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Inside Clearbanc’s ‘Alt VC’ Model For eCommerce Startups
Inside Clearbanc’s ‘Alt VC’ Model For eCommerce Startups
December 20, 2018  |  Investments

Capital tied to equity can be expensive, time-consuming and sometimes deflating. Funding negotiations and deals are complex. A business might end up trading chunks of...

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Google Invests In Japanese AI Company ABEJA
Google Invests In Japanese AI Company ABEJA
December 05, 2018  |  Investments

Google, in an unusual move, has invested in Japanese AI and machine learning company ABEJA during a follow-on funding round, according to a report. The...

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Veterans Face New SMB Financing Challenges
Veterans Face New SMB Financing Challenges
November 09, 2018  |  SMBs

It stands as one of the most famous economic programs in U.S. history, and it helped created modern middle-class consumer culture — the same culture...

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Curve Aims To Become The ‘Amazon Of Banking’
Curve Aims To Become The ‘Amazon Of Banking’
October 05, 2018  |  Innovation

An Amazon of banking? That’s the description — perhaps clichéd but still apt — applied to FinTech firm Curve, which is on the hunt for...

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Snap Shareholders Can Pursue Lawsuit
Snap Shareholders Can Pursue Lawsuit
June 11, 2018  |  Legal

Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP), the maker of the disappearing messaging app Snapchat, saw a court ruling that gave investors the green light to pursue a...

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Lendix Notches $37M Amid European Expansion
Lendix Notches $37M Amid European Expansion
June 04, 2018  |  Europe

After raising $37 million in a funding round backed by investors such as Idinvest and Allianz, French lending platform Lendix is eyeing expansion in Europe....

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Tidelift Amid Firms Lifted By Tide Of VC Capital
Tidelift Amid Firms Lifted By Tide Of VC Capital
May 25, 2018  |  B2B Payments

From open source software to high tech talent outsourcing, B2B firms at the startup (and stealth!) phases picked up funding this past week, including firms...

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Africa FinTech Leads This Week’s B2B Investments, Breaks Record
Africa FinTech Leads This Week’s B2B Investments, Breaks Record
May 18, 2018  |  B2B Payments

After a few quiet weeks, U.S. B2B startups in the small business banking, expense management and analytics sectors led this week’s investment roundup, securing more...

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Investors Impressed By Mix Of AI And Analytics
Investors Impressed By Mix Of AI And Analytics
May 11, 2018  |  B2B Payments

With more than $175 million raised for B2B startups this week, the undoubted winner was a California-based artificial intelligence data analytics company – a sign,...

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