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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French FinTech Bankin’ Enables Payments Via Bank Transfers
French FinTech Bankin’ Enables Payments Via Bank Transfers
January 29, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

A French banking startup called Bankin’ has introduced Bridge Pay, an application programming interface (API) that will let people make payments using bank transfers, according...

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Food Startup Thistle Raises $5.65M In Funding For Healthy Meal Delivery
Food Startup Thistle Raises $5.65M In Funding For Healthy Meal Delivery
January 28, 2020  |  Retail

Food startup Thistle aims to be something different in the field of culinary businesses as it delivers thrice-weekly bags full of healthy meals to those...

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Swedish Open Banking Startup Tink Closes €90M Funding Deal
Swedish Open Banking Startup Tink Closes €90M Funding Deal
January 20, 2020  |  Fintech Investments

Sweden’s open banking platform Tink raised €90 million in an investment round co-led by Dawn Capital, HMI Capital and Insight Partners, Tink announced on Monday...

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Apple Makes $200M Acquisition In Race For AI Dominance
Apple Makes $200M Acquisition In Race For AI Dominance
January 16, 2020  |  Apple

Apple shelled out $200 million for an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that makes smart devices smarter, topping bids by Microsoft, Amazon and Intel, according to...

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Tencent Leads $45M Funding Round For France P2P App Lydia
Tencent Leads $45M Funding Round For France P2P App Lydia
January 15, 2020  |  Investments

French payments startup Lydia closed a $45 million (40 million euro) series B round led by Tencent, with participation from existing investors CNP Assurances, XAnge...

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eScooter Startup Lime Exits 12 Markets, Fires 14 Pct. Of Staff
eScooter Startup Lime Exits 12 Markets, Fires 14 Pct. Of Staff
January 10, 2020  |  Gig Economy

Lime is striving to reach profitability in 2020 and is laying off about 14 percent of its workforce — roughly 100 people — and ceasing...

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How A New Name Sparked An Unattended Retail Turnaround
How A New Name Sparked An Unattended Retail Turnaround
January 08, 2020  |  Retail

Shakespeare famously wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet,” proving two things at...

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Facebook Co-founder Among New Investors In VC Firm Antler
Facebook Co-founder Among New Investors In VC Firm Antler
January 06, 2020  |  Fintech Investments

The early-stage venture capital (VC) startup Antler has raised $50 million from new investors that include Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin, according to reports on Monday...

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India’s InMobi Ad Platform Sees 53 Pct. Increase In YOY Losses
India’s InMobi Ad Platform Sees 53 Pct. Increase In YOY Losses
January 05, 2020  |  Investments

Indian unicorn startup InMobi reported a net loss of ₹54 crore in the fiscal year ending in March of last year, which is a year-on-year...

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