The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A startup usually can't afford to establish a complete finance organization with accountants, controllers, planners, and tax specialists right from the beginning. To establish an effective finance function for a startup, the process can be divided into three stages.

Startups 52

Startups Finance CFO Forecasting 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Taking the pulse of where we stand coming into the last few months of 2019, deal activity has seemingly been concentrated within the alternative finance and investment arenas. As was reported during September, Groww , a startup based in Bangalore, said that it raised $21.4 Of that, logistics holds sway, at just over 29.5

Finance 57

Finance Concentration Startups Investments 57

Global Finance

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Mexico continues to post record numbers for many of its economic indicators. But 66 million Mexicans, or 51% of the population, remain unbanked , creating cross-border payment and remittance opportunities for nearly 1,000 fintech startups. Mexican fintechs eye a piece of the nearshoring pie.

Banking 64

Banking Concentration Startups Economics 64

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

As with Altruist, the ‘other’ new startup RIA custodian to launch in recent years, Entrustody is pledging to have a more modern interface with a better user experience, more and deeper integrations, and a more transparent price structure than ‘traditional’ custody services.

Compliance 130

Compliance Communication Planning Concentration 130

PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

Wish’s filing follows a number of startups, including Snowflake, Palantir Technologies and Asana, seeking opportunities amid a crush of investors, Reuters reported. The filing comes on the heels of the popular mobile shopping app raising $300 million in a recent Series H funding round.

eCommerce 56

eCommerce Concentration Valuation Startups 56

PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

As Verdon told Webster, embracing platforms such as the one offered by Railsbank — which enables companies to issue unique international bank account numbers (IBANs), receive and send money and issue and manage cards — means that banking becomes a service rather than a series or suite of separate products. in sight, too. “We’re

Banking 92

Banking Accounting Concentration Leverage 92

Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2024

What do those numbers look like, if I’m holding a few 100 stocks instead? Barry Ritholtz : That’s a huge number. They want to diversify away from that concentrated position and at the same time not pay a giant tax bill if, you know, if it could be avoided Ari Rosenbaum : Exactly right. 400, 450, 500.

Concentration 98

Concentration Investments Accounting Marketing 98

PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2020

Sujith Narayanan and Sumit Gwalani, both co-founders of Google Pay India — formerly called Google Tez — said the seed funding brings the neo-bank startup epiFi to a valuation of roughly $50 million. Co-founder Gwalani, chief product and technology officer, said the startup has about 24 employees, some coming from Netflix, Flipkart and PayPal.

Concentration 40

Concentration Startups Valuation Financial Systems 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

Seattle-based startup Joe Coffee built a platform to enable customers of local coffee shops to pre-order and pay for their drinks on mobile devices. Despite big investments by major chains, independent businesses have also been testing mobile order-ahead services. Washington, D.C.-based

Concentration 65

Concentration Restructuring Startups Sales 65

PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2017

Though small in size, Wellington, New Zealand has grown into quite a hub for successful tech-based startups and social enterprises. In this week’s Hacker Tracker, we travel to what may just be the most southerly startup hub to see how the small city packs a big 20 percent advantage over other tech centers.

Startups 47

Startups Concentration Education Numbers 47

Future CFO

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

The number of global M&A deals have reached a 10-year-maximum, and so has the number of times that Fortune 500 companies mention terms related to ‘business transformation’ in their earnings calls, said Gartner. The CFO opportunities that disruptions bring. Business transformation. Market competition. Executive confidence.

CFO 52

CFO Concentration Economics Investments 52

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

But two years, some economic recovery and an increasing number of older millennials having children have pushed that data some, such that millennials are starting to look a lot less different from their parents and older siblings and a bit more like they are just late to the party.

Advertising 75

Advertising Concentration Retail Startups 75

CFO Share

JANUARY 26, 2024

By selecting 5-8 KPIs, your force the business to concentrate activity around those key accomplishments. These risk misunderstanding and a feeling of “I don’t trust the numbers.” The simplicity of KPIs is both easy to understand and lacking nuance, so never rely solely on the numbers. Gourmet restaurants focus on Avg.

