PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

But for Chicago-based Cooler Screens , all those clear refrigerator doors are a potential goldmine. “We We are taking advantage of unused capacity,” Cooler Screens Chief Technology Officer Rob Dravenstott told PYMNTS in a recent interview. “We Coming Soon To Stores Near You. We're very careful about how we protect identity.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Venture capital firm Pear has announced $160 million in new fundraising to fuel its next wave of investments, with a focus on seed-stage B2B startups. 10), the University of Chicago, one of Pear’s existing investors, is among those that have committed to the $160 million, which will go toward Pear’s third fund. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Yesterday, the smaller-scale fulfillment company closed $40 million in Series C funding, led by Activant Capital, bringing its total capital raised to $70 million. In the age of Amazon, achieving success in this market takes dozens of fulfillment centers, advanced logistics and sophisticated enterprise technology.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

backers focused on accounts payable (AP) technology, cannabis procurement and small business lending, to name a few – but it was a FinTech specializing in the high-growth market of on-demand payroll that secured the top spot in this week’s roundup. Finexio’s AP automation technology has attracted another $2.5 Leaf Trade.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2020

One Medical , a conglomerate of technology-driven primary care offices backed by Google’s Alphabet , has filed an initial public offering (IPO), One Medical announced on Friday (Jan. One Medical is backed by technology and management firm 1Life Healthcare and will trade under the symbol “ONEM.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Although the capital injections are smaller than is normal by SoftBank standards, the second fund is apparently doubling down on medical companies. The company uses technology that was previously part of looking at the way cancer progressed to help detect pathogens, like bacteria and fungi.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

Chicago-based GoHealth has filed to raise $750 million in an initial public offering (IPO) of its Class A common stock, according to an amendment to its registration seen by Seeking Alpha. Thus far, the company has received $869 million from investors, with one of them being Centerbridge Capital Partners.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

Built In , a platform connecting professionals with technology companies across the country, has announced it raised $22 million in Series C funding. Founded in 2011, Built In helps more than 1,800 customers connect with over 1 million technology professionals each month.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A tech publication , citing the company, reported that the funding round was led by GV, the venture capital arm of Google and Foundation Capital. Proceeds from the round of fundraising are slated to improve the company’s technology and expand its service in more cities.

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Cisco

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By creating sustainable financial offers, prioritizing green investment mechanisms and reallocation of capital, financing sustainable programs, and tracking the carbon footprint tracking of transactions, FIs can incentivize the integration of sustainability criteria into financial services decision-making.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Supply chain management has always presented a challenge for global corporates, with digitization and automation technology aiming to reduce friction and enhance visibility. If one company took 50 days to complete deliveries from China to Chicago last year, it may procure 60 days in advance this year.

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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

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

ParkWhiz announced it has received an additional $5 million in equity to its recently-announced Series D financing, bringing the total funding round led by NewSpring Capital to $25 million. Chaifetz, chairman of Chicago-based Chaifetz Group.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

“Our firm has a track record of acquiring cutting-edge software providers to specialized industries and driving their innovation and growth while remaining true to their core business and customers,” said Orlando Bravo , founder and managing partner of Chicago-based Thoma Bravo.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

He pointed to advancements in technology that allow people to tap into wages as they are earned to help alleviate financial stresses. If you’ve got a large cohort of your workforce that has become primarily remote and will likely remain so in the foreseeable future, you don’t need to be paying for high rent in downtown Los Angeles or Chicago.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

A second office is slated for Chicago and by the end of 2020, the company expects to more than double its staff. Britt co-founded Chime in 2014 with Ryan King, who serves as chief technology officer. It is also contemplating the purchase of other FinTech firms, the source said. Chime’s account base is 6.5

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Abrigo

JULY 20, 2021

From leveraging PPP technology to building relationships, reasons for boosting SBA lending are numerous. . Many financial institutions implemented or upgraded technology to help them offer PPP loans during the pandemic. Export Working Capital loans are up to $5 million and are for terms of up to 12 months.

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Abrigo

JULY 20, 2021

From leveraging PPP technology to building relationships, reasons for boosting SBA lending are numerous. . Many financial institutions implemented or upgraded technology to help them offer PPP loans during the pandemic. Export Working Capital loans are up to $5 million and are for terms of up to 12 months.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Before Tuesday’s announcement on the two new headquarter locations, candidate cities Cincinnati, Ohio and Sacramento, California were reportedly changing workforce development programs to grow talent in the technology realm. Citi Reaction. Apparently, the Amazon effect can work in the opposite direction as well, according to a CNBC report.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

According to a media report , which cited several unnamed technology and food industry sources, Amazon is mulling launching its Amazon Restaurants service in London. The venture capital industry has been responding, pouring money into the space for the last couple of years. billion in 2015, up 152 percent from 2014.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

This report purports that technology is the game changer when it comes to bridging the gap between the startup-heavy places, like Silicon Valley and Boston, and the rest of the world. The technology industry currently sits at 4.5 percent, this means the technology industry is growing twice as fast as the worldwide economy.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

At the same time, payments technology is advancing in the shared economy world, providing a counterforce of sorts. Those controversies have notably played out in San Francisco , though other cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, are going through them at their own pace. Sharing Backlashes.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The wave of technology that's turned card swipes into dips, phones into wallets and micro merchants into global sellers will proliferate, says to Andrew Rueff of Waud, a Chicago-based private equity firm.

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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. The new coronavirus, COVID-19, has only made this competition fiercer.

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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

APRIL 16, 2019

Our simple idea was that better technology and better data science could improve access to credit,” Girouard said. Banks, Girouard said, are natural partners for Upstart, because as competitors they will always carry a massive advantage to the race that he said any startup would be hard-pressed to overcome — low cost of capital.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Increasing access to capital to underrepresented small businesses is vital to economic growth and the communities they serve. Small Business Forward will support a wide, diverse base of entrepreneurs so that economic growth is shared by all,” says Janis Bowdler, Head of Small Business Initiatives, Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Orders are speeded up at the front-end of many eateries through the use of digital kiosks, tabletop tablets and mobile phones, but there has been little displacement of workers at the back-end of food service as a result of new technology, according to Reuters. As a result, most operators do not want to assume the investment risk.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 6, 2015

As noted by a University of Chicago Booth School research paper and Harvard Business Review , the debate centers on the use of fair value accounting and its impact on the economic crash of 2008, as well as its appropriateness in accounting for companies going forward.

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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

DECEMBER 7, 2018

They’ve been using the same technology for hundreds of years, and we saw the opportunity to differentiate ourselves from a product perspective. The new technology is a proprietary formulation of Aerogel called Solarcore, for which they own several patents. “We look at the industry and it’s a bit arthritic,” Markesbery said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2016

On Wednesday (July 13), the firm announced a Series A funding round led by Hoxton Ventures and Promus Ventures, based in London and Chicago, respectively. Behavox assesses information from emails, texts and voice calls to pinpoint possible threats from employees to ensure institutions remain compliant with frequently changing mandates.

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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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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. Can you spell coopetition?

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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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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2016

million in B2B venture capital was divided among alt-finance, supplier payments and Big Data services startups this past week. MCI Capital, based in Poland, led the financing via its MCI.TechVentures Fund, according to reports. Chicago’s LQD Business Finance announced a Series A funding round on Thursday (July 21).

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