PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

Not until 2004 did cannabis become legal for non-medical use in certain areas of the country. It is often hard to find and search for local retailers, exacerbated by the fact that cannabis businesses are oftentimes located in undesirable areas. This is the marketplace that connects patients with retailers.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Southeast Asia has an assortment of extremely wealthy families that have dominated its investing landscape for years — and a few are taking particular interest in the region’s growing tech scene. The regions wealthiest families and individuals are competing for deals alongside venture capital firms, Chinese tech investors, and others.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. In October of 2004, Josh founded First Round Capital where he serves as General Partner to this day. Operating Location: Philadelphia, PA. Operating Location: Menlo Park, CA.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Bill Me Later was one of the earliest fintech payment platforms on the market and gave big retailers the ability to offer flexible financing programs. The company announced it would pass on the special card savings Amazon gets from card networks (because of the volume of purchases they can guarantee) to retailers that adopt Amazon Pay.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Owned and operated by Ant Financial Services Group, Alipay is the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform. Launched in 2004, Alipay currently boasts more than 520 million active registered users. Overseas, Alipay now covers 38 countries and regions to provide payment services for Chinese visitors who are traveling overseas.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Even as the regulation pendulum swings back toward more limited oversight, how investment banks operate is fundamentally changing. Table of contents. The disruption of the IPO.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Thiel became an outside board member with his $500K seed investment in Facebook in 2004. 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. Later, the retail giant sold its entire e-commerce operations in China to JD.com.

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