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Fintech Fundings: 9 Companies Raise $73 Million Week Ending Dec 31

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Social media financial compliance specialist Gremln raised $1.4 The year ends with a total of about $19 billion invested into private fintech companies (includes debt and equity). If you add the $6 billion in new capital raised in the IPOs of Worldpay, Square and First Data, the 2015 total is a nice even $25 billion.

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From China With Love: AI, Robotics, AR/VR Are Hot Areas For Chinese Investment In US

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We define Chinese investment as participation in private financing rounds by investors (corporate, venture capital, angel, private equity, etc.) In May, Tencent opened an AI research lab in Seattle focused on speech recognition as it looks to apply AI research to its social media, online games, and cloud services.

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FinovateSpring 2015 Sneak Peek: Part 8

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Finaeos automates the back-office and capital raise compliance. Whodini helps merchants engage customers using social media marketing, reaching loyal customers with targeted offers. HQ: Westport, Connecticut. And now let us introduce you to the final fourteen companies of FinovateSpring 2015. See you in San Jose!