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APRIL 5, 2020

Founded in 2015 by Jie Zhao, WiMi Hologram Cloud specializes in augmented reality for the advertising industry. The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the stock market, causing 20 firms to postpone IPOs, according to Renaissance Capital. The stock market hasn’t been this shaky since the 2008-09 financial crisis.

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MAY 9, 2017

Most people did not consider 2009 an ideal time to start any kind of small business — the credit markets had more or less squeezed shut, a staggering number of Americans found themselves on the unemployment rolls and the economy seemed like it might be on the brink of ruin. Self-Service And Customer Choice.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Freshly is an innovative, fast-growing, food-tech startup, and adding them to the portfolio accelerates our ability to capitalize on the new realities in the U.S. food market and further positions Nestlé to win in the future,” Nestlé USA Chairman and CEO Steve Presley said in the press release. 30), according to a press release.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

6) a new round of equity financing led by new investors, including Pritzker family business interests advised by The Pritzker Organization and DNS Capital. The capital raise, which follows the close of a minority equity financing round led by Goldman Sachs in Oct. The round also included existing investors.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2017

in Canada , they are breathing new life into the startup market and have drawn in a new crop of venture capital funds in Canada that are looking for young FinTech companies. Citing data from PitchBook, Reuters reported venture capital financing of Canadian FinTechs was $137.7 million in 2016. In 2000, it was $7.3 and the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

Beyond BMW and Cadillac , the subscription market is growing as consumers and brands take note: Software vendors, too, are turning to subscriptions, according to the PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Tracker. Here is how different industries are innovating with subscriptions. in Q1 2018 to 64.0 in Q2 2018.The

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MARCH 27, 2019

It’s also backed by Sequoia and Zhenfund, and it’s one of a slew of companies trying to attract market share away from Apple and other tech giants. Mobvoi was previously valued at $300 million in a financing round that Google led in 2015. The company offers voice-search services, smart speakers and watches, among other things.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

But a new report from Citi found that, while China may be the market to watch for FinTech investments, the U.S. According to “Digital Disruption — Revisited: What FinTech VC Investments Tells Us About A Changing Industry,” Citi expects an influx in venture capital across the FinTech startup scape. by 38 percent, during that same time.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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OCTOBER 6, 2019

million investment round led by Lead Edge Capital, with participation from Global Founders Capital and other investors. million, with investors also including Sugar Mountain Capital, Fire & Vine Hospitality and Canlis Restaurant. There is a lot of innovation in food right now, capturing a lot of publicity,” she said. “We

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

The tallies are in: Innovate Finance has calculated the state of investment in FinTech for 2015, and we have the numbers. Innovate Finance released The 2015 FinTech Investment Landscape this month, a report that offers a snapshot at how investors are placing their money among financial innovators.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Digital rival Chewy has seen its shares go up in excess of 150 percent this year, with a market value of $30.3 In 2015, the company mulled going public again but instead was acquired by CVC Capital Partners and Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board for $4.6 The company filed an IPO last year. billion in the 10 months ended Oct.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Founded in 2015 by Brad Birnbaum, chief executive officer, and Jeremy Suriel, chief technology officer, Kustomer is an omnichannel software-as-a-service (SaaS) and customer relationship management (CRM) firm that specializes in chatbot technology. Some fear that innovation could suffer if regulators come down on mergers and acquisitions.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

million raised for its solution, which KiWi said will be used to focus on growth in Mexico, where it has been operating since 2015. Finch Capital recently invested an undisclosed sum into Indonesia’s Jojonomic, a company that provides expense management and business management technology. The company recently announced $3.2

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

In fact, the venture and entrepreneurial ecosystem grew by 20 percent from 2014 to 2015 alone. In general, venture capitalists are boosting their investments in Latin America, with funding reaching $594 million in 2015, a stark increase from $387 million in 2012, the Latin America Venture Capital Association confirmed.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

Take a look at this chart, which lays out grocery chain market share. Walmart has the largest market share at 14.2 In 2015, the tech media was gaga over Snap and its ability to corral the so-called most valuable eyeballs in media: the millennial. This one is particularly amusing. percent, the next biggest player is Kroger at 7.2

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Indian digital payments platform Cashfree has just landed tens of millions in new capital to help fuel its expansion, the Bengaluru-based company announced on Tuesday (Nov. London-based private equity investor Apis Partners is pumping $35 million into Cashfree in exchange for a minority equity position in the company.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Venture capital has hit a plateau, according to some analysts. “After $100M+ checks flowed freely to VC-backed companies through much of 2015, the mega-round trend has settled into a lower range through 2016,” concluded KPMG and CB Insights in their Q3 2016 venture capital report.

