CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Other investors include Hyde Park Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Angels and Y Combinator. Customers want what they want, and they want it fast, and it takes serious technology to make it look easy.”. The fulfillment centers are located on the edges of metropolitan areas such as Chicago, New York and Dallas.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Despite the rise of e-commerce and mobile, the physical channel still plays an important role in consumer experience — and retailers are increasingly leveraging technologies to stay afloat. Cashier-less technology is one of the latest trends to dominate conversation. The technologies supporting a cashier-less environment.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

Not only do industry giants have innate name recognition, but they also have colossal advertising budgets and access to cutting-edge mobile ordering technology and features that small operations cannot match. I realize that the customer preference for self-service kiosks or online ordering is quickly getting to be the majority.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

Our simple idea was that better technology and better data science could improve access to credit,” Girouard said. And, as is traditional with online lenders, Upstart can do that online, in a couple of minutes, after a consumer has filled out an application.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

Amazon has already dominated the online shopping and clothing markets, and now, it is setting its sights on the food delivery industry, something that startups, including Uber, have been eyeing. The venture capital industry has been responding, pouring money into the space for the last couple of years. If it launches in the U.K.’s

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Redfin also said that “online views of homes currently for sale in Crystal City and Long Island City on Redfin.com have skyrocketed. Meanwhile, in at least one city that Amazon turned down (Chicago), creative marketing types exacted a bit of benign revenge on the company via its own technology. In the week ending on Nov.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

s Cumberland crypto unit, Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Holdings and Ripple discussed the idea at a gathering Tuesday (May 7) in Chicago. In others news, Hedera Hashgraph is at a new stage of testing for its high-speed public ledger technology, which will allow developers and users to test different network capabilities.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Potential borrowers apply online or via mobile, can be approved and offered a rate within 15 minutes, and can have their loans funded within 24 hours. However, adopting the efficiencies that digital lending platforms bring to the table isn’t as easy as just flipping a switch and moving online, he added.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Jiobit, a technology startup based out of Chicago, makes something that seems like every parent, from those expecting to empty nesters, will want or wish they’d had. Jiobit hopes to change that with its flagship tracker by leveraging wireless technology and machine learning that adapts to a child’s daily behavior.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

After much of Chicago burned to the ground in 1871, rebuilding the city involved various fundraising and restorative strategies. to help build a new, free and public library in the capital of the Midwest – a gesture that can still make the city’s locals smile with awe and gratitude.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Laka , a London-based community-driven insurance technology company, raised $4.7M Obie , a Chicago-based proptech startup, announced it raised $2.8M Goodcover , a San Francisco-based insurtech, raised a $2M seed round led by Fuel Capital. Covered below, The Zebra also provided a peek into its performance numbers. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The physical retailer is joining forces with the online juggernaut and is debuting a “smart home” experience across 10 stores in Chicago and Los Angeles. Folks can buy Amazon products directly at Kohl’s, including smart home offerings — cementing, perhaps, Kohl’s as purveyors of cutting-edge technology.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

Carrick Capital Partners led the investment, which will be used to help Bay Dynamics expand globally and continue to innovate in the cyberrisk management space. The funding was led by Hoxton Ventures and Promus Ventures, based in London and Chicago, respectively. Cybersecurity. Bay Dynamics. and Singapore. B2B eCommerce.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Technology has proven useful in eliminating the friction inherent in so many processes and online marketplaces, so why not the process of finding a roommate where co-existence is virtually guaranteed to be harmonious? The latest capital raised will bring London onto the roster. Total funding to date is about $17 million.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2017

Between automated checkout lines, online grocery ordering and meal kit services, it seems like the inexorable tide of progress is determined to wipe out millions of jobs across the retail and grocery sectors. And those are just the new technologies getting the most press. In Other News….

