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Uber Hailing Goldman Sachs Clients For Investments
Payment Methods // December 02, 2014

Cab colossal Uber has retained Goldman Sachs in an attempt to raise money from Goldman’s wealthier customers, Fortune is reporting. “Goldman’s global wealth management team was informed of the deal this morning,” Fortune reported on Monday (Dec. 1), “and began sending out packets of information...

Lending Club IPO Could Set Tone For All Alternative Lenders
Payment Methods // December 02, 2014

Preparing for its IPO, peer-to-peer lending leader Lending Club said Monday (Dec. 1) that it would price its shares at $10-$12, which would value the company at about $4 billion. That move would also raise as much as $692.4 million. But The New York Times...

Houzz Picks Up $165 Million In New Funding
News // October 02, 2014

As the home décor site Houzz pushes hard for an E-Commerce expansion, it might be able to wallpaper with Benjies now that it’s picked up $165 million in new funding. “Sequoia Capital led the round of financing, which closed earlier this year and also brought...

Square’s $6 Billion Valuation
Mobile // August 27, 2014

Privately-held Square has authorized a tender offer that places the company’s self-declared value at $6 billion, CNBC reported. To put that into context, Square’s similar valuation in January 2014 was $5 billion and in August 2012, it was $3.25 billion, Bloomberg noted. The move is...

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Silicon Valley VCs See Green In Telegram’s $600M ICO

January 26, 2018
Three big Silicon Valley venture capital firms want to invest in Telegram’s initial coin offering (ICO), The Financial Times reported. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark and Sequoia Capital have each told the messaging startup that they want to invest $20 million, according to three individuals familiar with the deal. Sequoia and Kleiner declined to comment, […]

Lending Club IPO Could Set Tone For All Alternative Lenders

December 02, 2014
Preparing for its IPO, peer-to-peer lending leader Lending Club said Monday (Dec. 1) that it would price its shares at $10-$12, which would value the company at about $4 billion....

Houzz Picks Up $165 Million In New Funding

October 02, 2014
As the home décor site Houzz pushes hard for an E-Commerce expansion, it might be able to wallpaper with Benjies now that it’s picked up $165 million in new funding....

Square’s $6 Billion Valuation

August 27, 2014
Privately-held Square has authorized a tender offer that places the company’s self-declared value at $6 billion, CNBC reported. To put that into context, Square’s similar valuation in January 2014 was...