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DECEMBER 8, 2020

"Our new financing will allow us to further distinguish our offerings and customer experience as an industry innovator," said Modal CEO and Founder Aaron Krane. American Honda has worked with Modal, formerly Drive Motors, since late 2018 to create branded online buying tools for Honda and Acura.

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MARCH 20, 2019

From e-commerce to software to payments, several companies with $1B+ valuations exited in 2018. Using CB Insights data, we identified the startups with a $1B+ valuation that exited in 2018. We’ve also covered 2018’s 14 European unicorns , 37 Chinese unicorns , and 55 US unicorns.). Meituan Dianping.

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JUNE 22, 2020

Cedar, a provider of technology focused on fostering smooth financial interactions between healthcare providers and patients, announced $102 million in new venture capital funding and a new business relationship with a provider network on Monday (June 22). In addition to $77 million in venture capital from the Menlo Park, Calif.-based

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Restaurants that are driving food innovation with carefully chosen ingredients focused on health are seeking funding to help power their growth. True Food Kitchen , in one case, has created its menu around recipes that Dr. Andrew Weil inspired with anti-inflammatory ingredients and is mulling raising new private capital, Bloomberg reported.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Automakers that want in on ridesharing, self-driving cars or innovative car financing options aren’t always developing their own technologies or starting their own ventures. As such, automakers are hitting the venture capital highway in droves. DCM Ventures and Coatue Management also participated in the deal. Ridesharing.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Payment operations software company Modern Treasury raised $38 million through an Altimeter Capital-led Series B funding round, according to a Tuesday (Jan. In terms of payment innovation, the company notes that real-time payments (RTP) account for over 6 percent of its volume. 12) announcement. The company says that over $18.5

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MAY 29, 2018

As of 2018, it generates around £879 million per year ($1.17 Management’s proven track record and commitment to customer service, investment in innovation and approach to freshly prepared food position Pret well as it capitalizes on evolving consumer taste and lifestyle preferences,” said JAB Chief Executive Olivier Goudet.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The method will grow tenfold in the next five years, the release stated, citing a Lightyear Capital analysis, as businesses look for ways to access simple, transparent business solutions. It will also offer a full-service funding manager team so enterprise partners can offer users expertise.

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JULY 22, 2019

India’s PayMate announced it has raised a new round of growth capital to accelerate expansion within India and internationally to Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA). . Investors in this Series D round include Visa, Recruit Strategic Partners, Brand Capital, and others, the Economic Times reports. .

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Power 2018 U.S. Small businesses represent a challenging, but lucrative, customer segment for banks that need to balance customers’ desire for high-touch service with the realities of managing the cost of service,” Bob Neuhaus, Vice President, Financial Services at J.D. Power 2018 Retail Banking Satisfaction Study and the J.D.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Small and medium-sized business spend management firm Bento for Business is teaming up with Visa to enhance cash flow management for SMB customers. Current holders of Visa business debit cards will be given access to Bento’s financial solutions, including expense and spend management, budgeting and bookkeeping functionality.

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JUNE 22, 2020

percent of total revenues) in fiscal 2018, representing a 64.7 The company recorded net losses in fiscal 2018, 2019 and 2020 of $18.6 BofA Securities and Barclays are the managers for the proposed offering. The company’s subscription revenues in fiscal 2020 were $103.3 million, or 74.7 percent of total revenues, up from $64.5

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

The round was led by SignalFire, and Hillsven Capital, Bloomberg Beta and NextWorld Capital participated in the round. Yet until recently, there had been virtually zero innovation in the space with solutions providers completely ignoring the collaborative nature of the entire process,” said Eyal Feldman, co-founder and CEO of Stampli.

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JUNE 18, 2020

DoorDash said it is raising roughly $400 million in Series H financing led by new investors Fidelity Management & Research Co. as well as Durable Capital Partners LP in addition to current investors, accounts and funds that T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. We are excited to invest in this excellent team.”. Rowe Price Group Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Almost 33 years ago, David Letterman introduced his singular innovation in stand-up comedy: the Top 10 List. Since we would hate for anyone to go into the end of 2018 behind the eight ball, we decided to pay tribute to both a great bit and a great deal of news with our own top 10 list of the biggest news of summer 2018.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

In a press release , Postmates said the funding round was led by Tiger Global Management, and comes on the back of a record year of growth, market expansion and adoption of a subscription service. As part of the round, Postmates said Tiger Global’s Scott Shleifer will join the company’s board of directors.

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MARCH 29, 2019

banks’ technology budgets and explores which institutions are spending the most on innovation, using transcripts from conference calls, internal bank data released by the institutions and data from FactSet to reach its conclusions. Reports in Business Insider on Thursday (March 28) said UBS has published a report that breaks down U.S.

