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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.

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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.

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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. Biotech firms saw most of the best IPO performances in 2019, but conditions appear to be favoring large software platforms and tech companies once again in 2020.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Notable projects: The Mayo Clinic OB Nest explores ways for women with low-risk pregnancies to reduce the number of their in-person doctor visits through a combination of dedicated nurses, a special online community, and in-home monitoring. Boston Children’s Hospital — Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA). Founded: 2015.

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MARCH 17, 2017

million in venture capital — the most the industry has seen in a while. Companies across the enterprise security, SME banking and even workplace communication (think WhatsApp for the enterprise) sectors all landed funding, but nearly 80 percent of the funding went to a single company in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) arena.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 13, 2016

In addition to LoanNow, Finovate alums attracting new capital included: Gem , which pulled in $7.1 HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Online alt-lender. Online accounting. Consumer lending software for financial institutions. Deposit software for financial institutions . Short-term working capital provider.

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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.

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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. Traditional asset management companies are increasingly facing competition on both sides of the performance scale.

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MARCH 13, 2019

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Select Investors: Tencent Holdings, Disney Accelerator, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vulcan Capital, ICONIQ Capital. It is also known for developing Unreal Engine.

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APRIL 6, 2018

Blacksoil Capital linked B2B eProcurement firm IndustryBuying with nearly $2 million in venture debt, reports in Inc42 said this week. The India-based startup has already seen funding from Kalaari Capital, Saif Partners and Beenext. million from InnoVen Capital, Inc42 reported this week. IndustryBuying. Cybersecurity.

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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 ?

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. The rebrand was intended to focus the company’s software, electrical components, and other work on autonomous vehicles. In October 2017, Delphi acquired autonomous software development shop nuTonomy, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Payment options are embedded inside of those apps to, in theory, make checkout online and in-app efficient and fast (even though our work via the Checkout Conversion Index shows a very different reality for most retailers). We take our weather very seriously in Boston. Spare me the cutesy icon that tries to make a joke about it.

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APRIL 24, 2018

E-commerce sales growth is pulling ahead of total retail sales ( 17% vs. 6% for year-over-year in Q4’17), and Amazon is controlling upwards of 40% of online sales in the US, according to the US Department of Commerce and Slice Intelligence, respectively. ” — Alistair Davidson, CFO, Ikea. Its membership fee revenue grew 12.6%

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Using digital identities on the blockchain, this entire process can be taken online in a secure manner — increasing efficiency, lowering costs, enhancing data security, and reducing the chance of manual errors. ShelterZoom has partnered with over 90 brokerages around the world, including RE/MAX Revolution in Boston, Massachusetts.

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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. Bain, whose co-founders would go on to start Bain Capital, had a particular expertise in finance from the beginning.

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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.

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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.

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JULY 23, 2020

Individuals using Alipay’s Health Code fill out a form in the app and the software uses big data to generate a QR code depending on a user’s contagion risk. The company has raised $75M in funding from investors including Accel and ICONIQ Capital. Source: Miro. Challenges: Privacy, security, and managing the learning curve.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

Online payroll system. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Online accounting. Equipment lease management software. Banking software for microfinance organizations. Online banking services for migrants. Tags: SMB, capital raising, VC, venture capital, p2p, peer-to-peer, investing. HQ: Cincinnati, Ohio.

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Autodesk, makers of AutoCAD, Revit, and a wide array of design and engineering software, has their own innovation lab, called simply “Autodesk Labs.” Entrepreneurs can apply to the Verizon Innovation Centers in Boston and San Francisco to gain access to the company’s versatile test network and sophisticated technical equipment.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 14, 2016

HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Insurance management software. Risk management for capital markets. Fundraising software for charitble institutions. Tags: SMB, lending, alt-lender, commerical loans, trade finance, billing, invoicing, cash flow, working capital. Latest round: $8 million Series A. Total raised: $10.4

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. There’s been no shortage of capital to start new businesses. There’s no question that the world’s weather patterns are undergoing a massive change.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Jawbone co-founder and CEO Hosain Rahman has founded a new company called Jawbone Health Hub that will make health-related hardware and software services, according to the person. Raptr, the online optimization platform founded by former pro gamer Dennis “Thresh” Fong a decade ago, is about to be shuttered. Product: Raptr.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

That further opened commercial access to other commerce centers, formed the Republic of Turkey with a new regime and moved the government’s capital from Istanbul to Ankara. Amazon’s announcement last Friday that it’s likely to offer the online purchase of prescriptions sent CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid stocks down sharply.

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Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

That further opened commercial access to other commerce centers, formed the Republic of Turkey with a new regime and moved the government’s capital from Istanbul to Ankara. Amazon’s announcement last Friday that it’s likely to offer the online purchase of prescriptions sent CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid stocks down sharply.

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Online Google Branding Retail 112