CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Select VC Investors: Khosla Ventures, Social Capital. Ample Hills Creamery — named for a line in a Walt Whitman poem — is an ice cream shop and “community gathering place.” Select VC Investors: Cue Ball Capital, Valley Oak Investments. Select VC Investors: Otium Capital. Café X Technologies. Oh My Cream!

Maine 70

Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Haley Fortier , operator of Boston wine bar haley.henry , told PYMNTS that much of the year was based on taking things the company already knew it could do well, and then finding ways to make them work via digital channels. Aid has notably come in from all corners, particularly the card networks.

Maine 169

Maine Philadelphia Community Boston 169

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

In total, there were 13 fintech startups (or 15 by the Bank Innovations definition ), 12% of the total YC W16 class of 109. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Connects marketplace lenders to institutional capital. Tags: Investors, big data, business intelligence, investing, capital markets. Source: Crunchbase. Maxwell Health.

Company 12

Company Fintech San Francisco New York City 12

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The businesses that we track and profile in our Store Front Index — the home remodelers, salons, spas, small retailers, delis, coffee shops and restaurants that contribute to the health and vitality of the local communities — are not only declining, they’re not even getting off the starting blocks.

Retail 134

Retail Innovation Maine Community 134

CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

Startups working on innovative office and residential real estate offerings have the potential to change the real estate industry. I think that if any of these companies are capitalized properly and WeWork looks to be like they are, then these downturns in New York tend to be short-lived. [A]

Boston 30

Boston New York US Community 30

CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. Vegan fast casual: By Chloe (NYC, Boston, LA, Providence, London). Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts). table of contents. Vegan fast casual: By Chloe.

San Francisco 69

San Francisco California United States CA 69

CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Forward-thinking startups and large tech companies like Facebook and Google are focused on innovation in single-family and multi-family residential construction. The Washington-based company has raised $6M to date from Vulcan Capital, among others. Table of contents. Cities’ housing shortage. Construction industry trends.

Seattle 56

Seattle Capital Industry New York 56

CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

Innovation 74

Innovation San Francisco Georgia Technology 74

CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Discount and budget retailers are capitalizing on this, targeting their stores toward consumers that are looking for a bargain. We look into how stores are being transformed into showrooms, community gathering spots, and even event spaces as retailers leverage the physical store as tool for brand marketing. Organic and cheap.

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. It then also became the first to test such technology on public streets in Boston, Massachusetts. Read more: The Guardian , Reuters , Bloomberg , The Guardian , Wall Street Journal. Aptiv hits the road for testing.

System 78

System Technology Michigan California 78

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In this review of failure, we’ve looked in our venture capital database to find the most well-funded startup companies that ultimately failed or had an undesirable exit, such as an asset sale or an acquisition for less than the total funding raised by the company. The 101 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time. Total Funding: Over $100M.

Capital 78

Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Though not venture capital, the private equity raised for New Jersey-chartered community bank Cross River Bank is noteworthy not only for its impressive price tag of $100 million, but for its reflection of investors’ support for financial institutions that collaborate with the tech startup scene. Cross River Bank.

Analytics 176

Analytics Data Capital Software 176

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The collaboration is in seven cities: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, D.C., With this capital, Sweetgreen wants to expand its business into other food categories, as well as look into blockchain technology to assist in the transparency of its supply chain. “As

Los Angeles 122

Los Angeles San Francisco Philadelphia Boston 122

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Read on for post-mortems on 10 of the latest startups to bite the dust. Around 4 p.m., Product: AudienceScience.

Company 78

Company US San Francisco Capital 78