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‘Costco For Millennials’ Attracts Big Investors

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A popular eCommerce retailer, which has been called the “Costco for millennials,” is attracting potential investors, according to The New York Post. With warehouses in New Jersey, Dallas, Las Vegas and Atlanta, Boxed offers bulk-sized products similar to those found at big warehouse retailers like Costco Wholesale.

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This Week In Insurance Tech: Policygenius Raises $100M, Lemonade Enters Pet Insurance, Nationwide Expands Digital Footprint

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Gabi , a San Francisco-based digital broker for home and car insurance, raised a $27M Series B led by Mubadala Capital. Capital, AngelList, Burst Capital, Canvas Ventures, CMFG Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Project A Ventures, and Securian Financial Group also participated in the round. .

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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

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Jeff Bezos missed a major marketing opportunity there (as if Amazon needs it). New Jersey, for instance, is offering more than the price of Amazon’s investment in tax credits, to the tune of $7 billion, if the company puts HQ2 in Newark. How is the race to be Amazon’s second home city not a reality show? Doña Ana County.

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Newborn Unicorns: Meet The New Class Of $1B+ US Startups

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Last quarter, the US unicorn “birth rate” ticked up significantly as 9 new VC-backed companies reached $1B+ valuations (compared to only 3 companies in Q1’17), the highest quarterly total since the close of Q3’15, according to our Q2’17 Venture Capital Funding Report with PwC. Valuation: $1.4B.

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Newborn Unicorns: The First Half Of 2017 Sees 12 New US Startups Valued At $1B+

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While late-stage investing rounds are the typical “tipping point” for entry into the unicorn club, one quarter of newborn unicorns in H1’17 earned their $1B+ valuations with a mid-stage Series C capital raise. Select Round Investors: Breyer Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Wildcat Venture Partners. Valuation: $1.4B.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

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The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. Yet the Gonzo team has to give a shout out to the late entry of Texas Capital and Independent Bank. picks up Bancorp of New Jersey, Inc. Bank Acquisition of the Year.

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The 2018 GonzoBanker Awards

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PNC made a Gonzo move with a national digital expansion in 2018 with the unique idea of building a small number of branches in target metro markets like Kansas City and Dallas. Goes to the always-sharp Mitch Feiger and the team at MB Financial for the bank’s sale to Fifth Third at a 24% premium to market price in May.

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