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B2B Venture Capital: Corporate Social Media, Marijuana Procurement, and Big Data

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B2B FinTechs in the U.S. This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. Software-As-A-Service (SaaS). Honorable Mention.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1

Fintech Labs Insights

Payments via social media. HQ: Las Vegas, Nevada. The post Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Payments, mobile, social, Facebook, Startup Chile (investor). HQ: Grand Rapids, Michigan. Latest round: $900,000 Seed. Total raised: $1.5 DriveWealth.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

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FinTech threats and distractions. Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Oh, by the way, that Fintech darling of two years ago Lending Club?

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FinovateSpring 2015 Sneak Peek: Part 8

Fintech Labs Insights

Money Amigo is a social money interaction platform that solves the lack of simple and clustered services for the un- and underbanked. HQ: Las Vegas, Nevada. Whodini helps merchants engage customers using social media marketing, reaching loyal customers with targeted offers. Why it’s great. Founded: 2015.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

Many fintech companies out there are trying, very literally, to become the next Mint.com. Then, they spent an equal amount of time working on distributing that content both through social media (Reddit, personal finance forums) and through SEO (which wound up driving about 20% of Mint’s overall traffic).

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