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Accelerating To The Future?

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Startups often need the resources — including the capital, equipment and expertise offered by these organizations — to stay afloat in an increasingly competitive marketplace. We also give them access to capital by facilitating connections to venture capital funds and local angel investors.”. Working with the big boys.

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Circle With Disney Nabs $10M In For Parental Control Device

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According to TechCrunch , the Portland-based startup had previously raised $800,000 in startup capital and $3 million in convertible notes, as well as $1.5 Circle with Disney allows parents to manage the devices on their home network, including when family members can be online and what content they’re able to access.

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Vacation Rental Startup Vacasa Clinches Funding

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The biggest investment of the week came in the form of 51credit.com, where the Chinese credit card management outfit garnered $84 million from Harvest Capital and Yintai Group. The credit facility also allows for the company to access additional working capital. This week started off with a bang for Portland, Ore.

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Wealth Managers Beware: Emerging Fintechs Are Coming For Retirement Planning Next

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The wealth management industry is under siege by a new crop of “robo-retirement” fintech startups disrupting retirement savings. Sudden volatility has shaken the markets and the state of wealth management. Find out what’s ahead for traditional wealth managers and wealth tech startups in 2018. First Name. Wealth Tech.

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Real Estate Startup Bungalow Secures $64M In Funding

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It also announced today that it has added two new markets to its platform: Portland and Washington, D.C., Bungalow is taking on the $650 billion rental market for early career professionals and it may prove to be a bigger total market size than travel and taxis,” said Jack Abraham, founder and managing partner at Atomic.

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Square And Apple: Who Is The Big Winner Of Their Payments Pair-Up?

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A concerted effort in Portland to educate and provide sellers a way to teach consumers about the benefits of paying with Apple Pay saw the percentage of transactions reportedly triple over the course of the campaign. Plus, there is some evidence to suggest that education via a merchant can have very dramatic effects on use. What Square Gets.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. Importantly, Huntington has continued to focus on digital investments and its strong legacy of product management to remain a progressive regional bank. Nobody is quite sure which side this seesaw will land on.

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