CB Insights

AUGUST 8, 2017

Select Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Lowercase Capital, Menlo Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures. Select Investors: Lux Capital, Social Capital. Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts. Select Investors: Draper Associates, NASA, Pelion Venture Partners, Sherpa Capital. Select Investors: Lux Capital.

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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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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. While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Table of contents.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Gupta exposed Shah to the opportunity and “emerging trend” in V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) communications: Prior to the discussion, Shah says he had yet to pay mind to the idea that autonomous vehicles must “communicate with other vehicles because decisions would need to be processed locally” by each vehicle’s respective software.

Security 34

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. With large banks, including Ally and Capital One, officially doing away with overdraft fees, banks and credit unions will have to decide how they want to handle the new reality. Acronym of the Year.

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PYMNTS

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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CB Insights

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. Alternative Finance.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

A few of the companies or brands listed below belong to the same parent organization, but are detailed separately if they are operating distinct autonomous development programs. Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. A few months later, that company was renamed Aptiv.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Technology enthusiasts draw pictures on whiteboards showing bots as the new king of the stack, out-stacking the last great stack — apps, which sit on top of the next-to-last great stack — mobile operating systems, which sit on top of the next-to-next-to-last great stack — the web. We take our weather very seriously in Boston.

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Payments Mobile Apple Google 100

Banking 2020

JUNE 2, 2015

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) expects both volume and value of transactions to increase by about 9% per year reaching about 750 billion transactions valued at $782 trillion by 2020. The cost of capital is forcing banks to be more focused on their strengths. Globally, transaction banking forms 35% of corporate banking revenues.

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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. Expertise: An experienced operator’s perspective on a problem and the different ways that it can be solved.

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Asimov predicted the exploding population would cause US cities like Boston and New York to converge along the coast into combined super-urban bodies, while suburban communities would have to expand downwards, building subterranean homes. The Washington-based company has raised $6M to date from Vulcan Capital, among others.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Retailers are leveraging technology, such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality, to enhance operational visibility and personalize their customer service, a new necessity in fast-changing and demanding consumer market. “We’re in a test-and-learn phase as we consider what other investment routes we should explore.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Blockchains operate through decentralized peer-to-peer platforms, building resilience against the spread of corrupted information and boosting resistance to fraud. Most properties are currently managed either offline through manual paperwork, or through multiple software programs that generally don’t integrate well with one another.

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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. Wise Systems.

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CB Insights

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. Managing the flow, operation, and sanitization of elevators will be a key component in instilling confidence in returning employees.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Thinking that way misses a much bigger point: That is, looking at an “average” percent of sales done in a physical store is about as accurate as following the Farmer’s Almanac ‘s prediction of the average amount of snowfall in Boston each winter by examining how furry the caterpillars are. Take books, for example.

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

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

Bank operating system. 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: $17.7

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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. The initial 7 years were all about having negative working capital, positive cash flow and a sustained ability to fund our own growth. Product: Bridj.

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JULY 27, 2017

Toast, a Boston tech startup that develops point-of-sale software for restaurants, raised $101 million in a venture capital (VC) funding round. According to a news report , the funding round was led by Generation Investment Management, a firm co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore, and New York-based Lead Edge Capital.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business in 1460. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation. I need a new pair of snow boots; it’s Boston, and winter is coming.”. Commerce intermediaries are nothing new. In fact, they are at least 557 years old.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business in 1460. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation. I need a new pair of snow boots; it’s Boston, and winter is coming.”. Commerce intermediaries are nothing new. In fact, they are at least 557 years old.

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Online Google Branding Retail 112