PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

While businesses have more sources of capital than ever before, from bank loans to initial coin offerings to alternative online investments, experts are urging small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to take a strategic approach to their fundraising efforts — often by combining a variety of funding sources to mitigate risk. Flutterwave.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

It was a slow week for B2B FinTech venture capital investments, though the industry still managed to pull more than $46.8 SourceSage said it plans to use the investment to expand its management team and for overall expansion as it positions itself to help B2B businesses launch their eCommerce operations and go digital. Credit Key.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

The company said $15 million of that amount is an extension of a $100 million round from June to boost interest from new investor Pelham Capital alongside the company's existing investors, the post stated. With the proceeds, the company plans to speed up its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform and expand worldwide, according to the post.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The company said the new funding will “provide capital, as well as access to KKR’s operational resources and global network.” Jon and team have proven they can deliver explosive growth with impressive capital efficiency.”. This whole year has been great for drive-to travel, of all forms,” Gray said at the time. “If

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Investors continue to fuel the growth of the B2B technology startup community with another busy week in funding. Despite a slowdown in corporate travel, expense management and travel booking technology provider SalesTrip still managed to impress investors, which pumped $1.4 PYMNTS rounds up all the latest deals below.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Below, PYMNTS rounds up the latest B2B FinTech venture capital funding rounds. million Series A investment led by Framework Venture Partners, while PenderFund Capital Management, Conconi Growth Partners and Royal Bank of Canada also participated. In Canada, Checkfront revealed its $9.3 FinCompare.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

It’s too soon to tell how coronavirus will impact the venture capital ecosystem, but some analysts are turning to the economic crisis of 2008 to make some educated guesses. ” As investors and startups remain on-edge about exactly how this will play out, only a few B2B technology startups announced their own investments this week.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As more financial service providers explore how to capitalize on corporates’ growing adoption of commercial cards, firms are looking at the card as a way to round out their products and services with a more holistic offering. Shell Combines Cards, Telematics for Indian Fleets.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Additional new and existing investors include Reinvent Capital, Menlo Ventures, SoftBank, Braemar Energy Ventures and others. With this funding, we’ll further develop Getaround’s unique connected car technology, Getaround Connect, which enables our fully contactless booking and pickup experience,” said Zaid, chief executive officer.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

At least, that’s what commercial card technology players believe, with this week’s rundown of the latest initiatives in corporate card solutions placing a focus on returning business trip volume. Expensify Links Cards To Booking. It may not look like it yet, but business travel is headed for a comeback.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Rather, the difference could be seen in just how significantly technology disruption has slammed its way into bankers’ discussions regarding shareholder value. While the term “accretive to book value” is still the best bet for buzzword bingo at AOBA, the real talk centered around digital transformation and fintech disruption.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

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. Since then, the financial technology (FinTech) company has expanded its portfolio to also offer business banking. Last week, Revolut, which recently debuted in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

banking-as-a-service (BaaS) Startup Railsbank closed a $37 million funding deal co-led by MiddleGame Ventures and Ventura Capital. as well as 21 European Union (EU) countries — sent a letter to antitrust regulators asking that they throw the book at Google as fast as possible. Afterpay Rolls Out BNPL Cross-Border Pay For Merchants.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

While this week saw fewer funding deals on the books, analysts pointed to a busy year for investors, particularly in India. billion in technology startup funding in 2019, a new record for the market and almost $4 billion higher than it saw in 2018. According to TechCrunch reports, citing Tracxn data, the nation saw $14.5 revealed a $6.3

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Business confidence remains relatively high, but the latest analysis from CB Insights found that venture capital (VC) investment took a turn for the worse in Q1. Reports earlier this week in the Financial Times revealed that global venture capital funding dropped 13 percent to $6.3 Webware.io. Canada’s Webware.io FreightHub.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2017

BAM Worldwide, a provider of cash management and working capital, e payment solutions to the transportation industry , announced Tuesday (June 6) that it has completed a $10-million investment led by Millstone Capital Partners. BAM provides technology, payments processing and working capital loans to the U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2017

“We did some research and found out that the majority of businesses in the beauty industry operate offline, without any software at all. still manage their bookings with pen and paper,” Shedul co-founder and CEO William Zeqiri said in an interview. Shedul’s offering is deeper than just appointments and bookings.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Hoesley also previously led the midwest region for Silicon Valley Bank, and was a partner at Prism Capital, a middle-market provider of venture capital and mezzanine debt.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2020

Previous investors Global Founders Capital, Comcast Ventures and Trinity Ventures also gave money. Among the fastest-growing hotel brands, Life House has over 800 beds and 25 hotels that are expected to be operational by early next year. . Its website directly garners more than 65 percent of its bookings. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

In a week of multiple nine-figure venture capital funding rounds, B2B FinTech has proved it plans to end the year on a high note. That achievement goes to UiPath , an industry competitor also operating in the Robotics Process Automation space. Existing backers, such as Xavier Niel, also participated in the funding.

