PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The world of B2B payments saw its latest significant acquisition play this week with Boston-based private equity firm Great Hill announcing its intention to acquire VersaPay, a company that provides cloud-based invoice-to-cash solutions. The burgeoning world of smart homes and technology is heading for a similarly collaborative moment.

Payments 131

Payments Google Apple Boston 131

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2016

We take our weather very seriously in Boston.”. Apple Pay was new, everyone was excited and the world was more or less convinced that plastic cards were about to go the way of the typewriter. After all, who wants an analog solution like a card in a digital world? Spare me the cutesy icon that tries to make a joke about it.

Mobile 100

Mobile Course Cards Apple 100

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Again another financial wellness platform using machine learning technology. HQ: Boston, MA. A TON of really old technology is being used in mortgage lending. In fact, Fiserv recently sold ALL of their mortgage technology to a PE firm. Fiserv & Samsung , fiserv.com @Fiserv @Samsung. Key Executives.

Security 40

Security Samsung Strategy San Jose 40

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: Camelot Venture Group, Align Technology, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Spark Capital, Clayton Dubilier & Rice. Plaid Technologies. Valuation: $3.2B. Total Funding: $1.3B. Valuation: $3B.

San Francisco 77

San Francisco Company US California 77

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. Then, there’s fuel.

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

It could aggregate payments cards, loyalty cards, store coupons, and maybe even convert a consumer’s physical identity into something digital so that a consumer could literally leave home without her wallet. That’s also like saying the average winter temperature in Boston is 37 degrees. Then, the retailers distracted themselves.

Retail 90

Retail Payments Online Mobile 90

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Company: AOptix Technologies. Select VC Investors: Bill Gates, CapX Partners, Constellation Technology Ventures. Company: Powa Technologies. The Nectar system had its roots at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Lab — and may have simply left the lab a few years too early. via Beta Boston. via TechCrunch. via Fortune.

Capital 78

Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

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. Product: AOptix Technologies. But how does this become a platform?”…

Company 78

Company US San Francisco Capital 78