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JANUARY 5, 2020

One Medical , a conglomerate of technology-driven primary care offices backed by Google’s Alphabet , has filed an initial public offering (IPO), One Medical announced on Friday (Jan. One Medical is backed by technology and management firm 1Life Healthcare and will trade under the symbol “ONEM.”

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Lastly, at this writing, Rockbridge Growth Equity (ties to Rocket Mortgage ) and CU Solutions Group acquired database marketing provider Marquis from Falfurrias Capital. Digital Security. Like Rocket Mortgage’s rise using digital tech, marketing, and outreach, Rockbridge’s portfolio reads like a checklist in new world growth methods.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

The company said Atlanta has a diverse and growing ecosystem, with new firms, new talent, more connectivity, and greater capital. The first members have businesses in diverse industries like household goods, technology and beauty. It said it will make a $5.6

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Bobsguide

JULY 7, 2022

Jeannette Kescenovitz, Senior Director, Solution Management, Banking as a Service and Orchestration at Finastra said, “Finastra’s Embedded Consumer Lending solution offers financial institutions a direct route to growth by offering loans via a merchant’s digital point-of-sale.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

In a press release , Starbucks said the new fund, which is being managed by Valor Equity Partners, will identify and invest in companies developing technologies, products and solutions geared toward the food and/or retail markets. The company launched its first store in Seattle in the 1970s.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

But digital technology and the sharing economy, already the disrupters of so much, are now challenging the status quo when it comes to corporate housing. Backed by Airbnb , Comcast, Bowery and Initialized Capital, Zeus has raised $90 million in funding. Up until recently, business travel and hospitality would take a few general forms.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Oberthur Technologies (OT) is partnering with payments service provider Nets to deliver support for mobile payments to Scandinavian banks. This week, Karen Webster looked at how companies like Google, Apple and Amazon are using voice-powered technology , like Siri or Alexa, to drive commerce. Mobile Nordic Future.

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MARCH 4, 2016

SEATTLE — The Silicon Valley model for its startups is well-known. Heck, there’s a Wikipedia for it. It centers on a simple principle: build a business that scales, no matter the initial profitability. And then scale it like mad. Or, in technical terms, build a business that has the potential Read More.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

After a difficult deliberation, 10 early-stage fintech companies were selected by a team of judges to compete in this year’s DEMOvation Challenge, to take place in Seattle on March 1. Many applied, few were chosen.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Despite the rise of e-commerce and mobile, the physical channel still plays an important role in consumer experience — and retailers are increasingly leveraging technologies to stay afloat. Cashier-less technology is one of the latest trends to dominate conversation. The technologies supporting a cashier-less environment.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The company, which demoed at FinovateSpring 2013 as BBC Easy, will use the fresh capital for both product development as well as increasing its market reach in North America. “Harnessing the power of technology to automate the exchange of financial information between parties is transformative,” he said. .

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Such was the news out of Seattle HQ this week — Amazon is pushing toward fully automating its warehouses, but won’t be hitting that target until sometime next decade. In the current form, the technology is very limited. Big Play Of The Week: Walmart Resets Its Store Management Structure. Such as … Amazon.

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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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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2018

Normal protocol would automatically push the tax filing deadline to April 16, but this year, April 16 marks Emancipation Day in the nation’s capital, and so, as a holiday gift to all of us, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has given Americans until April 17 to file their taxes. That means U.S. Windfall for Uncle Sam? It’s a question.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

It is also the largest investment for a minority stake by a tech company anywhere in the world, and the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) in the technology sector in India. Businesses have to look at this capital as their lifeline to the future with tremendous uncertainty ahead.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Legal tech startups have already reached a high in deal count this year, as technology aimed at automating high-cost, white-color professions gains investor attention. The company is led by Jason Boehmig (formerly a corporate lawyer at Fenwick & West), and Cai GoGwilt (formerly a software engineer at Palantir Technologies).

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Eos Venture Partners and IQ Capital Partners also participated in the round. private equity round led by Long Arc Capital and BPI France. Talege , a Reno, Nevada-based digital insurance platform, raised a $5M Series A led by Merus Capital. N2uitive , a Seattle-based claims interview platform, raised $1.3M

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

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. ‘PayFac’ technology simplifies underwriting and onboarding. Stripe Connect and billing services help companies manage marketplaces, subscriptions.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 15, 2017

SWITCH , a Seattle-based startup that makes it easy to manage your online payment information, has raised $400,000 in funding from angel investors. million in total capital. Chris Hopen, SWITCH co-founder and CEO, called his technology the “first of its kind, credit card updater for online accounts.”

