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

CB Insights

Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment in the US, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country. We excluded debt deals and only considered venture capital, corporate venture capital, super angel, and growth equity firms.

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Caesars Puts Stake In Online Betting Co DraftKings

PYMNTS

“This alliance is the latest initiative by Caesars to capitalize on our database, generate a new revenue stream in a growth market and raise our profile in sports, in part by creating new sports-themed guest experiences at our resorts across the country.” and Australia. .” and Australia.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Community bankers are all in

Independent Banker

We have our ICBA Capital Summit in Washington, D.C., the first week of May, and then I’ll be attending the Mississippi Bankers Association Convention and the Louisiana Bankers Association Convention later in the month. Being all in means we put the needs of our customers and our communities first, in three distinct ways: Where I’ll Be.

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

CB Insights

Summary: Another victim to financial woes and a leveraged buyout (by Bain Capital in 2010), Gymboree filed for Chapter 11 protection in June 2017. Summary: Mississippi-based Fabric retailer Hancock Fabrics first declared bankruptcy in 2007, but it emerged over a year later. Date: June 2017. The company, renamed to Gymboree Group Inc.,

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

A host of startups have emerged to capitalize on this trend. For three of the tools we looked at — Mint, Level Money, and Check — we studied how their product evolved all the way up to their acquisition (by Intuit, Capital One, and Intuit, respectively). Mississippi — #1 in Credit Karma searches. In aggregate, they command $1.3

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