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The United States Of Venture Capital: The Most Active VC In Each State

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Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment in the US, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country. We excluded debt deals and only considered venture capital, corporate venture capital, super angel, and growth equity firms.

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Online Gambling Player Rush Street Wins Support of Blank Check Firm To Go Public

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Chalk up another major deal for blank check companies, one of Wall Street’s hottest new trends, with online gambling and sports betting company Rush Street Interactive ’s announcement that it will be going public. The blank check operation that will take Rush Street Interactive public fits the profile.

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TS Imagine Strengthens its Marketplace Leadership with Non-Exec Board Appointments

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New appointments bring significant expertise from across the financial services industry to TS Imagine’s rapid growth. LONDON, 14 July 2022 – TS Imagine , a global leader in trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, announces the appointment of three new board members to support the firm’s rapid growth.

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GrubMarket Raises $25M As It Eyes Potential IPO

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Other new investors include Evolv Ventures, University Growth Fund, Arancia International and CentreGold Capital. Existing investors ACE & Company, GCV Capital, Fusion Fund, Bascom Ventures and others also participated in the investment round. The round of fundraising was led by WI Harper Group and Digital Garage.

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OnDeck’s ODX Digitizes Investors Bank SMB Lending Platform

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New Jersey-based financial institution Investors Bank has announced a collaboration with online small business lending firm OnDeck to digitize its own small to medium-sized business (SMB) lending operations. The companies announced their collaboration in a press release Monday (Oct.

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Walmart Adds Two Global Governance Leaders To Support Financial Services

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The executive comes to the retailer from Capital One , where he most recently served as vice president of compliance. In that role, he combined leadership, regulatory expertise and relationship management to enable a dynamic, technology-focused consumer finance business. Department of Justice.

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JD.com’s Q3 Tech Investments Jump 70 Percent Year Over Year

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China’s JD.com ’s quest to expand into technologies such as artificial intelligence and automation is causing its expenses to soar, with the company seeing its Q2 technology costs go up over 70 percent year over year for the third consecutive quarter. According to TechCrunch , the company spent 2.8