Startup

A startup or start up is a company or project initiated by an entrepreneur to seek, effectively develop, and validate a scalable business model. Hence, the concepts of startups and entrepreneurship are similar.

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India Lodging Startup OYO Raises $1.5B Led By Founder, SoftBank
India Lodging Startup OYO Raises $1.5B Led By Founder, SoftBank
October 07, 2019  |  Investments

India-based hotel and booking startup OYO announced a $1.5 billion funding round led by founder Ritesh Agarwal, SoftBank’s Vision Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia...

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Coinbase Eyeing Omni’s Crypto Engineering Team For Acquihire
Coinbase Eyeing Omni’s Crypto Engineering Team For Acquihire
October 07, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Coinbase is reportedly in talks to acquire rentals startup Omni’s engineering team. Two sources told TechCrunch that Omni also laid off seven operations team members...

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Kazakh FinTech Rumored To Aim For $5B IPO Valuation
Kazakh FinTech Rumored To Aim For $5B IPO Valuation
September 16, 2019  |  IPO

A FinTech group from Kazakhstan part-owned by Baring Vostok and Goldman Sachs is structuring a London IPO that is the largest listing by a central...

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Seattle Startup Delivers Discounted Local Produce To Low-Income Families
Seattle Startup Delivers Discounted Local Produce To Low-Income Families
September 15, 2019  |  Delivery

The Seattle startup Pacific Coast Harvest, which connects local farms and home delivery, is now offering a discount program to assist low-income families, GeekWire reported...

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Stripe Expands European Presence
Stripe Expands European Presence
September 10, 2019  |  Payment Methods

San Francisco-based Payments startup Stripe is rolling out its services in eight new European countries, the company said in a press release on Monday (Sept....

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How FinTech Apps Can Ace Security
How FinTech Apps Can Ace Security
September 10, 2019  |  AML

Businesses that fail to comply with anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) regulations risk major regulator fines and irreparable damage to customer relationships...

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Digital Bank Chime Offers Overdraft Protection To Its 5M Customers
Digital Bank Chime Offers Overdraft Protection To Its 5M Customers
September 04, 2019  |  Digital Banking

Chime, a digital banking startup based in San Francisco, said it has reached a threshold of five million customers and plans to introduce a new...

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Megvii AI Startup Files For Hong Kong IPO
Megvii AI Startup Files For Hong Kong IPO
August 27, 2019  |  IPO

AI startup Megvii Technology has filed for a public listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The Beijing-based company, known for its facial recognition brand...

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Incorta CEO On Data Analytics Beyond Warehouse, In Real Time
Incorta CEO On Data Analytics Beyond Warehouse, In Real Time
August 26, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Traditional data warehousing is slow – and doesn’t let companies access information they need in real time, which is critical in the fight against fraud. ...

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