South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

With financial hardship, competition from dominant players, and a startup budget, Gentle Monster faced many of the same challenges as a community bank. Leveraging social media, Gentle Monster started to get traction. These striking designs paid for themselves in media exposure.

Innovation 195

Innovation social media Branding Marketing 195

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company. THE BANKING AWARDS. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks.

Conference 91

Conference Industry Community Bank Community 91

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

” WhatsApp and Sequoia Capital followed a different strategy: Sequoia was the sole investor in WhatsApp’s $8M Series A round in 2011, which valued the company at $78.4M. After an initial $8M investment in WhatsApp’s Series A in April 2011, Sequoia put in an additional $52M in July 2013. Acquisition. Amount invested.

Lending 78

Lending Capital Company Google 78