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JANUARY 22, 2019

In May Munchery said it was planning to focus on its largest market, which was San Francisco, in an effort to become profitable. That came after it shut down service in Seattle, Los Angels, and New York. That never happened, prompting its action earlier this week.

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That trend continues this week, with some San Francisco-grown AI thrown into the mix. Last week this space saw much of the largest fintech funding rounds taking place outside the U.S. This week we witnessed a major push forward in the process of collaboration between financial institutions (FIs) and startups. This Read More.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

The FinTech, which claims London as home, is likely to apply for a charter with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and California’s Division of Financial Institutions within the next few weeks, people with inside information told CNBC. The nature of the market for FinTech startups breaking into the larger U.S.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. Their ability to market and add banking functionality … is a natural fit.”.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

billion acquisition of Plaid, arguing that the deal would allow Visa to extend what the DOJ alleges is the company's control of the online debt market. This action reflects a lack of understanding of Plaid’s business and the highly competitive payments landscape in which Visa operates.”. 5) to block its planned $5.3

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MAY 2, 2019

Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is launching beer and cider delivery in select U.S. ” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. .” Customers can place their beer orders via the 7Now app.

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OCTOBER 4, 2020

Harris said SPACs have gone from 3 percent to 20 percent of the market during the recent rush in cases. There’s a real need for quick, confidential capital and price certainty and for sponsorship in the markets,” he said. And most of the SPACs that have been done have been more emerging growth SPACs, less cash flow more growth.”.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Stripe , the San Francisco-based company which works to build economic online infrastructure, announced in a press release that Mike Clayville , a 36-year sales veteran of companies like Amazon Web Service (AWS), VMware and BEA Systems, would be joining to help grow the company’s global sales organization.

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MAY 15, 2020

San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C. It was trending that way, and off-premise has definitely been a growing segment of the market, but in the last few weeks, we’ve definitely seen an acceleration of that.”. If the two giant delivery services merge, it would create the biggest restaurant food delivery operation nationwide.

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MARCH 21, 2019

The San Francisco-based fintech startup also announced it has surpassed $1 billion in bookings through its platform, which enables small businesses and freelancers to streamline processes from capturing leads and delivering proposals to sending invoices and […].

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MARCH 27, 2019

SigFig, a San Francisco fintech specializing in robo advice, today unveiled SigFig Atlas, an interactive platform for financial advice and software-guided sales that faces both retail banks and their customers.

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AUGUST 31, 2018

In the wake of the continued controversy over bike and scooter “littering,” one major proving ground — the city of San Francisco — has granted permits to only two dockless, bike-renting companies. Skip and Scoot will each operate 625 scooters in the city. Skip, which already operates in Washington D.C.,

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MARCH 17, 2020

There’s also the issue of the $5 billion given to WeWork directly from SoftBank, which was the company needed as it ran out of money to operate with. The deal wasn’t explicitly canceled, so the move could potentially be a negotiating one, or a way to postpone the investment during a time of market instability.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Amazon and Whole Foods’ Prime Now is now available in Annapolis, North and Central New Jersey, Cleveland, Louisville, Pittsburgh and additional San Francisco locations, according to an announcement. Grocery pickup, which came to market in August, is now available in eight cities, and Amazon said it has plans for “continued expansion.”.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Uber has turned profitable in all of its developed markets. The company’s operations in North America, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa are now returning profits, Financial Times reported. “We its most profitable market. We are number two in China, which means that we still have a ways to go,” Kalanick said.

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MARCH 19, 2019

According to a Fintech Finance report, Gottschalk will be based in San Francisco and will focus on strengthening the fund via investment opportunities in the region. Gottschalk comes to Santander InnoVentures from Blumberg Capital where he was principal for seven years based in San Francisco.

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MAY 31, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has many smaller property owners looking to unload their properties to save money, which could lead to big owners seeing a market ripe with purchasing opportunities, according to a CNBC report. Stay Alfred announced that it would be shutting down soon, while the other companies all announced layoffs and new debt.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Reis data indicates that the proportion of units sitting empty in some cities – with the inclusion of Birmingham, Alabama and Indianapolis, Indiana – is roughly four times higher than San Francisco, the Financial Times reported. However, the retail vacancy rate was under 7 percent in 17 cities, with San Francisco taking the lead at 4.1

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APRIL 8, 2020

The San Francisco-based company closed on Wednesday (April 8) at $16.83 Fortunately, despite weakness across nearly the entire advertising market, our exposure to some of the most affected segments like travel, automotive, and restaurants has not been significant.”. That’s up from analyst predictions of $267 million in revenues.

