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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

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Emailage raised an undisclosed sum for its fraud prevention technology keyed off email address. HQ: Denver, Colorado. Community platform for investors. HQ: Denver, Colorado. Fraud solutions based on email addresses. Fraud solutions based on email addresses. Alt-lender to students. Source: Crunchbase , WSJ.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raise $100 Million Week Ending Dec 11

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Four Finovate alums were among the bunch: CBANC Network took in $4 million for it’s community bank information network. million to further card-fraud methods. Community financial institution research network. HQ: Denver, Colorado. Only two companies topped 7-figures, real estate specialist EasyProperty ($37.6

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Walmart Tops In Robbers

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Walmart stores in the Denver metro area were the subject of a recent 9News investigative report that found that the chain’s stores tend to be the biggest source of police calls in the region — to the point where city officials are calling on the company to take action in order to reduce the strain it is creating on the department’s resources.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

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And then there were some uncommon and more dramatic causes of failure, including: Financial fraud. via Denver Post. Select VC Investors: Community Investment Management, Brevet Capital Management, Trinity Ventures, Giles Raymond. We analyzed 100+ startup failure post-mortems and identified the top 20 reasons startups fail.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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Fresco’s head of community marketing, Johnathan Hamiter, began sending employees private Slack messages saying funding seemed “pretty bleak” and encouraging them to look for other jobs. Imzy was created by former Reddit employees Dan McComas and Jessica Moreno as a safer, friendlier version of the popular community site. Around 4 p.m.,

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