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This Week In Insurance Tech: Policygenius Raises $100M, Lemonade Enters Pet Insurance, Nationwide Expands Digital Footprint

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Gabi , a San Francisco-based digital broker for home and car insurance, raised a $27M Series B led by Mubadala Capital. Capital, AngelList, Burst Capital, Canvas Ventures, CMFG Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Project A Ventures, and Securian Financial Group also participated in the round. .

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Chapter 11 Watch: Hockey Chain Put On Ice, California Livin’ Goes Bust In Hong Kong

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Brick-and-mortar retail will forever remember the day that Nintendo released Pokémon GO , a mobile game that has caused millions of millennials to suddenly discover outside again. “I believe we can take those stores and make them better with some capital, improved assortment and mix of products.” ” Layoffs.

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8 Connected-Economy Firms Expected To Light Up The IPO Market In 2021

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Robinhood offers an easy-to-use app to trade stocks commission-free, making the company popular with millennials. A February funding round valued Roblox at $4 billion, raising $150 million as venture-capital powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz joining existed investors like Altos Ventures and Tiger Global Management.

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Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $330 Million Week Ending Jan 15

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Millennial saving & investing app. Startup capital raising platform. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Tags: SMB, capital, crowdfunding, equity, investing. Latest round: $3.1 million Seed. Total raised: $4.2 HQ: New York City. Source: FT Partners. Latest round: $3 million Seed. Total raised: $3 million. Source: Crunchbase.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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Instead, new millennial-inspired and tech-infused dining trends have been emerging across the US and internationally. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts). Dining out. the Future of food report.

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Piece By Piece: 14 Offsite Construction Companies Transforming The Building Industry

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Select Investors : Brightpath Capital Partners, Skagen Group, Vision Ridge Partners. Select Investors : Claremont Creek Ventures, RockPort Capital, General Electric. Headquarters: Acton, Massachusetts. The company is targeting mobile millennials who seek small, affordable housing options. Disclosed Funding: $180M.

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