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Highspot Secures $60M In Funding Round Led By ICONIQ Capital

PYMNTS

ICONIQ Capital led the round, with participation from new investor Sapphire Ventures and all existing investors including Madrona Venture Group, OpenView, Salesforce Ventures and Shasta Ventures. Sales enablement platform Highspot announced it has secured $60 million in Series D funding.

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Starbucks Announces Its CFO Is Retiring

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The Seattle-based company said in a regulatory filing that it had launched an external search for a replacement for Maw, who will become a senior consultant until March 31, 2019. According to Reuters , the surprise departure sent the coffee shop chain’s shares down 2.61 This is Starbucks’ second recent high-profile departure. ”

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Beneficial State Bank’s financial activism

Independent Banker

Under the leadership of CEO Randell Leach, Beneficial State Bank is pursuing an ambitious mission of financial activism and strong corporate values. Beneficial State Bank was born from a bold idea and a gift of capital from activists and philanthropists Kat Taylor and Tom Steyer. Photo: Ashley Courter. By Roshan McArthur. “We

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Leadership and board members. Thrive Capital, Khosla, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Redpoint also participated in early fundraising rounds.As

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

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BNC shareholders got a terrific premium, a 47% dividend increase, and a continued leadership role for Richard D. Bravo to CEO Brian Vance, President Jeff Deuel and team for a watershed expansion into the hot Seattle market with a bank whose commercial skills can complement those of its acquirer. Rick” Callicutt II, BNC’s CEO.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. It’s hard to understand how Clobes has time in the day to drive her unlimited amount of leadership activities. What an amazing leadership story. with Coinbase alone attracting $86 billion.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

CB Insights

In May 2018, Munchery ceased all operations in Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle, three of the company’s most valuable markets, leaving only its San Francisco business operational. Founded by Jane Park in Seattle in 2007, beauty brand Julep quickly grew from a scrappy startup to a major omnichannel retail operation.

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