Foreign Exchange 52

Foreign Exchange Concentration Benchmarking Prioritization 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

The numbers only begin to tell a tale — one where the ending seems far off, shrouded in mystery, and more than a bit foreboding. Collaborative Efforts to Help Main Street: Startup Lunchbox and activist investors Eniac Ventures are combining efforts to help small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.

Concentration 52

Concentration Prioritization Economics Startups 52

Future CFO

AUGUST 3, 2023

When it comes to mega deals, there was a decline in numbers this quarter with some notable exceptions. After Stripe, Singapore-based online marketplace startup Shein raised the next largest deal ($2 billion), followed by US artificial intelligence startup Inflection ($1.3 US-based payments company Stripe’s $6.9

Investments 52

Investments Concentration Startups Education 52

Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In 2023, the lab honed its focus to concentrate on startups between seed and Series A funding stages. The lab, which had previously nurtured 76 startups, invested 500,000 Brazilian reais (approximately $91,000) in each of the six startups accelerated last year. Thus far, 64 startups have graduated from the lab.

Startups 52

Startups Banking Finance Technology 52

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

smartphone owners now download a grand total of zero apps per month, and most new app downloads are (unsurprisingly) concentrated in the millennial demographic. A recent report by RiskIQ showed that these less regulated stores are growing in number and becoming a primary source of blacklisted, malicious and fraudulent apps.

Concentration 67

Concentration Benchmarking Securities Currencies 67

PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2016

The fact remains that venture capital firms are in the midst of raising money at a level not seen in a decade and a half, and yet, as The Wall Street Journal noted this week, the valuations of some of the highest fliers in the land of startups have started to move back toward earth, which brings to mind Icarus and the sun. Should the U.S.

Valuation 40

Valuation Concentration Startups eCommerce 40

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

And by the granular numbers, the picture looks even worse: Obesity among women has more than doubled in some regions over the last decade-and-a-half. And given the large number of players, the methods being tapped to connect consumers to the secrets to sustainable weight loss are proliferating. recorded history.

Marketing 52

Marketing Concentration Startups Numbers 52

PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2016

As established tech giants continue to set up shop in the city and homegrown startups flourish, it’s no wonder Dublin has been named a contender in the race to be Europe’s post-Brexit tech hub. Dublin’s startup ecosystem is estimated to be valued at $2.8 Ireland’s tech community is on the rise, with Dublin standing at the epicenter.

Startups 42

Startups Concentration eCommerce Economics 42

PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2017

The last year or so has seen these companies flood the market — over 30 dockless bike startups have popped up in the market in the last year or so, though the two largest competitors by far in the space — with over $1 billion in fundraising dollars between them — are Ofo and Mobike. “The Partnership with Mastercard and What’s Next.

Transportation 48

Transportation Startups Concentration Leverage 48

PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

Headlines hyping its threat to existing financial systems abound, including one recently that somewhat distorts the threat that bankers feel about all FinTech startups that suggests that nearly 90 percent of bankers say they fear losing money to bitcoin startups. Experts believe that number could double again in 2017.

Currencies 62

Currencies Math Startups Technology 62

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

According to a Crunchbase article published in February of 2018, investments in blockchain and blockchain-related startups (excluding initial coin offerings, or ICOs) were already 40 percent of what they were in 2017. Most of that spend will be concentrated in the U.S., Consider the money being poured into it. billion by 2021.

Banking 73

Banking Investments Accounting Concentration 73

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 4, 2025

Really fascinating because she sees the world from a very unique perch, has incredible access to every aspect of both commercial and investing banking that a small startup or medium-sized company, and by medium I mean up to $2 billion in revenue might need. You said and service Service exactly what a fast growing startup needs.

Banking 52

Banking Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Marketing Manufacturing 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2017

Looking at the geographic concentration of activity, the US was the most active region, with 47 percent of activity, followed by China at 41 percent. OrderGroove is working to introduce a number of frictionless technologies as a means to cut down on the length of traditional paths to purchase and repurchase for consumers.

