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Tech Center: New York City Takes on Tech Full Force

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With a big focus on technology in Silicon Valley and Boston, New York City slowly made its way to becoming a powerhouse tech player. Albany, New York’s state capital, has a population of just over 150,000. billion (2016). With its access to a multitude of industries and startups in 2016 alone receiving $9.5

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

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The CFPB has announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, and Academic Research Council. In January 2016, the CFPB published a notice in the Federal Register soliciting applications from individuals interested in becoming members.

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Room To Grow: Why WeWork’s $20B Valuation Isn’t Crazy

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Specifically, we looked at Boston Properties, Vornado, and IWG plc (dba Regus). WeWork first gained its unicorn status in Q1’14 with a $1.59B valuation after raising a $157M Series C round from notable investors including Benchmark Capital and J.P. Boston Properties reportedly has 43.7 Real Estate Tech Research Briefing.

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The SMB Challenger Banks: Bank Novo

Fintech Labs Insights

The company was founded in 2016 and launched services in 2018. Its first outside capital was from the Barclays Techstar accelerator in 2017 ( see Techstars demo here ). The banking partner is Middlesex Savings Bank , a Natick, MA-based community bank with $5.7B in assets and 32 branches in the Boston suburbs. Debit card.

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Tapping Sudsy Success on Main Street

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We wanted to start fairly large because if you are small, it’s really hard to grow as you just don’t have the capital coming in,” Marvil said. After an arduous construction and zoning approval process, which took almost 18 months, in September 2016, the brewery finally began selling beer in growlers as it wrapped tap room construction.

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Andreessen Horowitz Leads $25 Million Investment in Quantopian

Fintech Labs Insights

Also participating in Quantopian’s funding round were Bessemer Venture Partners, Point72 Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Spark Capital – all existing investors. The Series C takes Quantopian’s total capital to nearly $50 million.

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Andreessen Leads $25 Million Investment in Quantopian

Fintech Labs Insights

Also participating in Quantopian’s funding round were Bessemer Venture Partners, Point72 Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Spark Capital – all existing investors. The Series C takes Quantopian’s total capital to nearly $50 million.