CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to verify transactions without the need for a centralized authority — is gaining traction as a way to revamp capital markets infrastructure by making it more streamlined, improving transparency, and reducing associated fees. Company Name. First name.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

has secured a $25 million venture loan facility from Horizon Technology Finance Corp., a specialty finance company that provides secured loans to venture capital-backed companies. . The company aims to disrupt the $100 rental and mobility markets. Peer-to-peer car-sharing platform Getaround Inc.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Bain Capital has raised $800 million for a social impact fund — a category of investment vehicles whose stated objectives are to advance social or corporate governance policies in addition to turning profits, the Wall Street Journal reported. The new fund, called Bain Capital Double Impact Fund II, was registered with the SEC on Aug.

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JUNE 4, 2019

Sales enablement platform Highspot announced it has secured $60 million in Series D funding. ICONIQ Capital led the round, with participation from new investor Sapphire Ventures and all existing investors including Madrona Venture Group, OpenView, Salesforce Ventures and Shasta Ventures. percent in 2017.

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JULY 3, 2020

Commercial payments technology firm WEX landed a $400 million investment this week, but when it comes to venture capital, investors set their sights on B2B eCommerce, small business funding, payroll and more. PYMNTS breaks down the companies that did manage to secure funding, below. With a combined $43.3

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Tala, the consumer lending app in emerging markets, announced Monday (Oct. In a press release , Tala said the undisclosed investment from PayPal will help the company bring visibility and access to underserved regions in emerging markets across the world. 22) a strategic investment from PayPal.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

As blockchain tech gains commercial traction, a growing number of companies want to use it to reimagine the capital markets infrastructure that powers the trade of stocks, bonds, and other securities. Company Name. Interested in learning more about Blockdata and DLT? First name. Phone number. Key takeaways.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Synchrony and Sorenson Capital also participated, according to reports.

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MAY 22, 2020

Bad news hit the startup community this week as new analysis from CBInsights revealed a significant decline in venture capital (VC) funding in the first quarter of 2020. India-based Xtracap secured $1 million in angel funding, YourStory reported. There was a nearly 20 percent drop in the number of deals solidified in the quarter, too.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Banks consistently produce under their cost of capital. However, for the average bank, their cost of capital is between 9% and 14% depending on the bank’s equity liquidity with an average of 12.5%. As an industry, we misallocate capital. Securities add no long-term value while loans contribute about 10% ( HERE ) to value.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Zopa received those funds from a group linked to IAG Capital Partners, a U.S.-based Since COVID-19, non-bank lenders have been hurting as capital markets became less available and retail investors tried to withdraw their cash from the P2P sector, the Times reported. Capital One was one of the earlier disrupters,” Janardana said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

Mumbai-based Tata Capital , a division of Tata Group, is rolling out a mobile app to make it easier for its business loan customers to manage their accounts. Tata Capital is deeply invested in providing easy access of credit to merchants and dealers through its Channel Finance and Term Loan products.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

And enter Drip Capital , the middleman that serves as the financial grease that enables trade to flow, easing concerns of both buyers and suppliers. said Pushkar Mukewar , co-founder and CEO of Drip Capital in a conversation with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. While the company is currently doing business in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

TAB Bank is acquiring BAMFi’s BAM Capital Division in a $46 million deal, TAB announced on Tuesday (Nov. This is the digital bank’s fourth acquisition of a working capital loan portfolio. BAMFi , a software provider for the secured lending space, will still own its proprietary solution FactorCloud.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The companies range from product life cycle management solutions to those that help other SaaS firms retain clients. Based in Sweden, Apica provides Software-as-a-Service that helps companies test and monitor the performance of their own software applications. The company raised $2.5 SMB Lending.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

India-based SME lender Capital Float has added a bit of funding to its books thanks to a $2.3 The company said the funds were provided by Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services and raised against non-convertible debentures (NCD). The company has secured significant venture capital, too.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

While the coronavirus crisis certainly accelerated the drive toward digital, the mid-market's commerce digitization push was well underway before the pandemic hit. With B2B eCommerce proliferating, the market is rapidly evolving to make way for new business and payment models in response to customer demand. Emerging Business Models.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Secure payments provider PCI Pal launched a new digital service on Tuesday (Jan. 28) that will let organizations offer ultra-secure payments across a multitude of channels, from social media to email and everything in between. Using the service, customers will be able to pay securely through any channel.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The market’s appetite for tech companies holding initial public offerings (IPOs) of stock continues to build, as Airbnb pushes for higher prices for its IPO. The company planned to sell 33 million common shares for $90 to $95 apiece, up from $75 to $85 a share, according to a U.S. On Sunday (Dec. billion in its IPO.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

