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Why Digital Marketplaces Must Anticipate Shoppers’ Needs

PYMNTS

The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. Instead of needing to open and toggle between various brands’ mobile sites or apps, consumers can peruse a platform where those comparisons can be easily made.

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Kid-Friendly: Baby And Children’s Tech Startups On Track To Reach Five-Year Deal High

CB Insights

In comparison, the two largest deals of Q2’17 were a $13M Series A to online children’s story and content platform Kaishu Jianggushi , and a $7.5M seed deal to Greenlight Financial Technology , which creates a smart debit card for kids along with an adjoining parental control platform. Reach Capital.

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Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12

Fintech Labs Insights

Other than Blackstone’s $820 million bet on what is likely the oldest financial technology company on the planet, NCR founded in 1884 as National Cash Register, just $82 million flowed to the under-100-year-old crowd. ATMs, POS & financial technology. Financial technology intelligence application.

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Virtual communities and digital worlds

Lex Sokolin

Next, check out this fantastic essay from Matthew Ball, a commentator on media and frontier technology, about the emerging opportunity in audio (music, podcasts, etc.).What By comparison, music had peaked at $25 billion and is now at $10 billion, and video is at $225 billion. The market capitalization reached as high as $1.5

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Analyzing The Private Market Investment Strategies of P&C Insurers

CB Insights

Operating since 2010, AmFam Ventures has made a number of investments primarily in two thematic areas: connected home and connected car technologies and alternative insurance distribution. Stated investment focus: Enterprise software, financial technology, insurance technology, innovations in travel, health, and auto verticals.

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Analyzing The Private Market Investment Strategies of P&C Insurers

CB Insights

Operating since 2010, AmFam Ventures has made a number of investments primarily in two thematic areas: connected home and connected car technologies and alternative insurance distribution. Stated investment focus: Underserved risk markets, innovative approaches to risk underwriting, financial technology with application to risk underwriting.