PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2017

Flashfood bears a close resemblance to Boston, Mass. Instacart started in San Francisco but announced that it plans to launch in more than 100 new markets by the end of 2017. is beefing up its ecommerce capabilities with a $10 million investment in online meal kit retailer Chef’d. Finally, Campbell Soup Co.

South Carolina 121

South Carolina San Francisco Connecticut Utah 121

CB Insights

AUGUST 4, 2017

Kernel is an early-stage brain-machine interface company formed by Bryan Johnson, founder of the online payments company Braintree and the OS Fund. Rythm , founded in France and now based in San Francisco, is a neurotechnology startup that has developed a sleep-monitoring head-mounted, wearable called the Dreem. brainco inc.

San Francisco 78

San Francisco Training Capital Trends 78

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Select Investors: CAA Ventures, Greycroft Partners, GVR Fund, Samsung NEXT, Sony Innovation Fund. Headquarters: San Francisco, California. offers a platform for hosting online gaming tournaments. Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts. Series A eSports Companies to Watch. Headquarters: Cupertino, California.

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California San Francisco Video Oakland 49

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Cafe X is a robotic cafe in San Francisco that serves premium coffee using mobile ordering and automation technology. MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. Follain is a healthy beauty store with locations in Boston, Washington DC, and Nantucket.

Maine 70

Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

I tried last night to make a reservation from Boston to San Francisco, and it told me that I had presented it with a first: There were no flights between those two cities. After asking for the airline city code — even many experienced travelers don’t know that — the message is that it could take an hour to get a response.

Groups 104

Groups San Francisco New York City Cards 104

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

This summer, Nike unveiled its latest brick-and-mortar venture in Los Angeles: Nike by Melrose, a physical store that uses local online shopping data to determine its in-store inventory. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage during the holidays.

Retail 64

Retail Los Angeles Strategy Community 64

CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Digital laggards – Many big-box retailers either failed or were too late to establish an online presence. In 2018, the company has agreed to close at least 26 UK-based warehouse-size stores and focus on higher-performing stores and online commerce. Date: September 2017. Category/Product(s): Footwear. Date: March 2017.

Retail 78

Retail Branding Company Capital 78

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

In total, there were 13 fintech startups (or 15 by the Bank Innovations definition ), 12% of the total YC W16 class of 109. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Online foreign exchange services. HQ: San Francisco, California. HQ: San Francisco, California. Nigerian online credit card processor.

Company 12

Company Fintech San Francisco New York City 12

CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Company Description: San Francisco-based DoorDash is an on-demand digital marketplace through which users can order meals from local restaurants. Select Investors: Vickers Venture Partners, Pfizer, IKEA GreenTech.

San Francisco 77

San Francisco Company US California 77

CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

Innovation 74

Innovation San Francisco Georgia Technology 74

PYMNTS

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.

Payments 100

Payments Mobile Apple Google 100

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

How they describe their product/innovation: Project Finance is a personal finance application that shows users the future of their finances based on all the choices and decisions they’re making today. HQ: Boston, MA. In today’s world there is uncertainty around many things, your finances don’t have to be one of them. Key Executives.

Security 40

Security Samsung Strategy San Jose 40

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. It then also became the first to test such technology on public streets in Boston, Massachusetts. Read more: The Guardian , Reuters , Bloomberg , The Guardian , Wall Street Journal. Aptiv hits the road for testing.

System 78

System Technology Michigan California 78

CB Insights

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%

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

A completely remote workforce seems unlikely, given the intangible benefits of social connection, collaboration, and innovation that in-person working provides. An entirely remote workforce seems unlikely for most companies, with an office providing intangible benefits such as social connection, collaboration, and innovation.

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Meeting Tools Survey Company 101

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

via Beta Boston. via San Francisco Business Times. Torris said Boo.com also spent too much on advertising and promotions and failed to keep pushing forward on technology innovations. via MDDI Online. ” via Boston Globe. via Boston Magazine. Total disclosed funding: $150.4M. Company: Rdio.

Capital 78

Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

This is the year that everyone takes a critical look at the innovations they’ve pursued over the last decade to decide what’s worth taking forward into the decade of the ‘20s and what’s best left behind in the decade whose door will close 358 days from today. Paying for things will happen online for pickup in the store later.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Markafoni was an online shopping destination for Turkish consumers, specialising in clothing and fashion accessories.

Company 78

Company US San Francisco Capital 78