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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Foursquare Acquires Placed From Snap
Foursquare Acquires Placed From Snap
May 31, 2019  |  Retail

At a time when Foursquare has notched $150 million in fresh funding, the location technology company has acquired Placed from Snap Inc. David Shim, the...

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Startup Pillar Aims To Help Students Pay Down Debt
Startup Pillar Aims To Help Students Pay Down Debt
May 30, 2019  |  Investments

A new startup named Pillar, which aims to help students pay down loan debt, recently received $5.5 million in seed money from Kleiner Perkins, according...

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Brex Hits $2B Valuation Two Years After Launch
Brex Hits $2B Valuation Two Years After Launch
May 30, 2019  |  Investments

San Francisco-based startup Brex is set to close on new funding at a valuation of more than $2 billion. Brex — which provides corporate credit...

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CRM Startup Pico Raises $4.5M In Stripe-Led Round
CRM Startup Pico Raises $4.5M In Stripe-Led Round
May 29, 2019  |  Investments

Pico, a startup aimed at helping companies cull revenue from subscription models, has raised $4.5 million in a funding round led by Stripe and Precursor...

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SoFi Raises $500M, Valuation Remains $4.3B
SoFi Raises $500M, Valuation Remains $4.3B
May 29, 2019  |  Investments

Social Finance (SoFi), a personal finance company, has raised half a billion dollars in a funding round led by Qatar, according to a report by...

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BalanceHero Recorded More Than $100M In GMV Sales
BalanceHero Recorded More Than $100M In GMV Sales
May 29, 2019  |  Digital Payments

BalanceHero, the startup behind the popular Indian digital payments app True Balance, has roughly 60 million registered users and recorded $100 million in gross merchandise...

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Innovating With Payments To Compete In Saturated Markets
Innovating With Payments To Compete In Saturated Markets
May 29, 2019  |  Today In Data

Gig, eCommerce and public utility firms are putting the spotlight on payment innovations to remain competitive in markets that are becoming increasingly saturated. In contactless payments news,...

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Upsie Raises $5M For Revamped Warranty Program
Upsie Raises $5M For Revamped Warranty Program
May 29, 2019  |  Investments

Warranty service company Upsie has raised $5 million in new funding, led by True Ventures. Techstars Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, The Syndicate Fund, M25 and angel...

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Teenager-Focused Digital Bank Wins Fresh Funding
Teenager-Focused Digital Bank Wins Fresh Funding
May 28, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Much thought is given to millennials and even Generation Z — consumers who were born during fixed periods of time, and who are having an increasing...

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