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JUNE 23, 2020

TiffinLabs opened in early 2019 and is operating some kitchens in Singapore, including digital-first restaurant brands Publico Pastabar and Hureideu – Korean Fried Chicken. market and assessing what needed to be done in terms of building demand and a network for supply, along with selecting the locations. . The first U.S.

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JUNE 21, 2019

While there were no mega-deals in the B2B startup funding realm this week, it was still a busy time for companies and investors, with many funders targeting companies operating in less common markets. The debt funding marks the largest provided to an Indian startup in about two years, reports in VCCircle said. Growth Street.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Eventbrite, the company that operates a platform to create, manage and sell tickets to events, filed an amended registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in which it said it is aiming to raise a $200 million initial public offering (IPO). At the midpoint, Eventbrite would have a market capitalization of $1.55

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

It added that the Russian eCommerce market has grown by 41 percent during the same period. The company is seeking to list its American depositary shares (ADSs) on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Ozon said it plans to use proceeds from the transaction to expand its business, which is still operating in the red.

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MAY 22, 2017

Menlo Ventures , the Silicon Valley venture capital firm, closed a new $450 million venture capital fund aimed at investing in early stage companies focused in the consumer, enterprise and so-called frontier technologies markets. The expansion to San Francisco will strengthen our partnerships with the next generation of entrepreneurs.”.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Target currently provides same-day service for in about 200 markets through 46 states. We’re always looking for ways to make shopping Target’s selection even easier,” John Mulligan, Target’s chief operating officer, said in a blog post. Looking forward, Target wants to continue growing.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

It’s now commercially operating in both Los Angeles and San Francisco. food delivery, boosting its market share from 29 percent to 37 percent. Postmates started trialing sidewalk delivery bots in 2017 and launched Serve in December 2018, with a commercial rollout planned in Los Angeles.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Owning Kindred Systems of San Francisco and Haddington Dynamics of Las Vegas will help Ocado tackle “one of the world’s hardest challenges in robotics, the picking and packing of groceries,” the company said in a press release on Monday (Nov. Ocado , a U.K.-based Although Ocado only claims 1.7

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MARCH 30, 2020

The new funding will assist the startup in speeding up team building, supply chain optimizations and market growth. The company provides its offering in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Seattle. Bigbasket competes against Amazon and Flipkart in the Indian eCommerce market.

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MAY 14, 2020

The two food delivery giants are said to be discussing a deal that would result in the biggest restaurant food delivery operation nationwide. Uber Eats has over 100,000 restaurants on its platform, amounting to roughly 20 percent of the market. Grubhub, with about 300,000 eateries, has about 30 percent of the market.

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JUNE 29, 2020

“We are excited to partner with Shift and its world-class management team as it leverages its technology platform to disrupt the $840+ billion used car market,” said Daniel Cohen, chairman of the board of directors of Insurance Acquisition Corp. Arison said the move was about adding capital to scale the company.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Tapping into Chicago’s rich history and incredible potential, we’ll be investing $200 million annually in the region, through headcount, real estate investment and other expenses to support Uber’s local operations,” Lior Ron, head of Uber Freight, wrote in a blog post.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Uber was declared “not fit and proper” to operate in London — the ride-hailing company’s largest European market — and now has three weeks to appeal, according to a Monday (Nov. London regulators refused to renew the ride-hailing company’s operating permit over safety concerns and drivers using false identities. . …

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MARCH 11, 2020

CIBO Express Gourmet Market, owned by hospitality group OTG, is located at Newark Liberty International Airport Terminal C, with more locations to follow in Newark and at LaGuardia Airport. OTG operates 350 restaurants and shops in 10 airports, including in Minneapolis, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Toronto. “OTG

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MAY 3, 2020

The lawsuit by SC Innovations, Sidecar’s successor, has been allowed to go forward by Judge Joseph Spero in San Francisco. The lawsuit alleges that Uber began offering low fares for passengers and better incentives for drivers to bust into the market.

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JULY 7, 2020

If approved by the SEC, nCino will be listed on NASDAQ’s Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “NCNO.”. Founded in 2012, nCino has raised $213 million in venture-backed funding, according to Crunchbase, the San Francisco provider of business data about private and public companies. million. . million, $22.3

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Called “Thrive with Grab,” the strategy is designed to tap into the region’s vast market where more than 70 percent of Southeast Asians are underbanked. The company said it will lay off 982 employees and furlough an additional 288 to trim operating costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The San Francisco-based company said in the Thursday (Nov. When it announced the deal in February, Vroozi noted it would enable the company to launch a procure-to-pay option aimed at mid-market companies in the two island nations. 19) release that it will add Simfoni’s spend analysis capabilities to its procure-to-pay solution.

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