CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Select VC Investors: Khosla Ventures, Social Capital. It’s the first cafe of its kind from Cafe X Technologies, which is focused on increasing productivity in the service industry through automation. Select VC Investors: Cue Ball Capital, Valley Oak Investments. Select VC Investors: Otium Capital. Oh My Cream!

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CB Insights

AUGUST 8, 2017

Industrial IoT Webinar. Internet of Things (IoT) startups are proliferating to tackle certain industrial use cases. This research briefing examines investments into IoT companies targeting enterprise and heavy industry. Select Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Lowercase Capital, Menlo Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures.

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Company Nevada Utah Los Angeles 70

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

In an effort to raise the bar on the consumer experience, many in the retail industry have slowly begun integrating more aspects of AI, including machine learning and natural language processing. As such, it should come as no surprise that many retailers are using AI to help boost both their products and services.

Retail 128

Retail Customer Experience Boston Branding 128

Tefkin

JUNE 3, 2014

While other sectors attract more mainstream press attention (payment, retail banking), the asset management industry is also deeply affected by “software eating the world” Asset Class Competition. However the Financial Advisors industry seems to be mostly focused on the current high value client base, mainly retirement focused.

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Industry Management Innovation Analysis 42

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We’ll analyze the current eSports landscape, macro trends affecting the industry, where deals and dollars have trended, and which areas may be primed for startup investment in the future. Select Investors: DN Capital, The Raine Group, 500 Startups. Select Investors: Accel Partners, Horizon Ventures, Lowercase Capital.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

Officials at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the national bank regulator, told the Boston startup they would weigh its request. “We need to be open to discussing it and working through it,” said Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry, referring generally to bank charters for FinTech companies.

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Regulation National Austin Fintech 100

CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners. PROFILES OF THE TOP 20 VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS. Current Firm: First Round Capital (Founding Partner).

San Francisco 71

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). But then, we had a feeling that something like this might be about to happen in a world suddenly able to be online and on the go at all times – it’s why we were founded in 2009. That is no longer the case today.).

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CB Insights

AUGUST 4, 2017

Kernel is an early-stage brain-machine interface company formed by Bryan Johnson, founder of the online payments company Braintree and the OS Fund. Select Investors: INKEF Capital, Life Sciences Partners, Wellington Partners, Gimv. Select Investors: Boston Angel Club, Hantan Capital, Wandai Capital.

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San Francisco Training Capital Trends 78

CB Insights

AUGUST 25, 2017

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. Track restaurant tech startups.

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Trends Georgia Google Boston 28

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

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. Online Lending. Online lender OnDeck also reported a mixed bag of earnings on Monday. Fizzle and fail.

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Lending Apple Cards Study 100

CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Digital laggards – Many big-box retailers either failed or were too late to establish an online presence. The company cited issues such as industry discounting, e-commerce, and competition from fast fashion brands (which bring inexpensive designs to stores to quickly meet emerging fashion trends). Date: September 2017.

Retail 78

Retail Branding Company Capital 78

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Its first outside capital was from the Barclays Techstar accelerator in 2017 ( see Techstars demo here ). The company is an aggressive online marketer attracting nearly 300,000 visits via paid marketing across 740 publishers vs. 80,000 via organic search according to SEMrush (Aug 2021). in assets and 32 branches in the Boston suburbs.

Boston 15

Boston Cards ATM Community Bank 15

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

23) that they have closed on a deal with the Boston-based software and eCommerce company for $155 million in a Series E round of financing. That includes everything from tracking inventories to managing how products are sold across an array of online and other channels, as well as gauging progress through analytics.

Boston 154

Boston Branding Online Analytics 154

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

In July, Grubhub announced it would be buying up LevelUp for $390 million in cash to expedite integration with restaurants and “create a seamless diner experience in-app, online and in-store,” said the 423,000 daily average grubs, up 35 percent year over year. In December of 2017, Even went live and online for 1.4 billion euros.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

From the digitization of medical records to smart patient care platforms, technology is disrupting the healthcare industry. Innovation centers across the globe in Boston, London, California, and Shanghai serve as regional hubs that can connect with local entrepreneurs, scientists, and technologies. Founded: 2015.

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Innovation Cleveland New York New York City 73

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. However, the model doesn’t currently allow companies to issue new shares, meaning that DPOs do not raise any capital for the company. STAYING PRIVATE.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 13, 2016

Three Finovate alums raised capital and one of the first FinovateSpring presenters, TradeKing , was acquired by Ally Financial for $275 million. Online & offline real estate broker. Scalable Capital. HQ: Boston, Massechuesetts. Online stock trading game. Online payment platform. Total raised: Unkown.

