PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

million in fresh capital, a funding round that comes after one in May that brought it about $7.9 The idea is to capitalize on the trend toward food delivery thanks to the likes of Uber Eats, DoorDash and Deliveroo. In Los Angeles there are several delivery-only type restaurants that are using the company’s services, noted the report.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Players like Amazon and Walmart are working to cut themselves a larger chunk of that pie, and they are doing so by introducing “hybrid payment systems” that accommodate cash-based transactions for online purchases. billion | Total spending on blockchain technologies by 2021, according to International Data Corporation figures.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The delivery option is free for online orders exceeding $75 from 376 U.S. Orders totaling less than $35 will be subject to prices approximately 15 to 17 percent higher than those found in-store, according to the Los Angeles Times. Costco stores, Reuters reported. A delivery fee will also be added to the order.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

Amazon has already dominated the online shopping and clothing markets, and now, it is setting its sights on the food delivery industry, something that startups, including Uber, have been eyeing. The venture capital industry has been responding, pouring money into the space for the last couple of years. If it launches in the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Bulletin has also released an early version of software to make it easy to book a space and access sales numbers, and it will continue to improve upon that technology. With that in mind, the company has secured funding from YC, Notation Capital, Halogen Ventures and Jesse Draper.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? Now: Market caps are a simple, loose shorthand for how much it would take to acquire a company (without necessarily taking into account capital structure).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

TurboTax , the online tax preparation service, has said it is launching a free stimulus registration system to help people who don’t need to file a tax return. Amazon Shipping , which is a competitor to FedEx and UPS, launched in beta in Los Angeles and London. TurboTax Rolls Out Free Tool For Faster Stimulus Payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The physical retailer is joining forces with the online juggernaut and is debuting a “smart home” experience across 10 stores in Chicago and Los Angeles. Folks can buy Amazon products directly at Kohl’s, including smart home offerings — cementing, perhaps, Kohl’s as purveyors of cutting-edge technology.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

Another one has bitten the dust when it comes to providing the vital last-mile delivery service for online consumers (especially the hungry ones). Before calling a quits, Munchery shut down its services in Seattle, Los Angeles and New York so the company could focus on its largest market (San Francisco) in an effort to become profitable.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

One company that’s looking to capitalize on the cannabis market is startup on-demand delivery company greenRush. One of their biggest ventures was an online platform aggregating New Years Eve parties across the globe. We are the “Amazon” of Cannabis, the largest online marketplace in the world.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 8, 2017

We used the CB Insights platform to surface 15 notable, early-stage startups developing technologies related to unmanned aerial, marine, and/or land vehicles designed for unstructured environments. Select Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Lowercase Capital, Menlo Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures. Headquarters: Los Angeles, California.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

At the time, the retailer said it would leverage its stores and Shipt’s proprietary technology platform and community of shoppers to bring same-day delivery to Target customers around the country. Taking the place of Walmart’s current online grocery offering in Japan, the service will launch in the second half of 2018.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Café X Technologies. Select VC Investors: Khosla Ventures, Social Capital. Cafe X is a robotic cafe in San Francisco that serves premium coffee using mobile ordering and automation technology. Select VC Investors: Cue Ball Capital, Valley Oak Investments. Select VC Investors: Otium Capital. Ample Hills Creamery.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 22, 2018

As sleep deprivation rises, companies are capitalizing on the trend and exploring new opportunities. Below, we highlight a few industries offering new sleep products, services, and technologies. Los Angeles’ Spa Lé La offers a nap room for 25 minutes for $40. The apparel industry has also capitalized on the sleep trend.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2017

One industry that’s looking to turn that around for the country is technology startups. In this week’s Tech Center tracker, Mary Gavala, Online Marketing and Promos Manager of Viva Wallet , spoke with PYMNTS on how Greece is becoming a hot spot for tech. Athens, Greece’s capital, has a population of just over 665,000.

