CB Insights

AUGUST 8, 2017

We used the CB Insights platform to surface 15 notable, early-stage startups developing technologies related to unmanned aerial, marine, and/or land vehicles designed for unstructured environments. Select Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Lowercase Capital, Menlo Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures. Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We used the CB Insights platform to surface 10 notable, early-stage eSports startups developing technologies related to competitive gaming facilitated by electronic systems, particularly video games played on computers or consoles by professional gamers (though many do it as a hobby or pastime). Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts.

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CB Insights

JULY 13, 2017

Consumer electronics startup Razer , which develops and sells hardware and software products for gamers, made a preliminary filing to go public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange earlier this week. Haste offers internet optimization software for gamers – enabling them to avoid lag during real-time eSports play. Haste closed $2.5M

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CB Insights

AUGUST 4, 2017

As the digital health sector matures from basic tracking apps into highly regulated medical devices, we are seeing bleeding edge technologies being developed that blur the lines between computers and biology. The technology will be used clinically for diseases such as depression or Alzheimer’s. Total Disclosed Funding: $100M.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Honorable mention goes to MVB Financial’s acquisition of Trabian where MVB expands upon its focus on serving fintech through Trabian, a firm well known for the software development work that connects and develops from existing apps while also acting as acqui-hire picking up Trabian leader Matt Dean for to help MVB’s ventures.

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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.

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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. At the same time, financial upstarts have built technologies that could eventually cut into the relationship-driven work that investment banks are used to doing.

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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. The Mayo Clinic Departments of Information Technology and Public Affairs teamed up with CFI to create the Mayo Clinic App. One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. Cardinal Health — Fuse. Founded: 2014.

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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. Salsify’s calling card is its CommerceXM platform , which enables companies to coordinate a wide range of eCommerce activities “through one technology stack.”

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The goal of #FintechRevolution – a partnership involving more than 20 other technology companies and accelerators – is to make it easier for developers to get their hands on the APIs and tools they need in order to bring their innovations to life. Advisor Software. AutoChartist. Insight 360. PsychSignal. QuantConnect.

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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.

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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. Blockchain technology. Consumer lending software for financial institutions. Deposit software for financial institutions . Healthcare payment technology. Source: Finovate.

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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. Messaging technology for financial institutions and others. Scalable Capital. HQ: Boston, Massechuesetts. Financial trade automation technology. Total raised: Unknown.

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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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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. However, this isn’t the whole story. The new big-box store. Ikea as a model.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2018

From using AI to enhance eProcurement processes to deploying AI-powered robots in warehouses, the B2B startups that integrate the technology into their own offering impressed backers this week. Blacksoil Capital linked B2B eProcurement firm IndustryBuying with nearly $2 million in venture debt, reports in Inc42 said this week.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

They are a diverse group of players, ranging from automotive industry stalwarts to leading technology brands and telecommunications companies. This list is not intended to be exhaustive of corporations working on autonomous vehicle technology. Top initiatives: Filed patent in 2016 for autonomous lane-switching technology.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Boston-based Cybereason is close to reaching Unicorn status. The company raised $102M in Q2’17 from the likes Data Collective, Intel Capital, Microsoft Ventures, NVIDIA GPU Ventures, Real Ventures, and Tencent Holdings. Felicis Ventures, Signatures Capital, Walden Venture Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

While historically a “pen and pencil” business, technology has begun to push the global real estate market into digitized approaches. In this analysis, we dig into how blockchain technology could change the real estate industry, and the areas where we’re already seeing its impact. GET the 47-page blockchain TRENDS report.

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Technology companies have infiltrated the home. We deep dive into the trends disrupting the housing industry, as well as the startups and technologies making these changes possible. However, new technologies could help bring the construction industry into the modern era. That is beginning to shift.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The media has declared chatbots the digital version of the little black dress: a technology staple that every brand must now have and every payment type must now commerce-enable. 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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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. “The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.”

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CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

In this report, we dive into some of the technologies that will help address these concerns and influence the future of the office space, from autonomous cleaning solutions to people-counting sensors. Here are some of the new considerations and technologies that may impact each part of Rachel’s working day. Source: Elenium Automation.

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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. Company: AOptix Technologies. Total Funding: Over $100M.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Venture capitalists and equity investors targeted companies that apply big data technologies, including artificial intelligence, to an array of use cases, including fleet and manufacturing — leading to more than $322 million raised for B2B startups this week. Cross River Bank. Cross Creek Advisors and previous backers also participated.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Technology — not traditional payments companies — will be who leads the way. Looking at the data, how players in payments and commerce more broadly are using technology and the shopping habits of consumers all make that fact indisputable. For most of the last decade, we’ve been talking about the same old, same old.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Three sources told The Information that Uber was in “recent talks” to buy Mighty AI, which could help bolster the rideshare giant’s self-driving technology. The company eventually relaunched under its new name in 2017 after a $14 million funding round led by Intel Capital, Google Ventures and Accenture Ventures.

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Download this presentation from the CB Insights Innovation Summit to see the technologies, business models and distribution innovations that you should watch for in the next 5 to 10 years. Technology. Technology. Phillips Design focuses on new ideas and new technologies to improve the lives of their customers.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Equipment lease management software. Blockchain technology. Banking software for microfinance organizations. Tags: SMB, capital raising, VC, venture capital, p2p, peer-to-peer, investing. Source: Crunchbase , Finovate. Goji (formerly Consumers United). Source: FT Partners.

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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. Robotics and technology are taking jobs from people who need them the most, it’s said.

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PYMNTS

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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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The feedback was eye-opening and generally the same: “Really great technology and vision. In our mission to deliver the best tea experience, we didn’t compromise on the Teforia Infuser technology, quality or the premium tea packaged within our Sips. But how does this become a platform?”… Product: Teforia Tea Infusor.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Advances in technology improved the mass production of textiles there and gave rise to new merchant centers outside Istanbul. 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. And so went the Ottoman Empire.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Advances in technology improved the mass production of textiles there and gave rise to new merchant centers outside Istanbul. 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. And so went the Ottoman Empire.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112