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Commercial InsurTech Bold Penguin Buys xagent To Expand B2B Range

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. “We are obsessed with upgrading the commercial insurance ecosystem, helping it evolve to meet the needs of all the players and catch up with the pace of technological innovation,” said Ilya Bodner, founder and CEO of Bold Penguin.

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Today in Data: Amazon’s Powerful Presence

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Whether it’s driving increased digital sales , inducing worry among brick-and-mortar competitors , upping the ante on instant pick up kiosk expansions , or finding innovative ways to pay for its acquisitions, Amazon is helping shape the retail world, and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon. Commerce Department.

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Hillbilly Elegy Author J.D. Vance Heads To Ohio In Search Of Investment Opportunities

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Going forward, Vance will locatable in Columbus — and on the hunt for firms that might otherwise be ignored by the venture funding mechanism in the U.S. And there are some serious funds on offer — Revolution funds has over $1 billion in capital to hand out to firms at all stages of development. The goals of the fund are twofold. “But

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Data Dive, Columbus Edition: Square, PayPal And One Brave Bank Teller

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Today is Columbus Day, a celebration of Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of Americas 526 years ago. First, Christopher Columbus never actually set foot in North America, so he discovered an America, not the America. In fact, much of what one learned in elementary school about Columbus is a little bit off.

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Oros Takes Activewear Into The Space Age

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Investors in the seed round include Sonny Vu, the founder and former CEO of Misfit Wearables; Eric Dobkin, a former partner at Goldman Sachs known as “the Father of the Modern IPO”; NCT Ventures in Columbus; and Listen Ventures, a brand-focused venture capital firm based in Chicago.

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Peapod And Alexa Deliver Greater Grocery Ordering Convenience

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Its online grocery shopping services were provided in partnership with Chicago’s Jewel supermarket, Columbus, Ohio’s Kroger, San Francisco’s Safeway and Houston’s Randall’s. The eCommerce giant reportedly plans to invest $500 million in the food segment as it capitalizes on increasing Internet penetration in the country.

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Say Bye-Bye To MCX CurrentC

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Rumored calls for capital were rebuffed. If we’ve learned anything over the last several years when watching the mobile payments field take shape, it’s that absent something that solves a problem for a consumer or adds value to their experience, innovators have nothing left but an empty bank account to show for their efforts.

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