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.

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How The Pandemic Underscores The Digital-First Startup Strategy
How The Pandemic Underscores The Digital-First Startup Strategy
January 15, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Each organization laid out its own path to reconcile with the sudden impacts of the pandemic earlier last year. For larger firms, investment in digital-first...

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Germany’s Delivery Hero Introduces Its Own Venture Capital Fund
Germany’s Delivery Hero Introduces Its Own Venture Capital Fund
January 12, 2021  |  Startups

German food delivery platform Delivery Hero is launching its own early-stage venture capital (VC) firm — DX Ventures — that will be managed independently to...

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Snap To Buy Digital Mapping Startup StreetCred; Adds To Location Strategy
Snap To Buy Digital Mapping Startup StreetCred; Adds To Location Strategy
January 11, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Snap, parent of social media company Snapchat, has bought New York City-based StreetCred, which is working on a platform for location data, according to a...

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Walmart Creates FinTech Startup
Walmart Creates FinTech Startup
January 11, 2021  |  Walmart

From big box retailer to payments provider — from consumer-focused behemoth to financial services juggernaut? Perhaps. Walmart announced Monday (Jan. 11) in a press release...

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Nothing Good To Watch On Netflix Or Prime? Streaming Startup Struum Seeks Tired Viewers
Nothing Good To Watch On Netflix Or Prime? Streaming Startup Struum Seeks Tired Viewers
January 08, 2021  |  Streaming

With an all-star media management team and deep-pocketed big name financial backers, the world’s newest video streaming service, Struum, announced that it is preparing to...

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Livestream Auction Startup Whatnot Notches $4 Million Seed
Livestream Auction Startup Whatnot Notches $4 Million Seed
December 18, 2020  |  Retail

The livestream collectibles auction platform Whatnot has raised $4 million in a seed funding round backed by Scribble Ventures, Wonder Ventures, Y Combinator, and others....

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Unit Raises $18.6 Million For Banking Integration
Unit Raises $18.6 Million For Banking Integration
December 08, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Unit has raised $18.6 million in a funding round to go toward the startup’s goal of providing a way for third parties to integrate banking...

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Got $25 Million? Six Payments Execs Share Their Post-Pandemic Startup Ideas
Got $25 Million? Six Payments Execs Share Their Post-Pandemic Startup Ideas
December 03, 2020  |  Innovation

Catastrophe breeds innovation — at least in terms of new business concepts. But capital brings those concepts to life. And in a roundtable with Karen...

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Report: Amazon Eyes Buying Startup Wondery As Entry To Podcasts
Report: Amazon Eyes Buying Startup Wondery As Entry To Podcasts
December 02, 2020  |  Amazon

Amazon is in talks to purchase of podcast maker Wondery, a startup that could help the tech giant push more into the burgeoning podcast sector,...

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