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MARCH 11, 2020

percent between 2013 and 2018, arriving at around $13.5 The company said it does not foresee the deal having a material impact on earnings per share or revenue this year. If the acquisition goes through, Pepsi will be cleared to team up with other energy drink manufacturers. Per data from Mintel, overall energy drink sales in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Foxtrot , looking to put a new spin on the classic counter convenience store, offers craft beer, natural wines and several of its own brands of sandwiches, meals and coffee, according to reports. The company works with around 100 brands in total, offering roughly 800 different products at their stores.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Capital One made the headlines then – a genius move, many called it at that time, for an issuer that lacked demand in deposit accounts and had no other way to provide a debit-like offering that would make their brand sticky to consumers. And each time, the headlines were all about how great these merchant-branded initiatives would be.

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MARCH 6, 2019

Corelle Brands has been around for a while — like 100 years. By today’s standards, it looks anything like an innovative brand. Corning didn’t invent heat-resistant glass when it rolled out its branded version of Pyrex. At the conclusion of the deal, both firms will be owned by Cornell Capital, which bought Corelle in 2017.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

As a record amount of capital has entered the local ecosystem in a significant rebound since 2016’s darkened funding environment, Indian tech startups are having a standout year with two months of 2019 left. India’s unlisted tech startups have notched $11.3 billion in funding this year, marking a considerable rise from $10.5

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APRIL 6, 2020

Voyager Innovations, which was founded in 2013, provides mobile money and payments under the PayMaya brand, as well as mobile-based remittances under its Smart Padala brand. “In In line with the country’s goals, we have made significant strides in spurring cashless adoption in a largely unbanked population.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

L Catterton, General Catalyst Partners, Fraser McCombs Capital and individual investors also participated in the round. Launched in 2013, Vroom offers customers who buy a car off the platform seven days to test drive the vehicle after delivery, and allows for them to return it if they are not fully satisfied. “I’m markets.

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JUNE 29, 2018

The business, once public, went private in a $13 million “ fire sale ” deal to an affiliate of Clearlake Capital Group. The brand recently announced its partnership with the Mirakl Marketplace Platform to increase its marketplace seller network and operational agility, and decrease its onboarding time for merchants. “Our

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As billion in 2013, representing a 2.10 The company owns 458 stores in the U.S.,

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The company maintains a collection of a few thousand timepieces from more than 30 brands, and members can experiment with different styles without having to make a long-term commitment to a particular watch. As a result, consumers aren’t stuck with watches they no longer want to own.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Using CB Insights data, we ranked the most active investors into unique travel tech startups since 2013, including venture capital and corporate venture investors. 500 Startups is the most active VC investor in travel tech, with 16 startups in its portfolio since 2013. Track Travel Tech Startups. Travel Tech. 1,400+ items.

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JUNE 19, 2018

Rent-A-Center ‘s decision to sell itself to Vintage Capital comes amid a continuing expansion of so-called “alt lending” options for consumers, which could make it more difficult for the chain to reinvent itself as it becomes a private company under its new ownership. percent between 2013 and 2018, according to research from IBIS World.

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MAY 18, 2017

Appear Here’s Series B round was led by Octopus Ventures and saw participation from Simon Venture group as well as existing investors Balderton, MMC, Meyer Bergman and Playfair Capital. Today, they’re a key marketing and sales tactic for everyone from digitally native and startup brands to legacy retailers.

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For those unfamiliar, mBank is a Polish direct bank brand established by BRE Bank in 2000 as one of the first of its kind in the country. Thanks to the mBank’s business achievements and potential of the brand as first and the biggest internet bank in Poland, BRE Bank Group decided in 2013 to change company name to mBank.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Debt numbers have been on the incline for the last four years, presently sitting more than 21 percent above the low point hit in 2013. According to the report, both firms are used as reliable gauges of American consumers’ ability to handle debt, since neither brand caters to affluent or super-prime credit consumers.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Innovations from 1995 to 2014 (with launch dates) Note: Ranking as of Jan 2014 Wells Fargo is first in the world to offer Web-statement access (launched May 1995) Security First Network Bank launches first full-service Internet bank brand (Oct 1995, disbanded 2002) PayPal launches first online optimized payment system (Nov 1999, bought by eBay in 2003) (..)

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

Jeff Binder, CEO of Layer3, was quoted by The Washington Post as saying, “We’re the first cable company in … 10 years to come that’s brand new. Consumers haven’t had a young innovative company to provide [pay TV] services to them since the mid-1990s, when Dish and DirectTV came on the scene.”.

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MARCH 16, 2016

In his place, corporate venture capital leader Claudia Fan Munce assumed his seat on the board as of Monday, though Anderson will remain with the retailer until its yearly shareholder conference in June. “I Paul Business Journal explained. “It

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Since 2013, fitness tech exits have steadily increased, following a similar trajectory to overall deals and funding to the space. The fitness industry has seen 98 total M&As and IPOs since 2013, with 2017 already seeing 15 exits in the space. Using CB Insights data, we analyzed first exits in fitness tech since 2013.