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Bobsguide

JULY 21, 2022

• The financial technology firm expands bookings by 300% in H1 2022 versus prior period. A key aspect of the growth is the market dynamic that prefers multi-asset class trading and investment administration, simplifying front office operations, while meeting enterprise-wide best execution and financial control objectives.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the throes of managing balance sheets and loan portfolios and at the same time executing daily “run the bank” operations, bankers are faced with the need to continuously develop new customer experiences and scale enterprise capabilities. At the same time, tomorrow’s leadership will have little to do with “book smarts.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

Funds also came from Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, Active Capital Partners, Florida Funders, Deepwork Capital and Engage. Individual workers can book most jobs in under a minute on average from within Homee’s app, while larger operations can track teams of crewmembers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

Digital parking company SpotHero has raised $50 million in a series D funding round led by Macquarie Capital , according to a release. . Other participants in the round included Union Grove Venture Partners, and previous investors Insight Venture Partners, Global Founders Capital and others also invested again.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Because many banks are now producing below their cost of capital, growth further exacerbates their issues and drives them out of business (likely through a sale) faster. In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. Improving efficiency is like “losing weight” and “working out more.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

As the travel industry shifts into higher digital gear, and increasingly responds to the needs and desires of new consumer groups — millennials and Gen Z among them — some players are getting left behind and making their way into the history books. That’s the general case with travel search startup Hipmunk.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 10, 2023

I call this "pulling into the pits" in my book: Squared Away-How Can Bankers Succeed as Economic First Responders. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. The bank was founded in 1907 and has operated continuously since 1908 with branches in Durham, Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Bookkeeping is at the core of many essential processes in the back office: tax filing, working capital management and access to financing, to name a few. In the case of accessing capital, the Federal Reserve ‘s latest analysis has suggested that small business demand for financing in the U.S. The firm secured $1.8

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

Allen & Company, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo Securities and BofA Securities are working as underwriter representatives and book-running managers. In December, Vroom raised $254 million in a Series H funding round led by Durable Capital Partners. L Catterton, T. Rowe Price Associates and others participated.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By gauging an industry’s health as a whole, you could decide that the restaurant market in your area has remained stagnant while the technology industry is booming. Are there high capital or technological costs? Technological advances boot out products over time—cars replacing horses, for example.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2018

Blockchain Capital. Blockchain heavyweight Ripple made headlines this week when it announced a $25 million investment in Blockchain Capital, a venture capital firm focused on backing blockchain startups. The funding comes in the form of Ripple’s own cryptocurrency and will be used to fund startups selected by Blockchain Capital.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

Equity investments reigned this week, thanks to backing for accounts payable (AP) automation firm MineralTree and treasury management company Kyriba , but it was the logistics market that saw the largest venture capital round — and secured another unicorn for the B2B startup space. CRV, Tenaya Capital and GV also participated.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

Corporate travel and expense (T&E) management solutions provider TripActions led this week’s B2B venture capital roundup with its announcement of new funding that propelled its valuation to $4 billion. million in funding for its technology, reports said this week. Prime Venture Partners provided the investment, reports said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Or maybe a relatively bland extended-stay operation right off the interstate. But digital technology and the sharing economy, already the disrupters of so much, are now challenging the status quo when it comes to corporate housing. Backed by Airbnb , Comcast, Bowery and Initialized Capital, Zeus has raised $90 million in funding.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

According to Elena Ionenko , co-founder and chief operating officer of loan Software-as-a-Service provider TurnKey Lender , this is one area in which banks have a leg up on their FinTech rivals. With this first step, they'll gain confidence and understand how the technology works," she said. Embedded Finance Shifts The Competition.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The company plans to open its first international office following the investment, which was led by Dawn Capital, said reports in CBR Online. Scoro said it plans to use the funding to expand its operations in the U.S. SESAMi/Capital Match. The firm, with headquarters in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In a recent conversation with PYMNTS, he discussed how various trends in how employees wish to get paid and how employers manage those payouts are driving more organizations to digitize payroll operations, with payroll data an increasingly valuable asset for CFOs. The Value Of Integration. The Digitization Drive.

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