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CB Insights

MAY 8, 2018

Drone technology has been used by defense organizations and tech-savvy consumers for quite some time. However, the benefits of this technology extends well beyond just these sectors. And as autonomy and collision-avoidance technologies improve, so too will drones’ ability to perform increasingly complex tasks.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Bleu founder and CEO Sesie Bonsi built his solution around Bluetooth technology because of the way it can move payment data over long distances and ranges. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The Bleu Network leverages Bluetooth low energy beacons to facilitate mobile transactions. Metrics: Founded in October 2014.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 24, 2018

Alibaba, meanwhile, has publicly announced a strategy to combine online and offline commerce, dubbed “new retail.” “Physical stores serve an indispensable role during the consumer journey and should be enhanced through data-driven technology and personalized services in the digital economy.” ” – Brian T.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

E-commerce sales growth is pulling ahead of total retail sales ( 17% vs. 6% for year-over-year in Q4’17), and Amazon is controlling upwards of 40% of online sales in the US, according to the US Department of Commerce and Slice Intelligence, respectively. However, this isn’t the whole story. The new big-box store. Ikea as a model.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 18, 2016

Online marketplace for real estate investing. HQ: Los Angeles, California. Blockchain technology for securities. Online consumer lending. Startup capital raising platform. Tags: SMB, capital, crowdfunding, equity, investing. Source: Finovate. RealtyMogul. Latest round: $18.4 million ($1.5 FinanceFox.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

This happened despite sophisticated technology capabilities that successfully flagged many other types of inappropriate postings, like pornography, and kept them off the platform for years.”. government and other technology companies to stay ahead.”. So is everything solved and sizzling for Facebook?

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

From their web site: Based in San Francisco, MarketX was founded by a group of experienced professionals from finance, legal, and technology backgrounds. Working for the past 6 years with many banks to design their online experience. Los Angeles-based global company. “We I need to learn more. It’s pretty cool.

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CB Insights

JUNE 5, 2018

In the last decade, 4G wireless technology has become the standard for many mobile consumers around the world. We dig into the corporates, startups, and technologies shaping the space. While this fourth generation of wireless technology has paved the way for new mediums of mobile consumption, it does have limitations.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

It’s nice to see somebody passionate about using new payments technology to make banking easier and cheaper for the financially disadvantaged. Let’s see if better technology and delivery tools get the idea farther down the road this time. Beyond that, Dave also avoids the common pitfalls of his technology presenter competition.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Coda Automotive sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections in May 2013, and announced it was restructuring its business as a battery technology company. Coda’s unsold vehicles were later acquired by Mullen Technologies, an electric vehicle company based in California. The company expanded too aggressively in its early years.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 9, 2017

Select Investors : DFJ Growth Fund, Foxconn Technology Company, Khosla Ventures. Select Investors : Brightpath Capital Partners, Skagen Group, Vision Ridge Partners. Select Investors : Claremont Creek Ventures, RockPort Capital, General Electric. Headquarters: Los Angeles, California. cover technologies.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 6, 2017

Online real estate marketplace lender Patch of Land added commercial real estate specialist Matthew Zall as Chief Investment Product Officer. While at B2R Finance, Zall led the team that developed the first, multi-borrower single family rental (SFR) securitization, winning the 2015 CMBS Deal of the Year award from Global Capital.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

Online payroll system. Online accounting. HQ: Los Angeles, California. Blockchain technology. Tags: SMB, capital raising, VC, venture capital, p2p, peer-to-peer, investing. Total dollars raised YTD is now $17.4 billion, more than double the $8.4 Latest round: $45 million. Total raised: $164 million.

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Download this presentation from the CB Insights Innovation Summit to see the technologies, business models and distribution innovations that you should watch for in the next 5 to 10 years. Technology. Technology. Phillips Design focuses on new ideas and new technologies to improve the lives of their customers.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 23, 2016

And for the first time in many years, not a single company was based in Northern California (and there was just one $100k seed deal in Los Angeles). Online exchange (AQUSH) for consumer loans. Stored value technology. Crowdfunding marketplace for small business capital. HQ: Los Angeles, California.

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CB Insights

APRIL 3, 2018

Below, we analyze how AI, machine learning, and computer vision-based technologies — including robots used for heavy lifting, navigation, and assembly tasks — are impacting all parts of the retail chain, from the manufacturing of goods all the way to their distribution. Consumer channels: online vs in-store. Table of contents.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2017

How Glossier’s skin tone matcher drives online conversions. Today, the world’s dominant retailers are all online. Now the company is on track in 2017 to do more than $50M in revenue, according to Campfire Capital. Casper’s launch party in Los Angeles, featuring a performance by rapper Warren G.

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