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PayPal Provides $5M In Grants To Support Minority Businesses

PYMNTS

The nonprofits include: 1863 Ventures , Association for Enterprise Opportunity , African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs , Baltimore Business Lending , Black Girl Ventures , Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Micro Finance Group , EnrichHER , Expanding Black Business Credit Initiative , Grameen America , Kiva , MORTAR , Nebraska Enterprise (..)

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The United States Of Venture Capital: The Most Active VC In Each State

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Using CB Insights data, we analyzed the most active venture capital firm in each state, based on unique tech investments from 2014 to 2019 YTD (1/24/19). We excluded debt deals and only considered venture capital, corporate venture capital, super angel, and growth equity firms. Merus Capital. BIP Capital.

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Cabela’s Bids Expected This Week

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bank Capital One Financial Corp., Cabela’s investor Elliott Management last year disclosed an 11 percent stake in Sidney, Nebraska-based Cabela’s and is reportedly urging a sale to pull value out of the hard-hit by recent trends retail operation. in late trading, giving Cabela’s a market capitalization of $3.7

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This Time, We Want You To Drink The Kool-Aid

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It’s even flavored in much the same way as it was when Edwin Perkins first set up shop in Hastings, Nebraska in 1927. “We We imagine, though we can’t be certain, that the good people of Hastings, Nebraska, and most of Kraft’s executive team deeply wishes Jim Jones had been more of a Tang fan. Everything You Need To Know About Kool-Aid.

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The Blockchain Wave Isn’t Always Smooth Sailing

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More big names strengthened their blockchain ties this week, too, including IBM and the venture capital arm of Comcast, Comcast Ventures, which announced their support for a new blockchain accelerator, MState. Kodak surely welcomed a stock bump of up to 77 percent on Tuesday (Jan.

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Darkstore eCommerce Fulfillment Firm Raises $21M

PYMNTS

including Honolulu, Toledo, Ohio and Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in May of 2016, San Francisco-based Darkstore offers a platform that enables on-demand, same-day and 2-day delivery options for eCommerce sites. Darkstore currently has more than 600 fulfillment centers across 39 cities in the U.S.,

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Fat Brain Toys Navigates Pandemic With Agile Business Model

PYMNTS

The pandemic has had a strange, though mostly positive effect on the toy industry,” Mark Carson , CEO of Nebraska-based Fat Brain Toys tells PYMNTS. Then there are the educational and “authentic play” companies that are the godsend of every parent who has had to tell their child to “go play with your toys” since March.

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