Remove 2011 Remove Boston Remove Retail Remove Technology
article thumbnail

One Food-Ordering App To Rule Them All

PYMNTS

It’s a hungry brand, gobbling up three different food delivery competitors in the last quarter alone: Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and most recently, Yelp’s Eat24. OrderUp does, however, continue to operate in 11 markets, which license the platform’s technology and mobile app, though they may not be doing business under its name.

Baltimore 138
article thumbnail

Wayfair’s Burgeoning Home Goods Ecosystem

PYMNTS

In fact, in its founding days back in 2002, Wayfair fit comfortably in the spare bedroom of Conine’s Boston-area home. As of now, the firm is looking to branch out from its Copley Place headquarters in downtown Boston and into a neighboring building that reportedly has enough space to accommodate it. Doubling Down On Tech.

Boston 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor. In 2011, Brian was promoted to Partner of Founders Fund where he still invests today. 2018 VC Report: AI FUNDING LEPT 29% IN US. BILL GURLEY.

article thumbnail

Carmageddon: The Downshifting of America’s Auto Industry

Gonzobanker

According to an estimate by Boston Consulting Group, “One-quarter of miles driven in the U.S. The recovery rates on unpaid balances from prime loan reposessions have dropped from 65% in 2011, to 56% in 2014, to 51% curently. Missing from this list are taxis, whose share dwindled to 12% in Q4 2016. in January – the worst since 2010.

article thumbnail

Is It ‘A Bot Time’ For Payments To Jump On The Bot Bandwagon?

PYMNTS

The media has declared chatbots the digital version of the little black dress: a technology staple that every brand must now have and every payment type must now commerce-enable. WeChat was launched in 2011 by Chinese internet giant Tencent. We take our weather very seriously in Boston. Turn up the heat by adding payments.

Payments 100
article thumbnail

From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

CB Insights

Download this presentation from the CB Insights Innovation Summit to see the technologies, business models and distribution innovations that you should watch for in the next 5 to 10 years. Technology. Retail/Consumer Goods. Technology. This post is broken up into sections. Click on a vertical to jump to it. Founded: 1966.

article thumbnail

121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

CB Insights

Company: AOptix Technologies. Select VC Investors: Bill Gates, CapX Partners, Constellation Technology Ventures. Company: Powa Technologies. The Nectar system had its roots at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Lab — and may have simply left the lab a few years too early. via Beta Boston. via TechCrunch. via Fortune.

Capital 78