PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2019

Founded in 2003, Heidelpay enables its clients to accept online and mobile payments and is used by more than 30,000 merchants, including companies such as L’Oréal. million euros ($45 million) in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization this year, FT reported. Heidelpay expects to generate 40.5

Payments 136

Payments Groups Taxes Regional 136

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The use of prepaid cards has exploded over the last decade or so — in 2003 consumers put less than $1 billion on prepaid cards annually, but by 2012 that figure had grown to $65 billion and by 2018 that figure is projected to reach as much as $121 billion. The user base of prepaid cards has grown significantly as well.

Cards 189

Cards Google Tools Regulation 189

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, Date: March 20, 2003. The mega-company reported a $45B write-down in 2003 and then a $100B yearly loss. Zynga and OMGPOP. Date: March 21, 2012.

Google 76

Google Software Innovation Company 76

CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

Expertise: An experienced operator’s perspective on a problem and the different ways that it can be solved. There’s a complexity to getting these tools operational that compounds at scale. Bain, which has helped hundreds of similar businesses undergo their “digital transformation,” has that deep operator expertise.

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network. ViewSonic Airpanel Smart Display V110, Microsoft (2003). Enter the Nook, their attempt at staying relevant and maybe even reclaiming some of their lost market share from the online retailer. P’zone, Pizza Hut (2003).

Innovation 78

Innovation Google Apple Video 78

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Both Lefkofsky (with Groupon) and Kleiner Perkins (with Cerent) were able to win so big in part because they had hands-on operational roles in their investments. Apax Partners also first invested in King Digital in 2005, when the company was still distressed from a point of near-bankruptcy in 2003. When Snap Inc.

Lending 78

Lending Capital Company Google 78