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JUNE 18, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. Founded 80 years ago, the Boise, Idaho, chain has been owned for the past 14 years by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, according to Supermarket News , which first reported the IPO in March. billion because the IPO’s underwriters, BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs, J.P.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Founded in 2015 by Spanish entrepreneur Oier Urrutia, the company uses algorithms to provide users with a personalized online shopping experience. This investment round provides us with the necessary capital to further increase the accuracy of our technology, which is really exciting.

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Bank Activities

JULY 1, 2022

The total funding secured through Series B round amounts to more than $100 million. The company states that the additional funds will be directed toward team development, product and technology innovations, and expansion of its operations. The Series A funding round was held in 2020 and led by Sequoia Capital India.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Plaid Technologies, a startup that helps FinTechs like Venmo and Lending Club access their customers’ bank accounts, has raised $44 million in a Series B round of venture capital funding. According to a report , the venture units of Citi and Amex took part in the latest round of fundraising.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Israel’s Upstream Security has notched $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Renault Venture Capital, Upstream announced in a press release on Monday (Oct. The funding included Volvo Group Venture Capital, Hyundai, Hyundai AutoEver, Nationwide Ventures as well as others.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

In 2015, news outlets ran articles about the “ gold mine ” of venture capital investments in the alternative finance sector. Yet at a time when analysts say VCs are focusing more on late-stage investment , alternative lenders are having a tougher time securing funding, particularly market newcomers in a crowded market.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

LoanDepot will be seeking as much as $315 million in its initial public offering (IPO), according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. million shares of its common stock, and private equity backer Parthenon Capital Partners is selling 5.59 The company is offering 9.41

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Well, what do we say about 2015? And, give or take a stumble or two, we snuck through it and did a reasonable job on 2015 objectives, in our humble opinion. So, it seems we’re good with only one outstanding item—digest the 2015 GonzoBanker Awards! 2015 Executive Call-out. ” – Tom Armstrong. Not even close. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Signifyd has received $19 million in funding from American Express Ventures, Menlo Ventures and TriplePoint Capital. At the end of 2015, the company announced it had a run rate of $5.6 ” Signifyd plans to use the latest round of funding to optimize its machine-learning technology and extend its infrastructure.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

Based in Switzerland, KiWi offers a digital platform for small businesses (SMBs) to accept electronic payments via mobile point-of-sale (POS) technology, while also bridging those merchants to financing. million raised for its solution, which KiWi said will be used to focus on growth in Mexico, where it has been operating since 2015.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

has secured $80 million in new funding at a $5.5 Revolut is also backed by Index Ventures, the global venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, and a half dozen others. Founded in 2015, Revolut began by offering prepaid debit cards that allowed users to avoid foreign exchange fees while traveling abroad.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

The week is getting off on just the right foot for the folks over at Plaid Technologies, who are announcing $44 million in new funding. Plaid Technologies announced Monday (June 20) that it had secured $44 million in funding courtesy of a round led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2019

Mobvoi, a China-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has almost secured funding to value the company at upwards of $1 billion before an initial public offering, according to a report by Bloomberg. Mobvoi was previously valued at $300 million in a financing round that Google led in 2015.

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CB Insights

MAY 8, 2018

And, although Google searches for “bitcoin” and “blockchain” have slid, companies are still flush with cash from 2017’s ICO boom, cryptocurrency price run-up, and venture capital investment — and are spending it. See how venture firms, corporates, regulators, and builders are shaping the future of blockchain technology. End of story.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

While we are growing phenomenally on our own, we are always on the lookout for strategic acquisitions to help us sharpen our learnings in specific regions or technologies,” Goel said. 15 crore ($168,087,750) from InnoVen Capital, a venture debt firm, which was its first deal of that type. crore ($364,700).

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

Business intelligence is a common theme in this week’s B2B venture capital (VC) roundup, with many startups deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and sophisticated data analytics technologies for their business customers. The firm deploys AI technology to provide corporate customers with business intelligence software.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

As of this writing in mid-November 2017, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies hovers around $220B (with a single bitcoin trading for upwards of $8,000). This explainer will offer simple definitions and analogies for blockchain technology. Is Bitcoin really secure? Blockchain. Cryptocurrencies.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2018

A press release issued by the company said Menlo Ventures led the Series E equity funding round for BlueVine, which also saw backing from SVB Capital and other investors. We’re building a cutting edge, technology-enabled platform that is helping thousands of [SMBs] get quick access to funds to address their everyday funding needs.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Account takeovers are becoming bigger business for criminals — or, at least, the business of preventing account takeovers in the digital retail and payments realm is becoming an increasing focus of companies and security experts. Castle, founded in 2015, said it has raised $9.2 Castle, founded in 2015, said it has raised $9.2

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

Equian, which is owned by New Mountain Capital , does payment processing operations for insurers and healthcare companies, and highlights its process for reducing overpayment mistakes. Quest revealed the information in a securities filing. UnitedHealth Group , the parent company of the largest U.S.