B2C 49

B2C Concentration Retail Leverage 49

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Pasadena, California-based startup Miso Robotics is ready to introduce Flippy, the automated fast-food burger-flipper — and, according to many, the beginning of the end for burger boys and maybe even for low-skill laborers in general. Automation doesn’t reduce the number of jobs, they claim — it just changes what types are available.

Concentration 41

Concentration Data Analysis Technology Startups 41

Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

When it comes to exploring new revenue streams, expanding market share, and merging or acquiring potential startups, their decisions count. Concurrently, the company concentrated its IT functions in Australia and reducing the number of CIOs to one. Before, both our organizations were dispersed.”

Finance 52

Finance Budgeting Concentration Technology 52

Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This time, the failures disproportionally affected the venture capital-backed tech startup sector that these banks catered to. The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s quick response to the banks’ failures stemmed additional contagion and has left businesses with an object lesson in concentration risk.

Banking 111

Banking Foreign Exchange Profit and Loss Finance 111

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

And perhaps the most famous garage startup story ever is that of Bill Hewlett and David Packard and the garage they rented in 1939 to start the electronics company that would later bear their names. So, eBay set in motion a number of things in an attempt to blunt the impact of these shifts and to bring new buyers and sellers into the mix.

Advertising 51

Advertising Retail eCommerce Startups 51

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

billion market to a $5 billion market by the end of 2017, as independent startups entered the business only to find supermarket chains and big box stores entering the mix. The number of orders also fell to 3.1 By some estimates, the meal kit sector has exploded in terms of year-over-year growth, jumping from about a $1.5

Retail 40

Retail eCommerce Concentration Startups 40

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Particularly, 10 years ago, this is a new startup or just in the very early days of “robo-advisors.” And at the time, Ameriprise had rules around you had to be within a certain number of miles from your primary office, and if you weren’t, you couldn’t be associated with that office anymore. Natalie: Yeah.

Planning 130

Planning Budgeting Investments Communication 130

PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

The money is being earmarked across a number of initiatives, designed to combat synthetic fraud. As Harris noted during the discussion, synthetic fraud essentially centers around creating a person (a fictitious one, in this case) — where bad actors can and do use fake names, Social Security numbers or birthdates, and build credit histories.

Construction 73

Construction Numbers Concentration Securities 73

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2016

“It’s a big number there’s no question,” said Terry Kelly, principal at Bartlett & Co. And while it is easy to be skeptical of those who aren’t enthusiastic cheerleaders for the digital commerce revolution, Kroger has a point on numbers at least. Stores wear out and look old. Will it work?

Retail 40

Retail Concentration Sales Investments 40

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 25, 2023

And before you knew it, she was the number one salesperson for selling to professional salons in the whole country. With us, the law firm is basically a customer of MarketCounsel for a lot of our startup work. For most of the clients that come to us for startup work, right? But I had some really good, strong women in my life.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 64

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Compliance Investments Finance 64

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 31, 2023

The economic dislocation, the health risks, just the mayhem that took place, but from the perspective of a number of corporate CEOs, Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital, the hedge fund that had a couple of amazing trades based on this. So, so you choose a number of specific industries or did you choose them? RITHOLTZ: Wild number.

Treasury 52

Treasury Retail Economics Entertainment 52

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 10, 2024

You begin at a few tech startups, you found Dex, which eventually gets acquired by Lotus. What was the startup process like? 00:16:27 [Speaker Changed] How much of what’s been going on in the 2020s has been a focus on that same top 10% of tech companies as being overly concentrated and wildly expensive.

Technology 52

Technology Manufacturing Investments Education 52

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 11, 2023

DAMODARAN: I am interested in numbers. I’m naturally a numbers person. To me, storytelling is much more — I mean, if you think about the history of humanity, for thousands of years, the way we pass down information was with stories, not numbers. It has allowed for this acceleration of number crunching.

Valuation 119

Valuation Education Finance Numbers 119