Venture Capital

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

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Berkshire Hathaway Has Been Investing In FinTech This Year
Berkshire Hathaway Has Been Investing In FinTech This Year
October 29, 2018  |  Investments

Berkshire Hathaway, the Warren Buffett investment company, has been getting in on the FinTech market, investing hundreds of millions of dollars during the past few...

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Small Business FinTech Takes Center Stage With VCs
Small Business FinTech Takes Center Stage With VCs
October 26, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Cybersecurity investment probably won’t let up anytime soon. Indeed, this week did see some cybersecurity funding action, with several big-name backers participating in the $85...

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Nest Rival tado° Raises $50M From Amazon, Others
Nest Rival tado° Raises $50M From Amazon, Others
October 25, 2018  |  Investments

Munich-based tado°, the intelligent home climate management company, announced on Thursday (Oct. 25) that it has landed a $50 million investment from investors, including Amazon....

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Bitcoin Daily: Nasdaq Awarded Blockchain Newswire Patent; Blockchain Protocol From MIT Professor Snags $62M
Bitcoin Daily: Nasdaq Awarded Blockchain Newswire Patent; Blockchain Protocol From MIT Professor Snags $62M
October 25, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Nasdaq gained a patent for technology that would use blockchain to release time-sensitive information at the right moment, CoinDesk reported. As it stands, newswire and...

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PayPal Invests In Emerging Markets Lending App Tala
PayPal Invests In Emerging Markets Lending App Tala
October 22, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

Tala, the consumer lending app in emerging markets, announced Monday (Oct. 22) a strategic investment from PayPal. In a press release, Tala said the undisclosed...

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VCs Back Startups’ Solutions For Siloed Enterprise Data
VCs Back Startups’ Solutions For Siloed Enterprise Data
October 19, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Though B2B FinTech firms looking to disrupt small business (SMB) banking and expense management made some noise this week, the real focus for B2B venture...

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Instacart Raises $600M At $7.6B Valuation
Instacart Raises $600M At $7.6B Valuation
October 16, 2018  |  Investments

Instacart, the retailers’ delivery service, raised $600 million in a fresh round of funding, giving it a valuation of $7.6 billion. According to a report...

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Software Procurement Plays Favorites With B2B Investors
Software Procurement Plays Favorites With B2B Investors
October 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Cybersecurity is likely to remain a favorite among B2B investors into the foreseeable future, so it’s no surprise that the industry landed on the board...

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Brex’s Plan For Its New $125M In Funding
Brex’s Plan For Its New $125M In Funding
October 12, 2018  |  Investments

When Brex CEO Henrique Dubugras first started out as an entrepreneur, his first destination wasn’t finance — it was virtual reality (VR) technology. But that changed...

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