PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

“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.

Columbus 131

Columbus Ohio Meeting Capital 131

American Banker

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Patricia Watson joined the board of the $19 billion-asset Texas Capital on Friday. Watson has been chief information officer at TSYS, a payments processor based in Columbus, Ga., since September.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2017

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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Ohio Columbus Kentucky Capital 100

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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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Select Investors: Tencent Holdings, Disney Accelerator, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vulcan Capital, ICONIQ Capital. Select Investors: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Wellcome Trust, GIC, SoftBank Group, DST Global. Valuation: $12B.

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San Francisco Company US California 77

PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Amazon is advancing warehouse automation tech with a big leveling up of its autonomous cart technology. The eCommerce company further announced it has expanded its grocery pickup to Whole Foods Market to Columbus, Ohio — bringing the total number of pickup markets to 30. Carts Go Driverless: The Acquisition of Canvas Technology.

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Taxes Retail Columbus Operations 100

PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2016

Some of the same merchants who were part of MCX also supported NFC technology – Apple Pay’s enabling technology. Rumored calls for capital were rebuffed. MCX merchants signed deals that prohibited them from supporting any competing mobile payments products.

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Mobile Apple Columbus Payments 105