It was led by “Energize Ventures and Lux Capital, each of whom invests heavily in companies, fundamentally advancing how society implements and utilizes advances in technology,” Zededa said in a statement. IoT Security Concerns. Security Upgrades? IoT Payments Growth. billion connected devices globally. percent by 2024.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

PayPal appointed Allison Johnson , a marketing veteran with over two decades of experience in her field, as the company’s new executive VP and chief marketing officer (CMO) on Monday (Jan. 14), according to a release by the company. I was an early convert to PayPal’s vision of fast, secure online payments.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

based Notion Capital has announced the launch of its newest fund, Notion Capital Venture Fund IV, which will focus on investments in the B2B Software as a Service (SaaS) industry. In an announcement on the company’s website on Thursday (Oct. ” The expects the fund to exceed $150 million. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

7) that it was merging with publicly-traded Social Capital in an $8.6 The SoFi deal marks at least the third such transaction done by the Social Capital SPAC, Palihapitiya said in a televised interview on CNBC, adding that the deal was driven by the fact that banking infrastructure isn't currently meeting the needs of U.S.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Blockchain companies raised more venture capital and private equity funding in H1’21 than any full year in history. Get exclusive access to our top blockchain reports, including top companies, industries it will disrupt, plus an explanation of ethereum. Company name. download our best of blockchain research.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

India-based accounts payable automation company Finly has announced new funding as it plans to expand its B2B product offering, reports in YourStory said Monday (Dec. Investors at Social Capital, AngelList India, Gemba Capital, Omphalos Ventures and 91springboard provided the funding, reports said. “We

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Bobsguide

APRIL 7, 2022

April 4, 2022 – NXTsoft , a company focused on data connectivity, data analytics, data management and data migration announced plans today to accelerate adoption of leveraging APIs to automate and easily access data through a zero-integration effort called Connectivity as a Service for financial institutions and FinTechs. Birmingham, Ala.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

In many ways, it was great news for small businesses, whose owners sought ways to obtain a loan in the same digital-native ways they sought financing as individuals, and needed more options as traditional lenders pulled back from the SMB market. Finding the right loan product is only part of the middle-market borrowing puzzle.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Capital One has announced the launch of Business CreditWise , an online tool that enables U.S. Business CreditWise is available to any business in the United States — not just Capital One customers. In addition, the tool can be accessed at any time without impacting a company’s credit rating.

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JUNE 21, 2019

While there were no mega-deals in the B2B startup funding realm this week, it was still a busy time for companies and investors, with many funders targeting companies operating in less common markets. Alternative small business lender Lendingkart secured new funding this week to the tune of $11.5 Lendingkart.

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APRIL 29, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed members to its newly-formed Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee as it works to support small business access to capital. It succeeds the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies, which ceded operation in 2017.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

For small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in need of capital, bank loans are undoubtedly the first place they look. The bond market, on the other hand, isn’t the most likely of places for an entrepreneur to seek financing. Several years ago, however, SMBs began to show interest in the bond market, too.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

Indonesian wholesale eCommerce market Ula has announced that it has secured $10.5 OSMDV, Quona Capital, Saison Capital, Alter Global and other unnamed investors participated. The company was formed by Nipul Mehra, who is a former FlipKart senior director of retail and a former investor at Sequoia India.

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JANUARY 21, 2019

Companies that want to go public during the first part of the year are hampered by a key roadblock: The month-long government shutdown has also shuttered the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which usually works with companies for months before approving an IPO. For example, biotech companies Gossamer Bio, Inc.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Chinese companies held 30 initial public offerings (IPOs) this year, raising $11.7 The IPO rate for Chinese companies is the highest since Alibaba’s massive market debut in 2014, according to CNBC , citing a new report from Renaissance Capital. and China over trade and security issues. China and the U.S.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

PayPal was the first company to offer this service, but with the explosion of social media, Facebook, Zelle, Square Cash App, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Wallet and Twitter all support the feature today,” sums up ICBA Bancard president and CEO Tina Giorgio. Security is all. DJ Seeterlin, Chesapeake Bank. The community bank opportunity.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Two cybersecurity companies came out on top, but they both focus their enterprise security efforts in different ways. Duo Security. The $70 million raise by Duo Security makes this cybersecurity startup the latest unicorn in the industry. It brings Duo Security’s valuation up to $1.17 Cybersecurity. Blockchain.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Thursday (Aug. 24) it has temporarily suspended trading in the securities of Canada-based company First Bitcoin Capital Corp. The move on the part of the SEC comes as the government agency has already signaled it would regulate the cryptocurrency market.

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