startups

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.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

WAYV Lands Seed Funding For Cannabis B2B Procurement Platform
WAYV Lands Seed Funding For Cannabis B2B Procurement Platform
October 31, 2018  |  B2B Payments

With cannabis legalization expanding around the globe, marijuana-targeting FinTech startups are a growing breed, too. The latest to secure venture capital is WAYV, a procurement...

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Finlok And Building Better Financial Services For Young Indian Consumers
Finlok And Building Better Financial Services For Young Indian Consumers
October 30, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

In the course of conversations with many innovators and entrepreneurs about how they ended up founding the firms they founded, we tend to hear something...

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Jay-Z, Google-Backed InsurTech Co Ethos Gain $100M Valuation
Jay-Z, Google-Backed InsurTech Co Ethos Gain $100M Valuation
October 30, 2018  |  Investments

Ethos, a startup that claims to process life insurance applications in minutes, has raised $35 million in venture funding. CNBC, citing the company, reported the...

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Naspers Invests $300M In South Africa Startups
Naspers Invests $300M In South Africa Startups
October 30, 2018  |  Investments

Naspers has announced that it has created an R1.4bn ($300 million) startup fund to boost the technology sector in South Africa. Naspers Foundry, which will...

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How FinTech Startups Tackle Cyber Threats With Agile Development
How FinTech Startups Tackle Cyber Threats With Agile Development
October 29, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

Privacy is not an afterthought with the “privacy by design” mindset, and FinTech startups may take a similar approach with data security. In that sense,...

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ByteDance Now Has A Valuation That Surpasses Uber
ByteDance Now Has A Valuation That Surpasses Uber
October 28, 2018  |  Startups

ByteDance, the Chinese media company, closed a $3 billion funding round led by SoftBank, making it the largest privately backed startup in the world. Bloomberg,...

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Building A Better Customer Experience For Payments
Building A Better Customer Experience For Payments
October 24, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

When it comes to the customer experience, Denise Leleux looks through multiple lenses. The former Tesla executive, who AvidXchange recently hired as its senior vice...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bank Of Canada Tests DLT; Crypto Startup Uphold Gets Into Loans
Bitcoin Daily: Bank Of Canada Tests DLT; Crypto Startup Uphold Gets Into Loans
October 23, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The SBI Group plans to license Sepior ApS’ wallet technology to use in its own wallet, which will become a part of its digital currency...

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Scentbird And The Sweet Smell Of Direct-To-Consumer Success
Scentbird And The Sweet Smell Of Direct-To-Consumer Success
October 22, 2018  |  Retail

Perfume can be an expensive indulgence, particularly if one’s signature scent happens to be a designer perfume. Paying north of $300 to $500 for a...

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