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“We are satisfied with the unprecedented business growth rates demonstrated by Ozon in 2019,” Alexey Katkov, managing partner, said at the time. Funding provided by the key shareholders will enable the company to maintain its high growth pace in 2020 and to continue increasing its market share.”.

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EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. But the fintech market has rebounded. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck.

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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. million from Alteria Capital. Lendingkart. Growth Street.

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MAY 22, 2017

Menlo Ventures , the Silicon Valley venture capital firm, closed a new $450 million venture capital fund aimed at investing in early stage companies focused in the consumer, enterprise and so-called frontier technologies markets. The move is designed to put the VCs closer to where the action is.

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JUNE 29, 2020

IAC will change its name to Shift as the transaction proceeds and the Shift management team of CEO and Co-Founder George Arison and Co-CEO Toby Russell will stay in place. “We Arison said the move was about adding capital to scale the company. Securing that capital is even more complicated than the IAC merger.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Tencent is a global technology company based in Shenzhen, China, and Dragoneer is an investment firm based in San Francisco. Farfetch will use the capital to continue growing and expanding into new markets, particularly China. Tencent is helping the company reach the market through its WeChat platform. “We

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JANUARY 30, 2019

Stripe, the San Francisco digital payments startup, has landed a $100 million investment from Tiger Global Management, boosting its valuation above $20 billion. According to a report in CNBC , citing The Information, with the $100 million investment by Tiger Global Management , Stripe now has a valuation of $22.5

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JANUARY 5, 2020

The San Francisco-headquartered startup runs membership-based healthcare clinics and was launched by internal medicine doctor Tom Lee, who served as the company’s chief executive officer until 2017. One Medical is backed by technology and management firm 1Life Healthcare and will trade under the symbol “ONEM.”

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The round was led by EQT Ventures and joined by existing investors Balderton Capital, LocalGlobe and SBI. They’ve taken a radically different approach to money management and created an AI financial advisor with a personality that proactively delivers personalized insights that help customers spend less and save more.”. “As

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

San Francisco FinTech Brex announced a $200 million debt capital raise from Credit Suisse that will be used to expand its eCommerce business and credit offerings to new companies, Brex announced in a press release on Thursday (Dec. The product automates expense management and integrates with accounting systems.

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JULY 7, 2020

If approved by the SEC, nCino will be listed on NASDAQ’s Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “NCNO.”. Founded in 2012, nCino has raised $213 million in venture-backed funding, according to Crunchbase, the San Francisco provider of business data about private and public companies. million. .

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Eventbrite, the company that operates a platform to create, manage and sell tickets to events, filed an amended registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in which it said it is aiming to raise a $200 million initial public offering (IPO). At the midpoint, Eventbrite would have a market capitalization of $1.55

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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.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

This week's B2B Venture Capital roundup saw more than $76 million in new funding. The startup, which raised the funding from angel investors including Southern Water Managing Director Rob Barnett, EV Cargo CEO Craig Sears-Black and Lyre's Spirit Co. CEO Carl Hartmann, was founded amid the pandemic as supply chain risks skyrocketed.

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JULY 22, 2020

Brex , the San Francisco financial technology startup, is offering FDIC insurance on its no-fee cash management account, the company announced Wednesday (July 22). The new feature in Brex Cash allows customers the choice to hold cash savings with FDIC insurance, or invest in Money Market Funds.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The San Francisco-based financial services company, developer of Cash App , the mobile payment platform that allows users to transfer money, has seen its stock soar by 173 percent this year. That’s more than half of Square’s overall market capitalization and worth more than Capital One Financial Corp., Square Inc.

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MAY 6, 2019

In a press release, the company — formerly known as TransferTo — said the fundraising round was led by GGV Capital and will be used to grow the business across its key markets. “We billion unbanked adults living in emerging markets that are shut out of the global economy because of a lack of access to financial services.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

To bolster its subscription business, San-Francisco-based Recurly has notched $19.5 million in funding led by F-Prime Capital along with participation from Polaris Partners, Silicon Valley Bank and Greycroft. The new funding brings its total raise to almost $40 million after raises in the past totaling $19.6

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Indian digital payments platform Cashfree has just landed tens of millions in new capital to help fuel its expansion, the Bengaluru-based company announced on Tuesday (Nov. Cashfree is a “2017 alumnus of Y Combinator,” the San Francisco-based startup incubator, according to the release.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The remaining $10 million came as unannounced follow-on financing from early investors, including BDC Capital and Blumberg Capital. The most recent funding will be used to capitalize on growth, including scaling up operations in new markets, said Trulioo, and to grow headcount to 200 people from the present roster of 130 individuals.