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JULY 15, 2020

Coconut has previously brought in growth capital through the site. million) in funding in 2018. It is said to use open banking to free micro-SMBs from their financial institutions (FIs) as well as provide money management, according to Crowdfund Insider. It notched 1.8 million pounds ($2.27 There are said to be 5.3

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JULY 9, 2019

In the age of quick-service restaurant (QSR) dining technology innovation, restaurants are frantically looking into ways to provide consumers with mobile ordering bells and whistles like third-party payment integrations, rewards programs and surprise-and-delight offers.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

While commercial card innovation certainly accelerated in 2018, progress can always continue. Morgan Managing Director and Head of Commercial Card Product Management Naney Pandit says should be a focus this year is in mobilizing the corporate card. One area of development that J.P. ” Providing Convenience.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Dashlane , a password manager and identity management solution, announced it has raised $30 million in new funding, according to reports. For its part, Dashlane’s password management app has over 10 million users and is currently available in 11 languages and 180 countries.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Analysts at the financial institution (FI) said they expect mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity to heat up, and corporate finance teams must be prepared — both to strategically deploy capital for acquisitions, and to anticipate being a takeover target themselves. ” The report stated that Citi estimates $10.6

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Since January, the European Central Bank (ECB), which oversees the biggest European Union lenders, has eased regulations to encourage mergers and reduced the capital requirements for such transactions, the news service reported. The reason is not hard to understand. and Asian rivals.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Bank of America has announced that it has joined the Marco Polo Network , the leading trade and working capital finance network. The network — and its more than 25 member banks — aims to unlock a potential $1.5 trillion opportunity in global trade finance, according to a press release.

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MAY 20, 2019

Other investors to participate include existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, K9 Ventures, Trinity Ventures, Meritech Capital and World Innovation Lab. Auth0 said it will use the funding to fuel its innovation pipeline. Sapphire Ventures led its $55 million Series D round in May of 2018. .

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JUNE 28, 2019

is an exciting and important development in Jaja’s journey and is part of our strategy to create partnerships that will help more people embrace a simpler way of managing credit.”. CEO Des Crowley said in a statement, per reports, “Jaja is an innovative company which shares our commitment to delivering outstanding customer service.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

million in funding led by F-Prime Capital along with participation from Polaris Partners, Silicon Valley Bank and Greycroft. The McKinsey survey puts the growth rate of the market for recurring eCommerce from 2013 through 2018 at more than 100 percent a year. million, VentureBeat reported.

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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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MARCH 2, 2018

Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. Total venture capital across the global FinTech market between 2010 and 2017 hit a combined $97.7 This week’s blockchain investment comes from Square Peg Capital, which provided $5.5 Blockchain.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

“You will see a lot of investors looking at this and saying what are the lessons learned from Uber and WeWork,” Michael Underhill, chief investment officer for Capital Innovations, told the FT. The fund manager participated in Pelton’s IPO. “I I wish them well, but I don’t think this will be a successful IPO.” .

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

The marriage of digital spend management to full-throated cross-border B2B payments capabilities is a match made in FinServ heaven, as the reengineering of payments pathways and partnerships after COVID is yielding potent, multifaceted new commerce solutions. Non-Optimized No Longer An Option. Enterprises have been onto this for a while.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

As innovative technologies move down stream, small and medium-sized businesses are poised to benefit significantly from being able to customize a flexible payroll and human capital management (HCM) program. The evolution of payroll is all about pushing back against the notion of one-size-fits-all. ” In the U.S.,

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The bank expects a return on invested capital higher than 25 percent in 2024. Ebury’s existing investors, including co-founders and management, will reinvest in the transaction, and the current management team will remain leading Ebury’s expansion. The deal is expected to value Ebury at around £700 million.

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MAY 25, 2018

Rover , the world’s largest network of pet sitters and dog walkers, has announced that it secured $125 million in new capital. Other key investors include Winslow Capital and Cross Creek, while existing shareholders TCV , Greenspring Associates and Spark Capital also participated. Henry Ellenbogen, portfolio manager of T.

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JANUARY 26, 2020

Previous investors Global Founders Capital, Comcast Ventures and Trinity Ventures also gave money. He added that software eliminates many issues but some “are solved with innovation in the supply chain of our services.”.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Don’t let the lack of news about mega-grossing venture capital (VC) rounds fool you. This week’s B2B venture capital activity led to an impressive $141.2 Travel and Expense Management. Workforce Management. This week, backers at Tola Capital supported that vision with $5 million in fresh funding.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

Through gpi, SWIFT and its community have managed to radically innovate the very core of correspondent banking, in what has been the biggest innovation in SWIFT’s 40 year history,” said SWIFT Chief Marketing Officer Luc Meurant in a press release providing the business update.

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