CB Insights

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. When Facebook went public in 2012, the stock fell 15% in its first few days on the market. STAYING PRIVATE.

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Asimov predicted the exploding population would cause US cities like Boston and New York to converge along the coast into combined super-urban bodies, while suburban communities would have to expand downwards, building subterranean homes. The Washington-based company has raised $6M to date from Vulcan Capital, among others.

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CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. Bain, whose co-founders would go on to start Bain Capital, had a particular expertise in finance from the beginning.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources. The initial 7 years were all about having negative working capital, positive cash flow and a sustained ability to fund our own growth. Product: Bridj.

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