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JULY 7, 2016

The company, which Deloitte said was the fastest-growing tech startup in the world from 2011 to 2015, expects a bump in its British business as a result of the historic vote to compel the U.K. Sellers in the U.K. are probably going to offer more products now,” Rene Schoenmakers, Catawiki’s CEO, told Bloomberg this week.

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Bobsguide

JULY 28, 2022

As of June 2022, over 1,600 companies listed on the Prime Market of the TSE participate in the Platform, representing 87% of the companies in that market or 98% by market capitalization. After almost 18 years, the Platform has become a key part of the infrastructure of Japan’s capital markets.

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JUNE 18, 2019

The capital is going to be utilized by continuing the work of TokenOS , which is one of the leading open banking platforms in the world. The company wants to continue to innovate payments solutions using ID and digital money technology. Older investors like EQT Ventures and Octopus Ventures also took part in the investment.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The funding will be used to expand in Lookiero’s main markets of Spain, France and the U.K. Founded in 2015 by Spanish entrepreneur Oier Urrutia, the company uses algorithms to provide users with a personalized online shopping experience.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

housing market. Our focus on providing localized and innovative product selection, improving the interconnected customer experience, and driving productivity resulted in record sales and net earnings for 2016,” said Craig Menear, chairman, CEO and president. housing market should continue to support growth in our business.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Innovation and ease of business aren’t necessarily the first concepts that come to mind when thinking about the tech environment in the Russian market. The 2015 Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking listed Moscow as the 13th best city in the world to launch a startup. Changing The Approach To Innovation. With the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

“Our partnership with Happay has been very encouraging so far,” said HDFC Bank Country Head — Card Payment Products, Merchant Acquiring and Marketing, Parag Rao, according to the publication. Together with Happay, our aim is to completely reinvest the way Indian corporates manage their business payments.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

It will pay to watch how the insurance industry undergoes innovation and disruption in the coming decade, thanks in part to digital tech, faster disbursements and even more focus on policies crafted for small and medium-sized businesses. The money will also help the company scale its engineering, data science and marketing efforts.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2017

Aiming to back and support FinTech startups focused on the underserved, Accion International and VC Quona Capital raised $141 million in funding. The Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund is setting its sights on emerging markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Asia that have shown the most potential for inclusive FinTech.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Founded in 2015, healthy meal kit food startup Hungryroot is going after Big Food in a big way. The startup is looking to innovate the comfort food market by making guilty pleasures guilt-free. million in its ongoing Series A venture capital funding round led by some hungry investors.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

Business intelligence is a common theme in this week’s B2B venture capital (VC) roundup, with many startups deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and sophisticated data analytics technologies for their business customers. focus on product development, and enhance sales and marketing efforts. Investors placed more than $136.5

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Tech and Finance

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Pendo Systems (Pendo) was widely recognized by industry leaders and publications including ACQ5 Global Awards which named it Capital Markets Technology Provider of the Year and SWIFT’s InnoTribe Showcase, which awarded Pendo the title of Top Innovator. Pendo believes the replacement market is over. “We

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

A few weeks ago we wrote about how the Bitcoin market was consolidating. However some early stage deals did get done in 2015. In this research note, we look at them to see what they tell us about the state of the Bitcoin market during the current bear market. SafeCash Read More.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

According to reports , the funding round also had participation from Playground Ventures, Temasek, Aleph, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), Innovation Endeavors and La Maison. The company was started in 2015 in Tel Aviv and is now based in New York. So far, Fabric has raised $136 million.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

If entranced by bitcoin’s ebbs and flows, one would be forgiven for being caught off guard (if they are, in fact, off guard) to find that a major bank is coming to market with a service backed by blockchain, which now is live and available — and can help make sure that funds cross borders with speed and surety.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Castle, founded in 2015, said it has raised $9.2 million in a Series A round of funding that involved Index Ventures, Y Combinator, First Round Capital, F-Prime Capital Partner and other investors. The new capital will help fuel hiring and other growth, the company said. Fraud Prevention Innovation.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

TechCrunch is reporting that the company is being spun out by parent company REWE, which acquired it in 2015. In our opinion commercetools represents the next wave of enterprise commerce software and has the potential to unlock powerful innovation and growth within the e-commerce sector.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

educated entrepreneurs met while working abroad at Renaissance Capital and Deutsche Bank. And so, in 2012, with only a few hundred thousand of their own dollars to get up and running, ID Finance launched in one of those underserved markets — their home market of Russia. That’s something nobody could predict.”.

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