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There is an out-and-out frenzy to capitalize on the pandemic-fueled digital shift that gave consumers few options for accessing products and services over the last twelve weeks. The Fallacy Of ‘Internet Time’ In November of 1998, a book was published that captured the prevailing wisdom of startups operating at the time.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Italy’s Grimaldi Group, which operates one of the largest fleets of vessels focused on getting vehicles between countries, says Brexit, the trade war between China and the U.S. Grimaldi, as the Journal reported, operates 50 carriers that transport vehicles made by Ford, GM and Fiat across trade corridors.

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OCTOBER 20, 2018

On this day in history in the year 2009, the world of payments and commerce was changed forever. No, we’re not talking about the launch of Square – that was in February of 2009. True in 2009. The skies parted, the Earth shook and the song of angels was heard from on high. Well, that’s how we remember it, anyway.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

The world of 2009 was starkly different, a far less optimistic place. Though the Great Recession was technically “over” by the middle of 2009, few people living in the real economy felt that fact in their daily lives. As Nan Siler, head of payment and financial operations at Kabbage, noted, it’s been a pretty wild ride, thus far.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Those innovations did more than just leverage digital and connected devices to make it easier for consumers and businesses to interact and to effectively blend the online and offline worlds. In 2009, the Uber app introduced consumers to a whole new way of getting transportation and a way for black-car drivers with the capacity to serve them.

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JUNE 5, 2019

The real trick is to tie engaging consumer experiences to those cards, which is critical, as prepaid and reloadable cards continue to evolve — moving from plastic cards to mobile accounts that can adapt to an expanding portfolio of use cases, including payroll, online gambling or even consumer and business lending. Step back a bit first.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Back in 2009, that’s what NerdWallet did. Seeing NerdWallet grow from a singular credit cards tool in 2009 to providing content and tools across 11 personal finance topics today is something I have great pride in,” said Tim Chen, CEO and cofounder of NerdWallet. So, what’s a good startup idea? A personal finance site. Its mission?

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

The DOJ investigation centered on whether LendingClub had – between January 2009 to September 2010 – misled its FDIC-insured loan originator, WebBank , leading the bank to underwrite over 200 loans that did not conform to the bank’s lending requirements. The DOJ Finding. In 2010, LendingClub added to its war chest with a $24.5

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APRIL 17, 2018

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. 15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. 15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners.

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APRIL 17, 2017

In a conversation with economist and author of “Matchmakers: The Economics of Multi-Sided Platforms,” David Evans, in 2009, Co-Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey initially hinted at ambitions of controlling both ends of the payments ecosystem with what he called a “more elegant” payments experience. And industry pundits fell in love.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

The year was 2009, and it was rough for some, but a fertile ground for others. “I I think it was a real advantage to us to start during an economic downturn,” says Kathryn Petralia, a co-founder and Head of Operations at Kabbage. “It Our focus has always been on user experience and for them to get capital in less than ten minutes.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Those investments, according to Menear, will be spread out across the board: store layout, staff training, flexible work/pay schemes, a streamlined point-of-sale checkout experience, online and mobile shopping options, supply chain logistics — it’s all on the table for renovation and improvement. However, Home Depot was hit especially hard.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

That’s where Reid Hoffman hatched the idea for LinkedIn in 2003 after inviting hundreds of his friends to create online profiles to get his idea for a professional online networking site off the ground. million from Benchmark Capital and changed its name to eBay. E-Bay acquired online ticket exchange, StubHub, in 2007.

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JULY 25, 2017

LendKey takes the hard parts — demand generation, online credit decisioning, origination and customer service — and manages that, Passione said. There are currently 13,000 community banks in the U.S., New Financing — New Growth. The breakdown of that funding is $8 million in equity and $5 million in debt financing.

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If a bank deems a vendor critical to its operation, it must analyze the vendor's financial statements to be confident in its viability. Firms started in the dorm room that have no employees, just an eager volunteer, no revenue, and no capital need not apply. It received $70 million in capital a year ago. And I suspect elsewhere.

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AUGUST 16, 2017

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: $1.8B. Unicorn Round: $85M Series D.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The regions wealthiest families and individuals are competing for deals alongside venture capital firms, Chinese tech investors, and others. Sinar Mas Group has also invested in Ardent Capital. Ardent Capital, a Thai venture capital firm that seeks to develop startups addressing market gaps. Series A in Q2’15.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Digital laggards – Many big-box retailers either failed or were too late to establish an online presence. In 2017 to date, we have seen 21 bankruptcies. Date: June 2017.

