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Big Fizzles For Once High-Flying Unicorn Investors

Big Fizzles For Once High-Flying Unicorn Investors
Big Fizzles For Once High-Flying Unicorn Investors
November 08, 2019  |  Exclusive Series

The problem with large investments – the type that run into the billions of dollars – is that just as gains can be astronomical, the...

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SoftBank’s Hard Landing Among The Tech Unicorns
SoftBank’s Hard Landing Among The Tech Unicorns
September 23, 2019  |  Investments

Rise by the tech unicorn, sink by the tech unicorn. The decision by the We Company – the parent firm of office-sharing company WeWork –...

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Vietnam Startup Funding Jumps 90 Pct. YOY
Vietnam Startup Funding Jumps 90 Pct. YOY
July 24, 2019  |  Investments

Startup companies in Vietnam, ranging from FinTech to logistics and artificial intelligence, are attracting a record amount of venture capital money in the country, according...

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Funds Flow in Southeast Asia, Giving Tech Unicorns Wings
Funds Flow in Southeast Asia, Giving Tech Unicorns Wings
February 06, 2019  |  Investments

In Asia, the marquee names seem to be ones that are attracting attention when it comes to investors’ appetites — and money! — and so...

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FinTechs Raised A Record $39.57B In VC Funding Last Year
FinTechs Raised A Record $39.57B In VC Funding Last Year
January 29, 2019  |  Fintech Investments

Financial technology startups were able to raise $39.57 billion in venture funding last year, marking a 120 percent increase from 2017. Reuters, citing data from...

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Payments’ Stranger Things
Payments’ Stranger Things
August 13, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

The payments world could very well be living in the Upside Down. The Upside Down is the fictional parallel universe controlled by a hive mind...

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Are ‘Unicorns’ Much Less Valuable Than We Think?
Are ‘Unicorns’ Much Less Valuable Than We Think?
October 17, 2017  |  Investments

The valuations that have come out of Silicon Valley in the last few decades have been nothing if not eye-catching: $62.5 billion for Uber, $31...

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Amazon Storms Blue Apron’s Last Holdout With Meal Kit Trademark
Amazon Storms Blue Apron’s Last Holdout With Meal Kit Trademark
July 18, 2017  |  Retail

“We do the prep. You be the chef.” Hmm, where have we heard that idea before…? Oh, yeah. Meal kit startup Blue Apron (and pretty...

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