funding

Funding is the act of providing financial resources, usually in the form of money, or other values such as effort or time, to finance a need, program, and project, usually by an organization or company.

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Virgin Money Takes Big Haul In RBS Innovation Fund
Virgin Money Takes Big Haul In RBS Innovation Fund
September 23, 2020  |  Investments

Virgin Money said on Wednesday (Sept. 23) that it has landed the equivalent of $44.7 million from the United Kingdom’s Capability Innovation Fund, which was...

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Cloud Software Co. Mirakl Raises $300M
Cloud Software Co. Mirakl Raises $300M
September 22, 2020  |  Investments

Mirakl, the cloud-based eCommerce software company headquartered in Paris, has raised $300 million in its latest funding round, Bloomberg News reported. Led by Permira, the...

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Social Calendar App IRL Lands $16M In Series B Funding Round
Social Calendar App IRL Lands $16M In Series B Funding Round
September 22, 2020  |  Investments

IRL, or In Real Life, the social calendar startup created to help users meet over shared experiences, announced a $16 million Series B funding round...

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Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations
Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations
September 18, 2020  |  Digital Banking

On a day that saw a stock market rout – particularly on the tech-heavy Nasdq, which was down 1 percent – in at least some...

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Next Insurance Looks To Secure $250M Funding Round To Reach $2.25B Valuation
Next Insurance Looks To Secure $250M Funding Round To Reach $2.25B Valuation
September 18, 2020  |  Investments

Next Insurance, the online insurance provider for small businesses, is negotiating a deal to raise new capital in a round that would value the FinTech...

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Today In Payments: Affirm Raises $500M; US Offices At 50 Pct Capacity In August
Today In Payments: Affirm Raises $500M; US Offices At 50 Pct Capacity In August
September 18, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Affirm raised $500 million, and U.S. offices were reportedly at only half capacity in August. Plus, the European Union could pass...

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Subscription Business Models Lead B2B VC Funding
Subscription Business Models Lead B2B VC Funding
September 18, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Venture capital appears to be picking back up in the B2B technology startup community. This week saw an impressive $324 million in combined funding for...

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Musicians Pick Up The Tempo On Adopting Digital Payments
Musicians Pick Up The Tempo On Adopting Digital Payments
September 18, 2020  |  Digital Payments

The conventional wisdom may hold that creative types — musicians among them — are not the savviest of business mavens. Anecdotes abound, of course, in...

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Affirm Raises $500M, Adds Bi-Weekly Plan
Affirm Raises $500M, Adds Bi-Weekly Plan
September 17, 2020  |  Investments

Affirm, a San Francisco-based point-of-sale (POS), buy now, pay later (BNPL) lender, announced a $500 million series G round of funding Thursday (Sept. 17) in...

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