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 3, 2017

The Seattle-based company announced this week that Korst will join Avalara as its new chief marketing officer and executive vice president. Previous to Microsoft, Korst served as vice president and general manager at T-Mobile, and senior product marketing manager at AT&T Wireless/Cingular.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 3, 2019

As technologies emerge to make these urban spaces more connected, a lot of data is being generated. Get a data-driven look at the startups and industry players developing smart city technologies. Get a data-driven look at the startups and industry players developing smart city technologies. get the 48-page smart cities report.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Avalara , an innovator in automated tax management for small businesses, raised $96 million in new funding from a group of investors including Warburg Pincus, Sageview Capital, and Technology Crossover Ventures this week. Avalara’s total capital raised is more than $318 million.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

It is a notable pivot from Amazon’s IP strategy, where the playbook has been to build, patent, and keep proprietary technology in-house to fuel Amazon’s marketplace. FIS is also one of the biggest providers of core banking processing and has integrations with Q2 technologies. That scale would make Amazon Go a $4.5B

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 29, 2015

Are you building new financial technology? Marketing Mag interviews new VP of marketing for Thinking Capital , Roshni Wijayashinha. Coin Telegraph talks with Fidor Bank AG Product Manager for Cryptocurrencies and Assets, Vladimir Tomic (in German). Alumni updates: Giftbit earns spot in Techstars Seattle 2015 accelerator.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Endless CRM and data management projects that shook our foundations and gutted our PMOs. 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. This year brought us: Mergers out the yin-yang. Payments chaos.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

This week’s venture capital (VC) investment tracker finds that both blockchain and alternative finance are leading markets. Based in Seattle, Qumulo offers businesses data management technology via its cloud-based file storage solution.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 27, 2017

That “complete transparency” comes courtesy of LendingRobot’s decision to leverage blockchain technology to create a detailed, weekly ledger of the fund’s holdings. The service charges a flat 1% a year management fee and caps fund expenses at 0.59% with no performance fees.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2018

With more than $95 million in financing placed, startups across eProcurement, cybersecurity, logistics, alternative finance, blockchain and supply chain management secured support. Blacksoil Capital linked B2B eProcurement firm IndustryBuying with nearly $2 million in venture debt, reports in Inc42 said this week. eProcurement.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

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. ” In January 2018, Amazon launched its automated cashier-less Amazon Go store in Seattle. on the diagonal — 66% larger than the first iPhone.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 8, 2016

The total value of deals this week was $206 million, with half ($100 million) going to Canadian blockchain technology provider Blockchain Intelligence. . Alkami Technology. Digital banking technology. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Sound-based payment & banking technology. Alkami landed $3.7 Latest round: $14.4

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Select Investors: Tencent Holdings, Disney Accelerator, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vulcan Capital, ICONIQ Capital. Select Investors: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Wellcome Trust, GIC, SoftBank Group, DST Global. Valuation: $12B.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

HQ: Seattle, WA. Connects marketplace lenders to institutional capital. Credit management tools. Real estate investing management platform for consumers. Payment technology for parking meters. Source: Crunchbase. Front Desk. Mobile business scheduling, invoicing & payments platform. Latest round: $1 million.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

HQ: Seattle, Washington. Payment security technology. AI for capital markets news. Pariti Technologies. Tags: Consumer, insurance, object insurance, mobile, risk management. Source: Crunchbase. International payments service. Latest round: $38.5 million Series C. Total raised: $61.5 Source: Crunchbase. million ($5.82

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2018

The development of new technologies is threatening to disrupt the business models of many of these traditional players, as fast, efficient and low-cost platforms are providing access to capital that traditional banks are either unwilling or unable to deliver to the marketplace. . Lingering Fraud Risk . Switch, Inc.,

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Technology companies have infiltrated the home. We deep dive into the trends disrupting the housing industry, as well as the startups and technologies making these changes possible. However, new technologies could help bring the construction industry into the modern era. That is beginning to shift.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

And for good reason, Karen Webster noted in a recent commentary – a minority of users managed to turn Facebook into a home and hub for some of the vilest content on the internet. government and other technology companies to stay ahead.”. Earnings weren’t quite what investors were looking for, its usership base in the U.S.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

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