PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Selling fast food these days is not exactly for the faint of heart, given how the industry faces extreme — and increasingly online — competition for the consumer dollar. Those competitive pressures have led to a host of new tools, features and offerings. The latest? Combining cannabis culture with hamburgers. Denver CBD Burger.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

As internet retailers are expanding their operations into brick-and-mortar operations (think Warby Parker, Argent, Bonobos, and BaubleBar ), venture capitalists are also investing in “physical-first” startups focused on creating new brick-and-mortar business models. Select VC Investors: Otium Capital.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

We were thrilled to report that the health of those businesses that line the side streets and main streets of Any Town, USA are not only healthy and growing but making the local economies in which they operate healthy, too. And, that’s not all the good news. Big Retail’s Online Checkout Conversions.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2018

Party City CEO James Harrison said in a statement , “The creation of a Toy City concept to complement our temporary seasonal retail strategy is a logical extension of our brand, one that will allow us to leverage our existing pop-up store capabilities and capitalize on the category whitespace that has recently been created.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

In a letter to Terry London, chairman of Pier 1’s board, Alden Global Capital had harsh words , saying that London and the board “cannot be trusted to protect the best interest of Pier 1 shareholders.”. Using Apple’s iOS platform, guests place orders through their smartphones and pick up at its “Midtown East Shack” in New York City.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2017

It started out as an online, on-demand iPhone repair company. It’s somewhat morphing into this idea that technology should be easy, and with each new smartphone or IOT device, it turns out life gets more complex rather than easier. AJF: So, I previously ran a beekeeping operation with my brother, and I also started a winery with him.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 4, 2015

The debt financing adds to the more than $4 million in equity capital Socure has earned. million investment last November that featured participation from ff Venture Capital, Founder Collective, and Two Sigma Ventures. To learn more about our upcoming conference in New York City, visit our FinovateFall 2015 page.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 28, 2015

Founder and CEO of LendKey Vince Passione pointed to the way his company served as the bridge between traditional lenders and the opportunities in online ending. In addition to more capital, LendKey announced new talent additions, as well. Anne Sharkey, SVP Loan Operations. Mike Stallmeyer, SVP Finance.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 8, 2015

The annual LendIt conference was held last month at Times Square in New York City and GonzoLender descended boldly on the scene to evaluate the mysterious underbelly of digital lending. The SMB market is dominated almost equally by OnDeck and CAN Capital. Small and Midsize Business (SMB).

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 9, 2016

Its online marketplace conducts secondary transactions where users buy and sell existing shares of private companies with at least $100 million in enterprise value. All three have previous experience in financial services and have collectively called New York City home for over 20 years.

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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.” Both companies have a tremendous data advantage as they seek to understand and influence consumer behavior in-store and online. ” — Daniel Zhang, CEO, Alibaba Group.

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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

MARCH 6, 2019

After soaring to a multi-billion-dollar valuation behind an iconic founder, a team of prominent backers, and a promise to revolutionize blood testing, Theranos officially ceased operations in 2018. That July, it banned Holmes from owning or operating a lab for two years. The rise and fall of Theranos. The rise and fall of Pets.com.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. Pixelon: Online video vaporware. Select Investors: AllianceBernstein, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Glade Brook Capital Partners. Select Investors: CapitalG, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Pritzker Group Venture Capital. Total Funding: $490M.

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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. ” — Alistair Davidson, CFO, Ikea.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 5, 2016

. “To stay one-step ahead of the market demand,” Dashlane’s Malaika Nicholas wrote on the company blog , “Google and Dashlane are helping create a seamless, universally-acceptable Android app authentication solution to increase your online security.” In May, Dashlane raised $22.5

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

In the wake of the outbreak, everything from doctors appointments to schooling to workouts went online. Education: Technology and online content make the classroom optional. Online courses & content. Retail: Shopping goes even more online as grocery joins the e-commerce revolution. Online grocery. 3D printing.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 25, 2016

Two Finovate alums raised fresh capital: Emailage raised another $5 million for its email-based fraud prevention solutions. Aire raised an undisclosed amount to further its new credit scoring system. Equities markets operator. HQ: New York City. Online invoicing & payments platform. million IPO.

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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. For example, ThredUp , which has raised over $125M in funding, is a resale website for buying and selling secondhand clothes.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 14, 2016

Bank operating system. HQ: New York City. Risk management for capital markets. HQ: New York City. Tags: SMB, lending, alt-lender, commerical loans, trade finance, billing, invoicing, cash flow, working capital. Latest round: $17.7 million Series C. Total raised: $65.7 Latest round: $15.67

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

DBS leaders expect to see more than 5,000 people actively innovating DBS’ services and operations at DAX each year. Capital One — Capital One Labs. Key people: James Patterson, Managing VP & Head of Capital One Labs at Capital One. Partnership Fund for New York City and Accenture — FinTech Innovation Lab.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Despite this, the rise of e-commerce is blurring the lines between physical and online retail and some traditional retailers have already fallen victim to the retail apocalypse. Zenreach , for example, has raised $94M from investors including First Round Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and 8VC.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

That trend is only increasing — and those who may not use mobile bank apps use online channels and even self-service options at ATMs to do those same things. Facebook’s ask seems driven less by the need for consumer convenience and more by the need to deliver on the promise that Messenger could use chatbots to drive a new revenue stream.

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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. Los Angeles : The arts capital of the world. Bookstores could sell millions of different books.

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CB Insights

JUNE 7, 2018

Or is it merely the standard operating procedure for today’s savviest advertisers? The topic is certainly catching media attention, with 2018 seeing a drastic uptick in “psychographics” mentions across news outlets, largely because of the recent Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal. The app took the form of an online personality quiz.

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