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Tracksmith: Taking DTC Running From Heartbreak Hill To The Global Market

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Boston is home to the world’s “statement race” — the Boston Marathon. you’d be hard-pressed to find a Chowdahead who doesn’t think Boston is the running capital of the world. you’d be hard-pressed to find a Chowdahead who doesn’t think Boston is the running capital of the world.

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SoFi-Social Capital Merger Will Fuel Growth Of One-Stop-Shop Financial Supermarket

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7) that it was merging with publicly-traded Social Capital in an $8.6 The SoFi deal marks at least the third such transaction done by the Social Capital SPAC, Palihapitiya said in a televised interview on CNBC, adding that the deal was driven by the fact that banking infrastructure isn't currently meeting the needs of U.S.

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Deliveroo Valued At $7 Billion-Plus Ahead Of Potential IPO

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The new funding, according to the announcement, comes from two existing investors: Durable Capital Partners and Fidelity Management & Research. The online food delivery market is nascent and underpenetrated. Durable Capital Partners is based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Fidelity Management & Research is based in Boston.

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US B2B Startups Dominate $337 Million Worth Of Funding

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Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. The company said it will use the funding to focus on growth. PYMNTS breaks down the latest deals below. Cybersecurity.

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Instacart Raises $271M On $7.8B Valuation

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hedge fund Tiger Global Management and existing investors Coatue Management and Valiant Capital. The funding round was led by hedge fund D1 Capital Partners, and came only six months after the startup closed on a $350 million round of investing. Other times, we’re busy and can’t get to the store, so delivery makes life easier for us.

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Flywire Raises $120M, Acquires Simplee Healthcare Tech Startup

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Flywire will use the investment to optimize and scale digital payment services across its core sectors, including healthcare, education and travel. This funding round brings the company’s total capital investment to $260 million. trillion industry by 2028, according to Boston Consulting Group. It is estimated that U.S.

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The Shelby Group, Equiteq Team Up On Investment

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Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm Equiteq announced that it advised The Shelby Group , an eProcurement transformation and optimization consulting firm, on a recent growth investment from Boston-based private equity firm WestView Capital Partners , according to a press release.

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