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MARCH 5, 2019

The company ceased operations in late January after laying off 30 percent of its workforce in May 2018. That came after it shut down service in Seattle, Los Angels, and New York. Munchery had said it was planning to focus on its largest market, San Francisco, in an effort to become profitable, but that never happened. “The

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

Previously, only INV Fintech members were permitted to attend Demo Day on March 11 in Seattle. INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Gray will discuss corporate banking and blockchains on March 1 in Seattle with JP Jolly of Citigroup and Deva Annamalai of Fiserv. Bank Innovation is pleased to welcome Marley Gray, Microsoft’s director of technology strategy for blockchain and financial services, to our speaker faculty.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

However, the company hasn’t been immune from the same market conditions that sent Sears and Kmart into bankruptcy. The company said it received $75 million in new capital from Hilco Global and the Gordon Brothers Group to keep the lights on during the bankruptcy protection proceedings.

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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

APRIL 13, 2017

million in a seed funding round led by VC firm PivotNorth Capital. With the latest seed funding round, Darkstore has reportedly set a new goal to hit $110 million in product fulfillment and is expanding into three new markets: Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago. Just recently, the company scored $1.4

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

Founded in 2017, Bungalow aims to solve many of the issues that early career professionals face when looking to rent in urban markets. Since its launch, the company has operated in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego and Seattle. markets by the end of 2018. putting it on track to be in 12 major U.S.

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Bank Innovation

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

First Data has rolled out a commerce technology solution at CenturyLink Field and CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle, home to the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, designed to “take the fan experience to the next level” for those at the stadium. Payments Take The Field. The Voice Of Commerce.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Beneficial State Bank was born from a bold idea and a gift of capital from activists and philanthropists Kat Taylor and Tom Steyer. Most organizations … are like, ‘Where is the most profitable market segment?’” What we do is we take that ethos and apply it to all of our decision-making in our product development or marketing.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

And Starbucks has a new investor : Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund controlled by activist investor William Ackman, now has about a 1.1 Prime Now Grocery pickup, which came to market in August, is now available in eight cities, and Amazon said it has plans for continued expansion. percent stake in Starbucks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

The news that on-demand delivery startup Munchery has closed its doors — even after raising $125 million in venture capital funding — serves as reminder of how difficult it can be to gain a profitable foothold (much less a dominant position) in the on-demand food delivery space. Future Moves. So, what’s next in these delivery wars?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The Seattle-based eCommerce operator and cloud computing provider decided to build in both Crystal City, an urban area in North Virginia near Washington, D.C., Meanwhile, in at least one city that Amazon turned down (Chicago), creative marketing types exacted a bit of benign revenge on the company via its own technology.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2016

While autonomous drones are just a part of the eCommerce giant’s various projects, they’ve received plenty of R&D resources and marketing support from Seattle. While Flirtey is certainly no Amazon, it’s not as if the Nevada test was some kind of fly-by-night operation.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

In fact, there were a lot of other things to talk about, as Facebook made a major investment in the Indian market, Expedia snapped up $3.2 It’s a major shake-up in an already competitive market, he noted, and will likely raise the stakes in the market and act as a powerful innovation driver. as their PPP funds have rolled in.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As a result, Target has been rolling out delivery to its customers in several major markets after acquiring Shipt for $550 million in cash in Dec. The team is moving remarkably quick,” John Mulligan, Target’s chief operations officer, said. Some are expected to be in Seattle — Amazon’s hometown and the location of its first Amazon Go.

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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. Market opportunity. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Stripe is ramping up its private market investments. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 7, 2019

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. First Capital, Inc.

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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. 15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. 15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

SoftBank’s capital will be used to fund Coupang’s continuing investments in end-to-end fulfillment service and same-day delivery operations. The company will also expand its R&D presence in Silicon Valley and Seattle, in addition to Shanghai and Seoul.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. Market strategy outside the US. The patent expired in 2017 and opened up the market for competitors to launch off-marketplace payment solutions.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 3, 2019

NACTO is an association of 63 American cities and 10 transit agencies across North America, including Seattle and the King County Metro and New York and the MTA. All of its data is fine-tuned to operate on NACTO’s SharedStreets data standard. The World Bank partners with top ride-hailing apps in emerging markets .

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks.

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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. Paxos provides settlement services in the precious metals securities trading market.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

Perhaps the most glaring example of the tendency to dismiss innovative new players was when Apple’s iPhone hit the market in 2007. ” In January 2018, Amazon launched its automated cashier-less Amazon Go store in Seattle. Bitcoin is a highly speculative market. The iPhone and iPod. Bitcoin is a bubble.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

So as a consequence they kind of held their sales OK, but their margins crashed, their operating profit crashed, their expense rate ballooned. To keep the lights on during the bankruptcy process, the company said it received $75 million in new capital from Hilco Global and the Gordon Brothers Group. The Department Store 2019 Blues.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

The real-time payments solution will be available for JPMorgan Chase, Capital One, PNC and Wells Fargo later this year, according to what representatives told Reuters. Square is expanding its global footprint with the launch of its suite of POS solutions in Australia — its fourth market so far, the company announced. While, in the U.S.,

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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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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

The company announced it was effectively ceasing operations immediately and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting more than 1,100 people out of work overnight. After evaluating the vehicle, the EPA gave The Coda a fuel economy equivalence of 73 miles per gallon, the highest of any electric vehicle on the market in 2012.

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

T echnology trends and market needs are pushing companies to set their sights on the residential real estate and construction industry. Now, startups and tech giants are getting in the mix, trying to fix the ways the real estate industry designs, builds, and operates. RESEARCH BRIEFING: THE FUTURE OF HOUSING.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 24, 2018

The Seattle-based giant also opened its cashier-less Amazon Go store to the public in January 2018, after reported delays. In 1994, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in Seattle as an online retailer of books; in 1998, Jack Ma founded Alibaba in Hangzhou, China as an online platform to connect merchants and buyers. Notably, Amazon paid $13.7B

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. The sophisticated food hall: North 3rd Street Market (Brooklyn). This approach to marketing is enabling a new wave of specialized fast-casual brands to take root.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. TD has been a player that maintained its acquired market share so we are hoping this one doesn’t get messed up like other Canadian banks that have struggled in the Southwest. banks by market value.”.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In this review of failure, we’ve looked in our venture capital database to find the most well-funded startup companies that ultimately failed or had an undesirable exit, such as an asset sale or an acquisition for less than the total funding raised by the company. The 101 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time. Total Funding: Over $100M.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 9, 2017

Startups working in construction tech have the potential to upend approaches to design, procurement, and operations. Select Investors : Brightpath Capital Partners, Skagen Group, Vision Ridge Partners. Select Investors : Claremont Creek Ventures, RockPort Capital, General Electric. Track Construction Tech Startups.

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CB Insights

JUNE 4, 2019

Leading brands such as Burberry, Gap, H&M, Nike, and Stella McCartney have joined forces to create the Make Fashion Circular initiative, which aims to transition the fashion sector to a circular operating model. The secondhand economy is projected to reach $64B by 2028, according to CB Insights’ market sizing tool.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

Globe Fintech Innovations of the Philippines, the FinTech arm of Globe Telecom and the operator of the mobile wallet GCash, has landed $175 million in additional venture funding. In a press release , Globe Fintech, known as Mynt, said Bow Wave Capital Management and other existing investors all participated in the fundraise.

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