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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Postmates Raises $300M On $1.2B Valuation
Postmates Raises $300M On $1.2B Valuation
September 18, 2018  |  Investments

Postmates, the on-demand delivery company, announced on Tuesday (Sept. 18) that it has raised $300 million in venture funding. In a press release, Postmates said the...

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B2B Venture Capitalists Have Their Heads In The Cloud
B2B Venture Capitalists Have Their Heads In The Cloud
September 14, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The cloud is nowhere near a “new” technology, but it did take the enterprise a few years to trust the tool — particularly amid the...

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China Accelerates Blockchain Patent Activity
China Accelerates Blockchain Patent Activity
September 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

In tech, innovation is everything. In innovation, intellectual property is, well, almost everything — it can be the hardware, the software, the processes that comes...

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China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block
China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block
September 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Patents can be the springboard to competitive advantage.  In the blockchain space, China (and Alibaba) dominate new patent filings.  Crypto crackdown aside, here's what China...

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Unmortgage Aims For Financial Inclusion In Housing Market
Unmortgage Aims For Financial Inclusion In Housing Market
September 11, 2018  |  Investments

London startup Unmortgage has just closed a £10 million (just over $13 million USD) seed round as it prepares to launch its “part-own, part-rent” platform...

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TransferWise Reports $3.9B In Transaction Volume/Month
TransferWise Reports $3.9B In Transaction Volume/Month
September 11, 2018  |  Investments

London-based money transfer firm TransferWise has revealed that has been profitable for the second year in a row. One of Europe’s largest FinTech startups, TransferWise reported an...

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Machine Learning Startup Streamlines Legal Work With $65M In Funding
Machine Learning Startup Streamlines Legal Work With $65M In Funding
September 10, 2018  |  Investments

Atrium, the startup that digitizes legal documents, announced on Monday (Sept. 10) that it has raised $65 million in venture funding. In a blog post,...

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Freelance Platform Upwork Seeks $100M In IPO
Freelance Platform Upwork Seeks $100M In IPO
September 07, 2018  |  IPO

Joining many Bay Area companies seeking to go public in 2018, Upwork Inc. is reportedly looking to bring in $100 million through an initial public...

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Fulfillment Startup ShipBob Notches $40M In Series C Funding
Fulfillment Startup ShipBob Notches $40M In Series C Funding
September 07, 2018  |  Retail

To assist eCommerce merchants with the fulfillment process, ShipBob has notched $40 million in Series C funding. The raise comes on the heels of a...

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