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JULY 7, 2016

to leave the EU and is expanding its advertising efforts across much of Europe in order to take advantage of a wave of potential new buyers and sellers who may want to capitalize on the current economic instability in the European markets. We have a really strong brand name for them to other countries in the EU where bids are made in euros.

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MARCH 21, 2016

The writing has perhaps been on the wall for the company — if not since an orca (AKA killer whale) named Tilikum killed a SeaWorld trainer in 2010 — since the 2013 documentary “ Blackfish ” moved that tragic incident (and other, earlier ones) into the public consciousness. It’s like McDonald’s without the Big Mac.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Drone hardware and operating system startup Airware abruptly shut down last month, after raising over $100M from a variety of name-brand VCs and blue-chip companies. into commercial drone hardware startups since 2013, and Airware was a portfolio company for many of the top drone hardware investors. Investors have poured $1.2B

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2018

19, 2013), Target was breached. There’s a big “if” here, he noted — namely, customers might be ready for that message if banks are ready to think about revising their brands and what they offer to their customer bases, once they start trying to build off that foundation of trust. Almost five years ago (on Dec.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 11, 2020

Congrats to Orlando Bravo and team at Thoma Bravo for a rapid increase in valuation in a short 18 months after its February 2019 purchase of Elle Mae at 7X revenue (reminiscent of Bravo’s 2013 flip of Digital Insight from Intuit to NCR ). They exhibit a strong focus on data analytics. Key Questions Banking Execs Should Be Asking.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

In 2006, he installed an inflatable version of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner near the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride in Disneyland, and in 2013 he set up a pop-up shop in New York and sold original canvases of his work for $60 apiece. million) plus,” the website said in a statement. Banksy’s real point? Banksy continues to amaze me.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Select Investors: Founders Fund, SoftBank Group, NovaQuest Capital Management. Company Description: NuCom is a German company with a portfolio of consumer and lifestyle brands including eharmony, Parship, Flaconi, and Amorelie. Select Investors: Foundation Capital, Dell Technologies Capital, Sequoia Capital, Microsoft, BMW i Ventures.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Bryant formed the Bryant Stibel venture capital firm in 2013 with Jeff Stibel, founder of Web.com. Bank’s Adam Kruis, senior vice president and manager of working capital consulting, and Jennifer Swenson, vice president of corporate payment systems, discuss how the bank ensures smooth implementation of virtual card solutions.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 2, 2018

This mega-deal between the top two brewers triggered a number of smaller, though still sizable, transactions, as AB InBev had to divest a number of its brands in order to gain regulatory approval to acquire SABMiller. Together, the world’s 6 largest brewers have made 55 acquisitions and 10 investments in the private market since 2013.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

With its stock value up 10 percent in after hours trading – Square has managed to please investors with losses smaller than expected, growing payments volumes and continuing signs of strength emanating from from its lending platform for small business, Square Capital. They see us around their neighborhood.”

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CB Insights

JANUARY 9, 2018

The number of investors participating in the food and beverage sector has more than tripled since 2013, jumping to over 450 investors making bets in the space last year. This includes a wide range of investors, including venture capital funds, private equity firms, corporations, and angel investors. SNACKING 2.0:

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2018

Bite is far from alone in its quest to capitalize on the demand for kiosks. And, between 2013 and 2016, the size of the U.S. For example, Urban Remedy has 30 branded refrigerated kiosks in Whole Foods stores across California. Overall, the kiosk market is booming and is projected to reach $1 billion by 2021. percent from $533.37

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CB Insights

AUGUST 21, 2017

in disclosed equity funding across 696 deals since 2013, as health clubs, boutique studios, and other fitness-focused startups seek to create new wellness offerings and digitize a traditionally physical space. The top deal in Q1’17 went to men’s activewear brand Rhone , in a $12M Series B round from L Catterton. 1036 items.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2016

Members hoped that the scheme would be attractive enough to consumers that many of them would shift away from what they were using in the store – branded plastic cards – to this mobile payments scheme. Rumored calls for capital were rebuffed.

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BankUnderground

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

I find that persistent debt booms led financially constrained firms to cut back on investment, across both capital expenditures and intangible assets. I show in the paper ( Albuquerque (2021) ) that financially constrained firms also cut back on intangible assets (investment in employees, brand, and knowledge capital).

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Select Investors: DST Global, DN Capital, SoftBank Group. Select Investors: Institutional Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic. Select Investors: Rhone Capital. Company Description: NuCom is a German company with a portfolio of consumer and lifestyle brands including eharmony, Parship, Flaconi, and Amoreli.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

While India-based Blume Ventures takes the lead for most active venture capital investor in the country, corporate and CVC deals to the tech sector have risen every year since 2012. The Times Group also runs a strategic investment division called Brand Capital. Intel Capital. BII has been investing in India since 2013.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

While its boxes include products from over 1,000 different brands, Stitch Fix has begun to use the shopper preference data it has collected over time to launch its own private label brands. Based on big data and consumer feedback, it has rolled out 8 women’s brands and 9 men’s brands to date. in Q4’13.

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