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

During a busy year we saw Jill supporting her local community, blogging with Mark Cuban, spinning up new PPP technology and innovating with things like curbside banking. For more than 20 years, John has helped City National grow its niched commercial and private banking businesses with strategic technologies. THE TECHNOLOGY AWARDS.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Today, Amazon Pay has evolved to include a digital wallet for customers and a payments network for both online and brick-and-mortar merchants. Traction/Metrics: Today’s iteration is Amazon Pay, a digital wallet for customers and a payments network for both online and brick-and-mortar merchants and shoppers.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 6, 2016

London beat that this week with 5, followed by 3 in NYC, and 2 each from Chicago, Florida and Germany. HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Capital Float. Working capital financing. Payments technology. Blockchain technology . Online financial advisor. Healthcare & insurance technology. Total raised: $1.92

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2017

Headway Capital , which provides online flexible credit lines of up to $50,000 for­­ U.S. The Chicago-based provider uses predictive analytics and digital decisioning to understand customers and make optimal decisions, mitigating fraud and risk.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 6, 2016

A few weeks ago we focused on invest tech, and brought up three startups working to help the market-savvy turn a small advantage into a major lead over other investors. This week’s startups to watch are investing in under-leveraged niches of the fintech world, from P2P networks to lower insurance premiums, Read More.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Chang’s developed its mobile app with safety and customer experience in mind, and plans to leverage mobile order-ahead’s popularity to boost purchases at a new takeout-only location in Chicago. The restaurant faced its fair share of challenges along the way, but doing so has proved to be worth the effort. Cooking Up A Fresh App .

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 20, 2015

billion) went to three online lenders (Sofi = $1 billion, Avant = $340 million, Dianrong = $220 million). HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Guideline Technologies. Capital Match. Agio Technologies. Drip Capital . Online small business lender. Last week was the record number of deals, with 27. Total raised: $1.75

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Chicago-based derivatives exchange Cboe Global Markets launched its bitcoin futures on Sunday, and CME Group is expected to launch its own on Dec. 250 | The number of countries’ government-issued IDs that identity verification solutions provider Jumio’s technology can currently verify, including multiple generations of IDs from all 50 U.S.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

Companies across industries from food delivery to mobile payments disintegrate for all kinds of reasons, from technology errors and logistical challenges to overspending and outright fraud. Powa Technologies. The problem, of course, is that Holmes’ technology was a sham. Table of Contents. Total disclosed equity funding : $500M.

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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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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2015

HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Online identify verification. Diversified financial technology provider. Blockchain technology for businesses. Indexa Capital. Investing & portfolio management. Latest round: $16 million Series B. Total raised: $22.3 Source: Crunchbase. Latest round: $15 million. Total raised: $23.3

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 12, 2016

Online insurance. HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Qingshongchou Network Technology. Kikka Capital. Micro-payments for online content. Online asset lending. Fintech deals by size from May 28 to 3 June, 2016: Partners Life. Latest round: $134.5 Total raised: $134.5 HQ: Auckland, New Zealand. Source: Crunchbase.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Rowland; and EVP and chief technology officer Mike Beattie. Self Financial handles the technology, including access to online accounts and an app, as well as marketing aspects of the program, and Lead Bank provides the compliance and access to the banking system. First Capital Bank. TriState Capital Bank.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Mentions of chatbots in earnings calls and press releases skyrocketed, and for many, it seemed that chatbots might be the next big disruptive technology. The important chatbots of 2019 aren’t all-knowing virtual butlers; they’re highly targeted applications of conversational technology. Table of Contents. Get the full report.

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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. via Chicago Tribune.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

For most of the decade of the 2010s, smartphones and other connected devices, new technology, and the internet gave all consumers a new set of superpowers to save time, allowing them to allocate the time in which routine chores got done. The book was based on her 1931 doctoral thesis at the University of Chicago. Image Source: [link].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

led the S&P 500 Information Technology Index down 1.7 Technology provides the productivity gains for the global economy and many of the large-cap names like Apple and Amazon were carrying the torch for the market,” Channing Smith, a managing director at Capital Advisors Inc. Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.

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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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