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Report: Digital Lender SoFi Eyes IPO Via SPAC

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Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut on the stock market. It has also begun work in stock trading and cash management accounts. SoFi was valued at $4.8

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GameStop's Top Investor Sees Epic Battle With Amazon

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Bloomberg reported that Ryan Cohen , who now owns a nearly 10 percent stake in GameStop, is in talks with management, several board members and his own RC Ventures to have the gaming company sell a wider range of merchandise. In 2011, Cohen started Chewy.com and went on to serve as CEO.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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Airbnb Acquires HotelTonight: A Review Of The Online Travel Booking Market

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On March 7th, Airbnb acquired HotelTonight , a last-minute hotel booking startup backed by Accel, Battery Ventures, Coatue Management, and First Round Capital, among others. HotelTonight started offering last-minute hotel bookings via its mobile app in 2011 and has raised over $117M. Become a CB Insights customer.

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Sift Science Eyes Global Fraud Prevention With $53M In Funding

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According to Venture Beat , this latest round of funding was led by Manhattan-based VC firm Stripes Group, with participation from existing investors that include Union Square Ventures, Insight Venture Partners and Spark Capital. based Featurespace and Atlanta-based Pindrop.

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‘Robo-Adviser’ Gets Into Lending

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Wealthfront, an automated online financial adviser, or “robo-adviser,” is reportedly breaking into the lending space. The company has teamed up with RBC Capital Markets. Founded in 2011, Wealthfront is one of the fastest growing automated investment services. The company currently manages over $6 billion in assets.

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Social Capital Teardown

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This teardown features annotations & commentary by four Social Capital partners. Thanks to the Social Capital team for updating/confirming their portfolio data on the CB Insights Editor. Social Capital is a VC fund with a focus on healthcare and education. CB Insights Note. Investment syndicates. BEST OF DISRUPTION REPORT.

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