PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

Following the state’s new law allowing autonomous vehicles, Palo Alto, California-based Gatik was approved by the Arkansas Highway Commissioner to launch a commercial service with Walmart, Walmart said in a press release. . with California autonomous car startup company Udelv. said in a news release. . said in a news release. . “We

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. PYMNTS breaks down the $24 million in venture capital raised. Back in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

As such, automakers are hitting the venture capital highway in droves. In the rideshare arena, InMotion , Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, invested $25 million in a $600 million funding round for Lyft in 2017. The automaker is also reportedly joining the Open Platform operated by Lyft for autonomous cars. Ridesharing.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In PYMNTS’ latest B2B venture capital roundup, which yielded $75 million in new funding, startups embraced distributed ledger technology for B2B payments and supply chain management, with 80 percent of total funding landing at blockchain companies. The $13 million raised for U.K. ClearMetal.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

True Religion was acquired for $824 million in 2013 by London-based capital investment firm TowerBrook Investment Partners, and ended up filing for bankruptcy in 2017. Due to the pandemic forcing stores to close, around a million employees of various brands and retailers have been furloughed.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

The owner/operator of 85 shopping centers in California, Colorado and Illinois said shoppers are returning to recently reopened malls, but they’re not lingering, according to a CNBC report. For us, our biggest focus is making sure our small businesspeople survive,” he said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Synchrony and Sorenson Capital also participated, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

As Target eyes boosting its same-day delivery services, the company is negotiating to purchase portions of California startup Deliv Inc., Due to a confluence of events over the past few months, Deliv will unfortunately be winding down our operations over the next 90 days,” she wrote. CNBC reported. Macy’s Inc., Mercato Inc.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2020

27) that the Arkansas-based retail giant is scrapping Shoes.com and Bare Necessities, the intimate apparel brand. operation in Culver City, California. operation in Culver City, California. “We Walmart is selling two of its online brands in a continuing goal to concentrate on its website.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

The owner/operator of 85 shopping centers in California, Colorado and Illinois said shoppers are returning to recently reopened malls, but they’re not lingering, according to a CNBC report. For us, our biggest focus is making sure our small businesspeople survive,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

as well as Durable Capital Partners LP in addition to current investors, accounts and funds that T. The company said the funds will help with new offerings that assist its retailers in handling the evolved operating climate as well as provide diners with secure and accessible ways to transact. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

has completed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection process and emerged from one of the highest-profile retail collapses since COVID-19 began, the Dallas-based company disclosed. We emerge from Chapter 11 as a stronger, more innovative retailer, brand partner and employer.”. Neiman Marcus Holding Company Inc.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

Brick-and-mortar retail will forever remember the day that Nintendo released Pokémon GO , a mobile game that has caused millions of millennials to suddenly discover outside again. However, some retailers prefer to play cards of the kind as close to the corporate chest as possible. Bankruptcies. ” Layoffs. ” Layoffs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to Israeli financial news website Calcalist , Armis employs around 240 people in Palo Alto, California and Tel Aviv. Insight Partners, which is a venture capital and private equity firm, recently opened an office in Tel Aviv last October. The round was led by Sequoia Capital.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

But the embattled teen retailer will leave bankruptcy proceedings in a far different state, according to the report. At the time of its bankruptcy, PacSun operated 590 retail locations but closed about 20 of them as part of the bankruptcy reorganization, according to Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The latest to secure venture capital is WAYV , a procurement platform designed for the legal cannabis industry. “As California moves to a regulated and licensed system, there is a long tail of retailers and brands in the industry that need to be connected,” said Craft Ventures Co-founder David Sacks in a statement.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Investors at Mandra Capital led a $16 million Series A funding round for the firm in support of its blockchain supply chain solutions, while Streamlined Ventures, The Perkins Fund and other investors also participated, the company announced in a press release. Adcount Technologies. with automated accounting software.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2019

1.5B: Recent capital raised by hotel operator OYO. 2020: The year California Consumer Privacy Act takes effect. Efforts are afoot to repair the data trust deficit , while online financing promises to gain a new foothold. And a relatively remote country offers global FinTech lessons.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