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Indianapolis Payments New York Groups 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Based in Pune, India, the eCommerce logistics firm XpressBees was founded in 2015 by Indian Institutes of Management graduates Supam Maheshwari and Amitava Saha. million in funding led by InnoVen Capital and Alibaba Group, according to Crunchbase. The company has raised $157.6

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Preface: Per IBM’s 2015 C-Suite study, “…CxOs believe technology and market factors are by far the biggest of the various external forces buffeting their organizations. CEOs put technology at the top of the list, as they have for the past four years. Technology is a broad term so let’s drill down a bit. Prashant B.

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Technology Data Analytics Study 70

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2017

According to a report in TechCrunch , the round of funding for the startup was led by BGF Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in U.K. technology companies. The startup’s technology utilizes biometric authentication technology to enable clients to better verify the biometric identity of their customers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

What eventually becomes cutting-edge in retail and payments often originates in places that are dedicated to security, not commerce. New technology often starts out at the U.S. Authorities and prison technology companies say this mass biometric surveillance supports prison security and fraud prevention efforts.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

The capital is going to be utilized by continuing the work of TokenOS , which is one of the leading open banking platforms in the world. The company wants to continue to innovate payments solutions using ID and digital money technology. Older investors like EQT Ventures and Octopus Ventures also took part in the investment.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Venture capital has hit a plateau, according to some analysts. “After $100M+ checks flowed freely to VC-backed companies through much of 2015, the mega-round trend has settled into a lower range through 2016,” concluded KPMG and CB Insights in their Q3 2016 venture capital report.

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Fintech Capital Analysis Trends 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2017

The R3 consortium , the distributed ledger technology group, has raised $107 million from roughly half of its members, marking the largest funding round for the technology. Broadhaven Capital Partners was the sole advisor to R3 on this deal. Since splashing on the scenes in late 2015, the company has grown at a fast pace.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In 2015 that number rose to 53%, and last year rose again to 58%. Blum Capital Partners LP, Tiger Global Management, Sonae.com Ventures. Millennium Technology Value Partners, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures. Sequoia Capital China, China Media Capital, DCM Ventures. HgCapital, Meridian Capital, JD.com.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

Founded in 2015, Nabobil has built a strong user base in Norway. The acquisition will boost growth, and improve the user experience in the Nordic region through the integration of Getaround’s connected car technology. For Nabobil’s customers, this secures better services and improved technology on a sustainable platform.

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Regional User Experience US Operations 108

Abrigo

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In the 2015 Growth Strategy Survey by Bank Director , the most commonly cited areas for growth were Commercial Real Estate Lending, C&I loans, SBA loans, and Construction loans. which means their capital needs fluctuate. Small businesses in the U.S. also constitute the largest share of firms exporting goods from the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2018

This week, Zylo announced it secured new venture capital to the tune of $9.3 The Series A funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, while Salesforce Ventures, the Slack Fund, High Alpha Capital, GGV, SV Angel and Hyde Park Venture Partners also participated. This leads to unnecessary spend and security gaps.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Looking ahead to the future, technologies like artificial intelligence, distributed ledger and cloud computing hold even greater potential.”. The initiative, according to a statement by Dombrovskis, would gradually lead to a “single European capital markets supervisor.”. a global FinTech hub, prepares to leave the EU following Brexit.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

SAP, Europe’s largest technology conglomerate, could be seeing its shareholder confidence waver, reports said Wednesday (May 10). SAP ’s supervisory board only narrowly secured shareholder approval for its actions during its annual general meeting, securing 50.49 percent of the vote.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2016

Shopper intelligence platform eyeQ announced that it has secured $3.5 million in a Series A funding round to further develop its in-store display technology. More resources will enable us to continue serving the growing needs of our current customer base, who want to expand their use of eyeQ technologies,” said CEO Michael Garel.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 27, 2017

The good news for financial institutions that see SMB lending as a crucial part of their loan portfolio growth strategy is that small businesses are in need of capital. Access to Capital 2. According to a 2015 study from Barlow Research, 82.1 Small businesses are an important market for growth-oriented banks and credit unions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

The study reported that for every dollar of capital raised, women-run startups generated 78 cents in revenue, compared to 31 cents for men-run startups. The problem is that female-founded firms still lack in venture capital funding. Why Women Entrepreneurs Are Where Visa Everywhere Wants To Be. billion in funding.

Regional 179

Regional Capital Study Leadership 179