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. Stripe went on to raise a seed round from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, and PayPal founders Peter Thiel and Elon Musk in 2011.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. With large banks, including Ally and Capital One, officially doing away with overdraft fees, banks and credit unions will have to decide how they want to handle the new reality.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. However, the model doesn’t currently allow companies to issue new shares, meaning that DPOs do not raise any capital for the company. STAYING PRIVATE.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Oscillating government attitudes toward solar energy have also impacted the space, and while the costs of solar energy have improved dramatically in recent years, incentives still play a vital role in many regions. This tax increase might push solar costs in the industry back five years, substantially slowing the growth from the Obama era.

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