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The United States Of Venture Capital: The Most Active VC In Each State

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Using CB Insights data, we analyzed the most active venture capital firm in each state, based on unique tech investments from 2014 to 2019 YTD (1/24/19). We excluded debt deals and only considered venture capital, corporate venture capital, super angel, and growth equity firms. Merus Capital. BIP Capital.

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China's Financial Industry Firms Redo Plans, Funding In Wake Of More Oversight

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With regulators cracking down in China, FinTech leaders are scrambling for capital and trying to plan their futures, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Nov. And those lending in multiple provinces would have to have 5 billion yuan in registered capital at a minimum. The report said Alibaba has used such practices, among other companies.

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Data Enablers: Valen Makes Insurance Human Again

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Like FinTech, InsurTech debuts in an industry that has historically been very slow to adopt new technologies. CEO Dax Craig said his proudest moment since founding Valen has been hearing from clients after his company was acquired by the insurance technology firm, Insurity. “As We’re allowing insurers to take the same approach.

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New Center to Probe How Blockchain Can Help Government

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The Chamber of Digital Commerce has opened a new outpost in the nation's capital. But instead of looking for a staid law office, the bitcoin advocacy group formed a partnership with the local incubator 1776 to launch the DC Blockchain Center.

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ID Experts Light Up Portland

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The new owners of ID Experts are Peloton Equity and Trident Capital. The private equity funding, which, according to Oregon Live , will “cash out some of its current owners while injecting more capital into the business,” came at the same time as a new spinoff from ID Experts emerged called Radar. in two rounds with four investors.

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New Center to Probe How Blockchain Can Help Government

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WASHINGTON -- The Chamber of Digital Commerce has opened a new outpost in the nation’s capital. But instead of looking for a staid law office, the bitcoin advocacy group formed a partnership with local incubator 1776 to launch the DC Blockchain Center.

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The United States Of Unicorns: Every US Company Worth $1B+ In One Map

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Palantir Technologies and WeWork , both valued at $20B, are tied for third. The three most active investors in US-based unicorns, by total number of deals to these companies, are the VC firms Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Tiger Global Management. Palantir Technologies. Slack Technologies. Unity Technologies.