New York City 12

New York City Company Fintech Minnesota 12

PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

million in venture capital — the most the industry has seen in a while. Autobooks provides online banking platforms with solutions tailored to the SME crowd, including accounting and payments. Autobooks said there is a gap in the small business banking industry that it’s looking to fill. SME Banking. ServiceTitan.

Fintech 104

Fintech Detroit Michigan Capital 104

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

no one under 21 years old is legally allowed to purchase alcohol , which means trying to sell it online isn’t as easy as hanging out a digital shingle and delivering to the consumer’s door. The bulk of local stores don’t have websites and thus don’t have an online catalog of goods. Minimally, an ID will have to be checked.

Retail 128

Retail United States Boston System 128

CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

From gaming to healthcare to pizza delivery, US-based startups which reached unicorn status in 2018 represent a diverse range of industries. New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Check out our real-time Unicorn Tracker for a full list of $1B+ companies).

San Francisco 77

San Francisco Company US California 77

CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. From one perspective, the position of management consulting as an industry has never seemed more secure. Those companies made plans.

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Furman, in his speech, said that an Economist report published in 2016 showed that the top four companies in more than 40 percent of the 900 industries they examined controlled more than a third of the market. And just like every other industry, there’s concentration. That was up 28 percent from just two decades earlier.

Retail 134

Retail Innovation Maine Community 134

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Online retailers will be where we shop. Shift Number One | The Shift To Buying Online. We’ve been watching online sales now grow — even double — year over year, for many years now, but it’s still tiny, overall. Who in the world ever thought that there’d come a day when groceries would be bought online ?

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Blockchains are becoming a key enabler of this digital transformation (in a similar way to how the emerging tech is disrupting other long-established industries like banking and insurance ). Why blockchain tech could benefit the real estate industry. Why blockchain tech could benefit the real estate industry. Challenges.

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blockchain Fraud Technology Management 78

Banking 2020

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Those services can include anything from working capital and other types of loans to additional features such as positive pay. This can come from two areas: the efficiency of the back office in serving all customers (including small businesses), and the efficiency of online banking solutions for small businesses.

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How To Training Boston Millennials 40

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Download the whole 67-page report on what’s disrupting the auto industry. From autonomy to telematics to ride sharing, the auto industry has never been at more risk. They are a diverse group of players, ranging from automotive industry stalwarts to leading technology brands and telecommunications companies.

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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

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

Online payroll system. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Online accounting. Payment solutions for the fresh-produce industry. Tags: SMB, capital raising, VC, venture capital, p2p, peer-to-peer, investing. Total dollars raised YTD is now $17.4 billion, more than double the $8.4 Latest round: $45 million. D3 Banking.

Company 12

Company Fintech New York City Lending 12

CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

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. Energy/Industrial. Verizon calls the initiative “one of the most ambitious and technologically advanced innovation programs in the technology industry.”.

Innovation 74

Innovation San Francisco Georgia Technology 74

CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

Our public report on the 9 industries that biometric technology could transform is available here. Robin , a Boston-based workplace experience software platform, has recently focused on creating a hotel-like system where employees can reserve conference rooms as well as desk space according to social distancing guidelines.

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Meeting Tools Survey Company 101

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Doorman says it will no longer accept incoming shipments after September 29th and that those who use their Doorman address for online shipments should update their information. “We Raptr, the online optimization platform founded by former pro gamer Dennis “Thresh” Fong a decade ago, is about to be shuttered. Product: Raptr.

Company 78

Company US San Francisco Capital 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Earthquakes in the late 1890s weakened the Bazaar’s physical market structure that had already begun to feel the destabilizing impact of the growth of the textile industry in Western Europe decades earlier. The Bazaar That Suddenly Didn’t Rule Them All. And so went the Ottoman Empire.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Earthquakes in the late 1890s weakened the Bazaar’s physical market structure that had already begun to feel the destabilizing impact of the growth of the textile industry in Western Europe decades earlier. The Bazaar That Suddenly Didn’t Rule Them All. And so went the Ottoman Empire.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112

PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

Fizzle: Chinese cross-border deals: With new regulations in place limiting cross-border capital flow, the dry-up is already here for Chinese firms buying companies outside the mainland, especially in the United States. Scrutiny, industry-wide, of who charges how much, for what and when is likely in the cards.

Retail 108

Retail Mobile Baltimore Management 108