, announced Tuesday (June 11) it raised $100 million in venture funding, giving the company a valuation of...
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1.5KB2B PaymentsLooking Beyond Alternative Lenders For Startup Financing
Post-financial crisis, FinTech shed light on the plight of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) seeking capital, often shunned by banks — thanks...
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1.1KB2B PaymentsLighter Capital Broadens AltFin Products For Startups
Lighter Capital, an alternative lender targeting the startup community, is adding new financing products to its offering. In a press release issued...
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2.9KInvestmentsInvestors Balk At SoftBank’s New $100B Tech Fund
SoftBank’s attempt to raise money for a second large investment fund is running into trouble, with some of the biggest money managers...
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1.5KInvestmentsStartup Funding Automator SeedLegals Raises $4M
SeedLegals, a startup that automates the funding round process for other startups, including getting rid of middlemen and saving lawyer costs, has...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsAI Leads More Than $1B In Funding For B2B Startups
The B2B venture capital (VC) train continues full steam ahead after last week’s lucrative deals. This week, investors placed more than $1...
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2.0KDeliveryAmazon’s One-Day Shipping Pledge Boosts Logistics Startups
Amazon’s announcement that it plans to inject $800 million to facilitate next-day delivery has created opportunities for logistics startups that can help...
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2.5KInvestmentsWarehouse And Logistics Startup Flexe Raises $43M
A Seattle-based startup that manages an on-demand warehouse marketplace has raised $43 million in a Series B funding round, according to reports....
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3.1KB2B PaymentsB2B FinTech Bucks The VC Slump
Business confidence remains relatively high, but the latest analysis from CB Insights found that venture capital (VC) investment took a turn for...
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2.3KInvestmentsFinancial Management Chatbot Plum Raises $4.5M
Plum, a FinTech chatbot app created to help people manage money, has raised $4.5 million in a funding round, reaching a total...
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1.6KInvestmentsToyota AI Ventures Launches $100M Fund For Tech Startups
Toyota AI Ventures, the venture capital arm of Toyota, has announced the launch of Fund II, a $100 million fund that will...
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952RetailHow To Sell Sleeping Like A Baby
In a world where wellness has become a well-loved buzzword, it is perhaps unsurprising that sleep has become such big business. Sleep...
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1.7KInvestmentsAyala To Launch Fund Focused On FinTech, eCommerce, Healthcare
Ayala, the Philippines-based conglomerate, is raising money for a new capital fund that will invest in technology companies. As reported in Deal...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsUS B2B FinTech Firms Lag With VC Investors
It was a slow week for B2B FinTech funding rounds, but investors nevertheless provided an impressive sum to industry startups. In total,...
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2.1KRetaileTailers Look To Jolt Instant Coffee Via Subscriptions
Entrepreneurs are founding coffee startups to connect consumers with instant brews through the help of subscriptions and one-time purchases. Nate Kaiser started...
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2.9KStartupsStartups Look To Disrupt $120B Online Travel Sector
A group of startups is setting its sights on the travel activities industry, which is the fastest growing segment in the tourism...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsFed Sees Jump In SMB Capital Demand
The Federal Reserve has released new data on small businesses’ appetite for capital, and it appears that financing demand is on the...
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8.9KB2B PaymentsFinTech Brex Raises $100M Debt Capital
A company that provides credit cards for startups has raised $100 million in debt capital to continue its growth, according to a...
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2.6KRetailMoving Startups Think Outside The (Cardboard) Box
Some entrepreneurs are inspired to create businesses stemming from their jobs. Wesley Rankin founded HiveBoxx, which rents out durable plastic boxes, based...
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3.2KToday In DataHow Startups Compete With Legacy Firms In Digital Banking
Legacy banks and FinTech firms are looking to create digital-only banking services to capture consumer interest in using smartphones for their banking needs. In...
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3.8KInvestmentsFacebook Co-Founder’s VC Firm B Capital Raises $406M
Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin has closed out $406 million for B Capital, his venture capital fund, according to a report. This is...
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6.5KB2B PaymentsPayPal’s Blockchain First; Mastercard’s B2B FinTech Unicorn
This week’s B2B venture capital funding rounds were particularly focused on the enterprise cybersecurity space, though B2B payments caught the attention of...
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6.8KMatchmakersOne-Stop Digital Procure-To-Pay For One-Person Shops
While there any number of specific reasons to start a business, for most of the founders we talk to it always comes...
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4.0KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: UnionBank Launches Bitcoin ATM; Coinbase Invests In Disappearing Blockchain Startup
People who want to use UnionBank of the Philippines‘s (UBP’s) new bitcoin ATM will need to have an account with the bank....