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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: May 21, 2009. Zynga and OMGPOP. Date: March 21, 2012. Price: $210M. a viral gaming hit for iOS and Android. Cisco and Pure Digital. Price: $590M.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

This new unicorn cohort operates across industries, from fitness tech to cybersecurity to enterprise data management. Select Round Investors: Breyer Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Wildcat Venture Partners. Select Round Investors: Index Ventures, New Enterprise Associations, Ribbit Capital, Thrive Capital.

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For instance, they could offer light advisory services or seminars to business owners who have working capital lines of credit. One of the best advantages that a traditional bank has over their more nimble competitors, is the actual cost of capital. So why haven’t banks fully capitalized on this clear advantage?

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Table of contents. STAYING PRIVATE.

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MARCH 28, 2016

doesn’t have to be paved with a 500+ person task force analyzing what the world would look like if we were starting from a clean sheet of paper, competing propositions for who’s going to build and operate a new set of rails, or even what sort of spiffy software can make existing rails faster. The path to faster payments in the U.S.

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APRIL 4, 2016

The process is 100% online, available 24/7, and interest rates range from 8% to 20%. Pictured (left to right): Kabbage Director of Payment Operations, Michelle Sirpak, and Head of Product, Jason Dell demonstrating the Kabbage Card at FinovateSpring 2015 in San Jose. .”

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JULY 16, 2017

Allianz-backed Simplesurance , which offers point-of-sale insurance policies via online retailers’ websites, partnered with Munich Re Digital Partners in October 2016 to jointly develop new insurance products. American Family Insurance was among the earliest P&C insurance carriers to launch a stand-alone venture unit.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

These include wireless home monitoring startup Notion (XL Innovate, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures), on-demand homeshare insurance startup Slice Labs (XL Innovate, Munich Re/HSB Ventures), virtual auto claims operations firm Snapsheet (USAA, Liberty Mutual), and contract-related insurance startup Bunker (American Family Ventures, Hiscox).

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

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. The Tech Award – Goes to Capital One. Best of luck in the next chapter, Chris!

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MARCH 6, 2019

After soaring to a multi-billion-dollar valuation behind an iconic founder, a team of prominent backers, and a promise to revolutionize blood testing, Theranos officially ceased operations in 2018. That July, it banned Holmes from owning or operating a lab for two years. The rise and fall of Theranos. The rise and fall of Pets.com.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Notably, Solyndra’s rise coincided with the passing of 2009’s American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, which contained various subsidies and promises of investment for sustainable US energy initiatives. In March 2009, the US government announced it planned to award Solyndra a guaranteed loan of $535M as part of that initiative.

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APRIL 14, 2017

The private equity firms that have backed the latest capital infusion are ones that are known for doing so as their investees get ready to go public. The Capital One data showed that such stepped-up activity will not occur in the next six to 12 months. vehicle recalls from 2009 to 2010. Just when is a matter of speculation.

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MAY 23, 2019

Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. Pixelon: Online video vaporware. Select Investors: AllianceBernstein, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Glade Brook Capital Partners. Select Investors: CapitalG, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Pritzker Group Venture Capital. Total Funding: $490M.

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MAY 6, 2019

Déjà vu because it was 10 years ago, in May of 2009, that Facebook launched the alpha version of Facebook Credits. First stop on Facebook’s capital raising tour: The big guns with successful payments rails, loads of money and a demonstrable appetite to invest in innovation. It shut down in 2012, 15 months after its official launch.

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APRIL 24, 2018

E-commerce sales growth is pulling ahead of total retail sales ( 17% vs. 6% for year-over-year in Q4’17), and Amazon is controlling upwards of 40% of online sales in the US, according to the US Department of Commerce and Slice Intelligence, respectively. ” — Alistair Davidson, CFO, Ikea.

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AUGUST 31, 2018

The easiest possible summary is that in a post-apocalyptic future, the United States has become the Kingdom of Panem, which consists of a rich, technologically vibrant capital city ringed by 12 impoverished agrarian or industrial districts that are exploited for their resources by wealthy residents of the capitol.

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AUGUST 5, 2016

. “To stay one-step ahead of the market demand,” Dashlane’s Malaika Nicholas wrote on the company blog , “Google and Dashlane are helping create a seamless, universally-acceptable Android app authentication solution to increase your online security.” In May, Dashlane raised $22.5

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

The online bookseller didn’t turn a profit for six years — today, it’s the second publicly traded company ever to hit a $1T market cap. 2009: Focus on inputs — the outputs will take care of themselves. In fact, in 2017, all of Amazon’s operating income came from AWS, a once-risky bet on a “dreamy” business idea.

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JUNE 7, 2019

For those keeping score at home tracking Amazon’s various attempts at automating and roboticized its operations, the scoreboard lit up this week an awful lot. Eckert most recently was at Bain Capital Ventures, where he has been evaluating potential new investments and advising CEOs of existing portfolio companies as executive in residence. “As

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