The company noted that its retail collaboration with Neiman Marcus has connected the primary and secondary market via its reCommerce system, authentication technology and proprietary pricing formula. Dragoneer is a California-based investment company, while Tencent is a China-based worldwide technology firm. and other countries.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

An Egyptian firm landed the MENA region’s largest-ever seed round, a California company proved U.S.-based million investment round in commercial card startup DiviPay, reports said this week, via the bank’s venture capital unit ANZi. based Steadview Capital, adding to the previous Series A round announced in April.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

DoorDash, the country’s largest deliverer of restaurant meals, could be valued as high as $15 billion following a likely infusion of capital from existing investors. The interest among established buyers in growing food delivery operations is far more than a U.S. Uber Technology is reportedly offering $2.6 phenomenon.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Retailers, in particular, are wary of adopting 2FA because of the frictions the method can present, and their fears are not without merit. California-based automaker Tesla is one company that has witnessed the merits of offering 2FA for its car owners. Developments From The Digital Consumer Onboarding Space.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

million in new venture capital (VC) funding. The company currently operates in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, with expansion plans to enter other new markets in the first quarter of 2018. He added that the company operates its own sorting facility and distributes items for delivery that are picked up by drivers. “The

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Sweden-based Einride , which makes autonomous delivery vehicles, has raised $25 million in fresh capital. Scant information was immediately available from Einride, which appears poised to use that capital to expand internationally and otherwise continue development of its electric Einride Pods. For instance, Kroger Co., Freight Play.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. 21), the latest commerce operator to be on the verge of extinction in this age of digital and mobile. According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.”

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Abrigo

MARCH 9, 2017

Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) loan funds help to promote healthy communities by providing early-stage credit, capital, and financial services to small businesses, affordable housing and community facilities developers, community organizations, and other types of borrowers. communities where capital tends to be scarce.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are all prevalent themes in this week’s venture capital breakdown, with startups working to overhaul entire processes for their enterprise customers, from logistics to workforce management. The firm said it will use the investment to focus on operational expansion.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

In Series B and Series B+ rounds headed up by VMG and XVC, California-based eCommerce grocer Weee notched almost $50 million in financing. Lightspeed Ventures, iFly.vc, Silicon Valley Bank and Goodwater Capital were participants in the investment, Deal Street Asia reported.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

It was a long, windy and oftentimes bumpy road of bankruptcy that beleaguered teen retailer Aéropostale had to trod. But a consortium of retail property landlords, including Simon Property Group Inc., But a consortium of retail property landlords, including Simon Property Group Inc., General Growth Properties Inc.,

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The investors followed a Series C investment round closed by Veritas earlier this year, which was led by CDC, Pai and Lok Capital. INDUS said it will move forward with the new capital to focus on expansion and expand its staff. The Credit Junction. Mission Secure. reports said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

locations, offers a glimpse into a growing part of retail, and lessons for other such endeavors. Over-planning is key,” said Iso Rabins, a California chef, in a recent interview. Some pop-ups-turned-permanent-restaurants have celebrity chefs involved with them, and others had to rely on Kickstarter to get the capital to scale.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

The company, founded in 2014 by a pair of childhood friends, works like this: People can make a mold of their own teeth at home with equipment sent to them in the mail, or they can get their teeth scanned at one of 300 “Smile Shop” retail locations. That caused the company’s shares to drop 12.9

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

From B2B retail purchases to employer payroll, APIs are helping businesses accelerate all kinds of payments. Human capital management solutions provider Paychex, for one, recently integrated with Intuit’s QuickBooks Online. Around the B2B API World. One recent move came from business commerce platform Tradeshift.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

We are strong believers that the future of grocery retail involves getting customers the best quality food, exactly when they want it, with the best customer service. Under the terms of the deal, FreshDirect will keep its brand name, be supervised by a seven-member board and continue its independent operations in New York City.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

With a focus on small retailers, ShopX offers online commerce and supply chain management services with support for mobile access to its services. The company operates primarily in the food and groceries, digital services and electronics space. This week, the company revealed $6.2 Payroll is on a roll with investors , again.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

The much-storied tales about tech unicorns, those young firms that have logged valuations of at least $1 billion, got a new chapter on Monday, after California firm Automation Anywhere stated that it had raised $250 million in a fundraising round from the likes of Goldman Sachs and others. And the Benjamins that can be made from bots….

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