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

CB Insights

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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SoftBank’s Second Vision Fund Invests In Two Companies

PYMNTS

Although the capital injections are smaller than is normal by SoftBank standards, the second fund is apparently doubling down on medical companies. The company uses technology that was previously part of looking at the way cancer progressed to help detect pathogens, like bacteria and fungi. Karius said the test costs about $2,000.

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Bed Bath & Beyond Takes 1-800-Flowers To Court To Preserve Sale

PYMNTS

The deal was slated to close March 30, but due to the virus pandemic, 1-800-Flowers didn’t have the capital to complete the deal as planned. That didn’t fly with Bed Bath & Beyond, which said in a complaint in Delaware’s Court of Chancery that “even a calamitous event such as COVID-19 does not permit a party to avoid its obligations.”.

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Bird Scoots Closer To $1B Valuation With $200M Funding

PYMNTS

In late May, it was reported that the company was trying to raise $150 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital. Citing a certificate of incorporation filed in Delaware, TechCrunch reported that Bird has authorized the sale of 31.5 million new shares in its financing round at a value of $6.15

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Peapod And Alexa Deliver Greater Grocery Ordering Convenience

PYMNTS

We love new technologies, particularly when they fit so naturally into household planning.”. The eCommerce giant reportedly plans to invest $500 million in the food segment as it capitalizes on increasing Internet penetration in the country. In Other Newsâ€Ĥ. This good news for Amazon probably spells bad news for local rival Flipkart.

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Finance in motion— $1B moved for $0.02

Lex Sokolin

Goldman Sachs entered and dominated personal digital lending, runs a neobank and roboadvisor, bought a large digital wealth footprint in United Capital, launched a credit card in partnership with Apple, and is now looking into cryptocurrency stablecoins ?—?something The second thing is that an addiction to frontier technology?—?crypto

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Symbiont Completes Proof of Concept with R3, Credit Suisse, Ipreo

Fintech Labs Insights

With FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016 only a few weeks away, it was great to hear that one of our FinDEVr alums, Symbiont ( FD16 ), has just completed the initial stage of a proof of concept that uses its blockchain and smart contract technology to improve the syndicated loan market. Bank Capital Markets.