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Travel Startups Take A Personalized Approach To Airport Pickups
Travel companies often tackle the odyssey from home to destination and back, but Welcome Pickups is taking a different approach. The Greece-based...
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4.4KB2B PaymentsSoftBank Leads $413M Round For Delhivery’s Logistics Tech
India-based logistics startup Delhivery has secured $413 million in new funding, reports in The Times of India said on Monday (March 25),...
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4.8KEcosystemsAs Sharing Services Face Backlash, Payments Takes A Bigger Role
Here’s some advice for your next, or first, trip to New Orleans (home of the PYMNTS Bureau of Crawfish): If you happen...
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3.1KIPOPinterest Files For IPO, Sets Stage For Mid-April Debut
Pinterest, the image-search company gearing up to go public via an initial public offering, filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange...
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2.7KInvestmentsAbu Dhabi To Invest $272M In Tech Startups
Abu Dhabi said Sunday (March 24) that it will invest as much as $272 million to go toward technology startups, reported Reuters....
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2.7KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Overstock To Launch Bitcoin Trading App; Mt. Gox Warns Legal Against Mass Crypto Sale
Overstock’s tZERO is set to launch a mobile trading app in June. CEO Saum Noursalehi told CoinDesk that the app for IOS...
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5.3KB2B PaymentsVC FinTech Funding Sets Sights On ‘Alternative’ Data
If data makes the world go ’round, so, too, does it garner investor interest, as evidenced by venture capital and other investors’...
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3.4KInvestmentsStarbucks Invests $100M In New Valor Fund Focused On Food Startups
Starbucks announced Wednesday (March 20) it is investing $100 million in the new Valor Siren Ventures fund, which aims to invest in...
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3.6KIPOLyft IPO Oversubscribed, Could Reap $1B In CA Taxes
Lyft’s initial public offering (IPO) is reportedly oversubscribed, with the company on its way to getting or maybe even exceeding its sought-after...
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4.6KInternationalNaspers Earmarks $1B For Indian FinTech Investments
Naspers, Africa’s largest company based on market value, is gearing up to spend $1 billion in India in the form of investments...
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3.3KIPOeCommerce Co Jumia Files US IPO
Pan-African eCommerce company Jumia filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Tuesday (March 12)....
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6.3KStartupsStartups May Need An Export License To Hire Foreign Nationals
New rules coming out of Washington D.C. could require startups to get government approval before hiring foreign nationals to do work, according...
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3.6KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Last Year’s Crypto Startup Failure Rate; Deutsche Börsem Swisscom To Create DLT Ecosystem
Deutsche Börse, IT services provider Swisscom and FinTech firm Sygnum announced they are partnering to create a digital asset infrastructure on blockchain....
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7.1KBankingJPMorgan To Combine Middle-Market Tech, Emerging Growth Banking Units
JPMorgan Chase & Co is melding its middle-market technology and emerging growth commercial banking units to better deal with startups that become...
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6.1KLatin AmericaSoftBank Launches $2B Fund For LatAm Tech Investments
SoftBank, the Japan-based technology company, is rolling out a $2 billion fund that will target Latin American technology companies. According to a...
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6.6KVISAVisa Celebrates International Women’s Day With A Global Challenge For Female Entrepreneurs
On Friday (March 8), the world will recognize International Women’s Day — celebrated globally since 1975, when it was adopted as a holiday by the United...
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3.4KSouth East AsiaChinese Tech Companies Reining In Perks, Laying Off As Economy Slows
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing startup, ByteDance, the mobile app maker in China, and other Chinese tech firms are reining in perks...
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5.4KB2B PaymentsEnterprise Security Returns To Top Of B2B Investment Mountain
Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half...
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5.0KStartup Check-InA New Approach To Bank-FinTech Collaborations
Banks have historically developed their own solutions for the marketplace, using sophisticated information technology (IT) and development resources. “If they wanted something...
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5.5KPartnerships / AcquisitionsWalmart Buys Israeli Startup Focused On Natural Language Processing
Walmart announced Tuesday (Feb. 26) it has acquired Aspectiva, the Israel-based startup that is focused on natural language processing capabilities. In a...
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5.0KAlexaAmazon Debuts Third Alexa Accelerator Program
Amazon’s Alexa Fund has announced the launch of the third year of the Alexa Accelerator, powered by Techstars. Up to ten companies from...
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6.0KStartup Check-InCan FinTechs And Banks Actually Have A Perfect Marriage?
The relationship between FinTechs and banks has been complicated, with relatively young upstarts competing with established financial institutions in a new and...
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6.5KB2B PaymentsLogistics, Alt Lending Lead B2B Startup Funding
The more than $1.593 billion raised by B2B startups this week showcases investors’ interest in business finance and payments. FinTechs that landed...