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Hillbilly Elegy Author J.D. Vance Heads To Ohio In Search Of Investment Opportunities

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And there are some serious funds on offer — Revolution funds has over $1 billion in capital to hand out to firms at all stages of development. Ohio, by comparison, attracted $303 million, and Kentucky $22 million. “A The goals of the fund are twofold. In 2010 California companies received $28.4 billion that were handed out in total.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2021 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Before we begin and for comparison purposes, here are last year's top five , as measured in December 2020: #1. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) #2. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) Here we are again. Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.

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

CB Insights

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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Mega-Rounds Boost Funding In Restaurant Tech

CB Insights

July 2017 saw the two largest-ever restaurant tech deals: a $151M private equity investment by Vista Equity Partners to Providence-based Upserve , and a $101M Series C (with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Generation Investment Management, and Lead Edge Capital) to Boston-based Toast.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Restaurants Rule, FireEye Flounders And Lending Club Is Back On The List

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So, while seemingly paling in comparison, this week had its fair share of Sizzles — and some interesting Fizzles. Then, there was the announcement of Square Capital’s partnership with Upserve , a restaurant management system (the same one that also acquired Breadcrumb from Groupon in May) to extend working capital to restaurants.

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Fintech Fundings: 29 Companies Raise $1.2 Billion Week Ending April 8

Fintech Labs Insights

Three Finovate alums raised capital and one of the first FinovateSpring presenters, TradeKing , was acquired by Ally Financial for $275 million. Scalable Capital. HQ: Boston, Massechuesetts. Internex Capital. Working capital finance. Tags: SMB, capital, P2P, investing, crowdfunding, equity. Finanz Check.

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Innovation in the Asset Management industry

Tefkin

By lifting the ban on general solicitation and making crowdfunding easier, the JOBS act is opening access (for accredited investors for now) to the Venture Capital and Hedge Funds asset classes. While generic performance comparison has been more open for some time, how it applies to each person’s investments universe is a more recent trends.