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DoorDash, mRelief Pair On Food Stamps For Low-Wage Workers

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Startup mRelief, which helps low-income workers access food stamps, is teaming up with food delivery startup DoorDash to offer DoorDash credit to people eligible for food stamps in San Francisco, according to a report in TechCrunch. Last year, the startup debuted an end-to-end process to aid food stamp enrollment in San Francisco.

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Farfetch Raises $250M To Grow Luxury Fashion Platform

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Tencent is a global technology company based in Shenzhen, China, and Dragoneer is an investment firm based in San Francisco. We are delighted to have the opportunity to invest in Farfetch at this stage in the company’s growth story,” said Marc Stad, founder and managing partner of Dragoneer.

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Indian Digital Payments Platform Cashfree Lands $35M From Apis Partners  

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“As digital payments proliferate globally, the Indian market continues to represent one of the most exciting opportunities that we see in the world,” Apis Co-Founder and Managing Partner Udayan Goyal said in the press release. Cashfree has maintained a leadership position in this space and is now going through a period of rapid growth.”.

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Investors Tap Into The Promise Of High-Tech Data Analytics In The Enterprise

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It was a busy time for B2B venture capital this week, and while funding ranged across verticals from expense management to SaaS, there was a clear theme in investment rounds: high-tech data analytics. Data Management. The company said it will use the backing to focus on its go-to-market strategy and expand existing leadership.

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Data Dive, Early Fireworks Edition: Alphabet, Postmates, Costco And H&M

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Some were surprising — the like big leadership change at Google — while others were a bit more worrying, like the cold front that has hit Postmates particularly hard. As for the biggest burst … The Big Leadership Switch At Google. Just in time for a new decade, Alphabet’s leadership is getting a big switch.

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Surprise Outcomes Edition: Cybercrime, Student Loans And CAN Capital

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The experts estimate that the United States government spent millions trying to enforce it and deprived the states of billions in tax revenue — all without managing to make any significant change in American alcohol consumption. San Francisco’s Muni public transit system was reportedly hit by a ransomware attack last weekend (Nov.

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US B2B Startups Dominate $337 Million Worth Of Funding

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Focussing on home-service businesses like residential plumbing and electrical companies, ServiceTitan offers workflow and field service management solutions. A $16 million Series A funding round will help this California startup scale up and expand its teams, which operate in Brazil and San Francisco. Back-Office. ServiceTitan.

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