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JULY 31, 2020

the San Francisco-based online bank, had the last laugh. As a national charter, the bank can offer credit and cash-flow management, the company said. Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. Varo Bank N.A.

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APRIL 28, 2017

venture capital sphere this week: VC funding for FinTech startups in Q1 alone hit $1.2 Analysts said the industry has seen its highest venture capital activity since Q1 of 2016, fueled by focus on late-stage investment rounds. This week’s B2B venture capital roundup is quite indicative of these trends. According to KPMG’s U.S.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

hedge fund Tiger Global Management and existing investors Coatue Management and Valiant Capital. The funding round was led by hedge fund D1 Capital Partners, and came only six months after the startup closed on a $350 million round of investing. Instacart has raised $1.87 billion in total, with a $7.87

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

The transaction will create a company with a combined market capitalization of around 15 billion euros ($17.6 the San Francisco-based financial services company. Nexi , the Italian digital payment company, agreed Sunday (Oct. 4) to buy its FinTech competitor, SIA , for about 4.6 billion euros ($5.4 In January, Visa Inc.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

It was a busy time for B2B venture capital this week, and while funding ranged across verticals from expense management to SaaS, there was a clear theme in investment rounds: high-tech data analytics. Data Management. The company said it will use the backing to focus on its go-to-market strategy and expand existing leadership.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2019

PullString , a San Francisco maker of technology that enables people to design and publish voice-activated apps, was acquired by Apple. In addition, there is about $10 million in “earn-outs” for the management of the startup including chief executive Oren Jacob, noted the report.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

There are a number of transactions that are cross-companies and multi-party that are inefficient, they go through intermediaries, they are very slow,” senior manager at Coke One North America Andrei Semenov said. The funding round was led by Polychain Capital. And we felt that we could improve this and save some money.”.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is attempting to fight back against Washington’s tougher stance on cryptocurrencies. And as Bart Stephens, co-founder and managing partner of Blockchain Capital, a venture capital investor focused on cryptocurrencies, noted, “The U.S.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

Citing Alto Pharmacy, TechCrunch reported that Greenoaks Capital, Zola Capital, and Jackson Square Ventures invested in the Series C round of fundraising. Alto Pharmacy is among a handful of online pharmacy startups that are offering same-day prescription deliveries as well as other services including medication management apps.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Asia and broader European markets. The company plans to open its first international office following the investment, which was led by Dawn Capital, said reports in CBR Online. Working in the business management market is Scoro , an Estonia-based startup that just announced $5.2 SESAMi/Capital Match. quantilope.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

The funding will help Klarna continue its rapid rise in the United States market, where it is currently growing at an annual rate of six million new consumers. The funding round was led by San Francisco-based growth-oriented investor Dragoneer Investment Group. in particular.?”. consumer.”.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Retail performance mobile marketing expert Fidzup recently announced it raised $3.7 million in a new funding round with venture capitalists Cap Horn, Turenne Capital and existing investors. market soon,” he concluded. “I’m I’m going to San Francisco and New York in January. by the end of next year.”.

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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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MARCH 13, 2019

Select Investors: Tencent Holdings, Disney Accelerator, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vulcan Capital, ICONIQ Capital. Company Description: Samumed is a San Diego biotech company that develops tissue regeneration therapies. It is also known for developing Unreal Engine. Valuation: $12B.

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APRIL 7, 2017

According to a report in Fortune , Upgrade of San Francisco, Calif., including Union Square Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Vy Capital and Silicon Valley Bank. Upgrade said in the report that other investors include CreditEase, the Chinese lender, and Noah Holdings, an investment management company.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Investment in B2B FinTech startups came through a variety of channels this week, from venture capital to growth equity. In total, backers placed $273 million across companies operating in alternative finance, treasury management, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and B2B sales tech. trillion market. trillion market.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It’s the next step in San Francisco-based Stripe making strides into other countries. The business is backed by Sequoia Capital and PayPal founders Peter Thiel and Elon Musk. Singapore’s eCommerce market, according to analysts, is projected to increase to $5.4 After Singapore, the plans are aimed at Japan and Hong Kong.

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