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B2B Venture Capital: Corporate Social Media, Marijuana Procurement, and Big Data

PYMNTS

This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. Supply Chain Management. Software-As-A-Service (SaaS).

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Software Co BigCommerce IPO Soars 183 Pct

PYMNTS

According to a PYMNTS report , Tiger Global Management plans to buy at least one-fifth of the shares in the IPO. The company, based in Austin, Texas, has software that allows companies to manage eCommerce sales through markets like Amazon or on social media like Instagram.

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Facebook’s News Accelerator Nets Extra $5M For Local Newspapers

PYMNTS

But David Grant, the Accelerator’s program manager, said that about 99 percent of the program has nothing to do with Facebook. Also in January, the social media giant opened a 130,000-square-foot office in Cambridge , Massachusetts. It’s not about Facebook tools and services,” Grant noted.

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Thomson Reuters Unveils Bitcoin Chatter Gauge

PYMNTS

Austin Burkett, global head of Quant and Feeds at Thomson Reuters, said, “News and social media are driving the investment and risk management process more than ever with the continuing rise of passive and quant-driven trading.”.

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Market your community bank with first-party data

Independent Banker

Andrew Catalano, Austin Williams While most community banks aren’t yet using first-party data for marketing purposes to grow revenue and retain customers, experts say those willing to invest in the effort can reap big rewards. We can take that data and we can reach that person online,” Catalano says. “If

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SXSW Accelerator Fintech Finalists for 2017 Announced

Bank Innovation

More fintech is coming to Austin. Austin is known for having a thriving Read More. The massive South by Southwest conference and festival features startups in a number of categories — transportation, augmented/virtual reality, and of course fintech — plus several others.

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

PYMNTS

The model for the DineVite online and mobile app is actually similar to social media. The DineVite dashboard gives restaurants who have signed up to the platform insight to data that allows them to manage and coordinate the dining offers based on their own individual businesses.

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