PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Grab counts Softbank among its biggest investors and has evolved from a ride-hail startup in 2012 to a multi-faceted tech company that was last valued at $14 billion. In June, Singapore’s biggest startup had to lay off 5% of its workforce, about 360 people. Like many multi-billion dollar tech startups, Grab is not yet turning a profit.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

When it comes to financial services and financial technology startups, making the right investment decisions is not easy or obvious work. Anthemis holds a unique place in the startup investing marketplace. And that “what could work” attitude carries over into their work with the FIs they advise.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2019

A popular interior design startup in India, Livspace , has received an investment from Ingka Investments, the venture capital arm of IKEA, according to reports. . Last year, Livspace secured investments from Goldman Sachs and TPG Growth, among others.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

India’s technology startup community is enjoying its moment in venture capitalists’ spotlight. Analysts at Tracxn recently calculated that tech startups in the country raised a combined $14.5 The availability of funds at different stages of the startup lifecycle is not optimum. Funding Dead-Ends.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

startups had a great 2018 in terms of funding, with new data showing that venture capitalists deployed $130.9 In the event of any adjustments in the global economic or political backdrop, valuations may see a correction from their currently elevated levels, but private market investment activity will likely continue unabated.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2019

The new fund of SoftBank Ventures Asia will invest globally in early-stage startups, with Asia being the cornerstone, Reuters reported Friday (July 19). Established in 2000, SoftBank has made a number of notable investments worldwide, including $1 billion in Germany’s Wirecard , $2.5 billion in U.S. billion in U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2019

An Israeli startup that creates anti-fraud services that deal with online transactions wants to raise $200 million for expansion, according to a report in Bloomberg. Many Israeli tech startups have attracted investor interest lately, and investment has increased in the past three years to the tune of 37 percent – a total of $856 in 2018.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

venture capital sphere this week: VC funding for FinTech startups in Q1 alone hit $1.2 Analysts said the industry has seen its highest venture capital activity since Q1 of 2016, fueled by focus on late-stage investment rounds. Good news emerged from the U.S. billion, found a new report from KPMG. According to KPMG’s U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2020

Once calling itself the “Uber of pot,” Silicon Valley cannabis startup Eaze is struggling to pay vendors as it searches for a new round of funding, reports said on Thursday (Jan. Previous investors include 500 Startups, DCM Ventures, Slow Ventures, Great Oaks, FJ Labs, the Winklevoss brothers and a number of others.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

But Levin, whose extended warranty startup just raised $40 million from PayPal and other backers, told Karen Webster in a recent conversation that his firm has managed to boost that as much as sixfold. The fact that a third party will stand behind the product gives customers greater peace of mind to purchase the product.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

To that end, as estimated by the research company Tracxn, India-based tech startups attracted a record amount of funding from investors – $14.5 And drilling down into the numbers, there were a total of 1,185 financing rounds, 459 of which were Series A rounds, funded by 817 investors. billion last year, better than the $10.6

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Startups just in their infancy are getting attention from seed investors — but unlike the dotcom days when every idea got some form of funding, investors are being choosier, resulting in fewer deals but with the ones getting funding enjoying surging valuations. Investors, noted the report, said there is a lack of viable ideas to invest in.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

a Chinese grocery delivery startup, is expected to receive more than $500 million in expansion financing as COVID-19 has fueled demand for fresh food at home, sources told Bloomberg News. So far, the startup has been valued at $3 billion. Beijing’s Missfresh Ecommerce Co., backed company. and Tiger Global Management.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In India, funding activity over the past weeks headed into the end of August showed that eCommerce startups focused on home delivery gained traction, as measured by funding rounds. The investment was led by Iron Pillar, with, as TechCrunch noted , additional participation from Joe Hirao, the founder of Japan’s ZIGExn. billion USD.

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CFO News

AUGUST 1, 2023

The valuation cut comes at a time when a number of headline investors in multiple Indian startups have done the same, amid a global rout across public and private technology markets.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Investing on the part of venture capitalists in financial technology startups — otherwise known as FinTechs — declined during the first quarter of 2019, with China feeling the most pain. The number of deals did increase to 445 during the time frame, noted the report.

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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.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

billion in venture capital investments between January and September 2020, according to a press release from London & Partners emailed to PYMNTS. London is in second place globally with those numbers, the release stated, with first place going to San Francisco with $5.1 billion in investments. billion in investments.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

SoftBank is rolling out a $100 million loan fund targeted exclusively at minority-led startups, in the latest move by a big corporate player to address racial inequities in the United States amid coast-to-coast protests over police brutality.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2019

New internet startups in India are tumbling, pointing to the possibility of an overall decline in entrepreneurship, DealStreetAsia reported on Sunday (Oct. Although Indian startup funding has increased and the number of unicorns has tripled, the numbers are misleading. . Deals are also down in 2019. . billion USD.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2020

The San Francisco-headquartered startup runs membership-based healthcare clinics and was launched by internal medicine doctor Tom Lee, who served as the company’s chief executive officer until 2017. No announcement was made regarding the number of shares being offered or the price ranges. Three more locations are in the works.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Index , which tracks Japan’s startups, has climbed back up this year to finally match an earlier high set in 2006. Bloomberg reported that the startup index has gone up by more than 50 percent this year, despite the coronavirus pandemic. 2 best-performing equity index in the Asia-Pacific region.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

The data from PwC and CB Insights comes after three years of steady growth, with the average annual investment increase from 2015 to 2017 coming in at 28 percent. last year was self-driving car startup Zoox’s $500 million funding round, while internationally, Beijing-based SenseTime Group was awarded $600 million in funding.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2017

From startups to blockchain and financial institutions, there has been a myriad of investing related news announced late this week. Here are the numbers: $2 billion | Amount Snapchat is predicted to lose in 2017. million | Amount of funding announced by food delivery startup JoyRun. $7 subprime lender. . $7

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. But Software-as-a-Service emerged as a hot spot, too, with the largest investment round of the week going to a B2B eCommerce SaaS provider.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Though South Korea’s startup ecosystem is relatively new — its first accelerator was launched just three years ago — the culture is evolving quickly. In this edition of PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup , we head to South Korea to see what’s driving the growth of its startup scene, and why investors around the globe are taking notice.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Financial management is mission-critical to the health and vitality of small business (SMB), but it’s also one of the most difficult tasks for entrepreneurs and business owners that may have the skills to launch new products or services, but lack the accounting expertise to handle the numbers. The firm secured $1.8

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

San Francisco-based DocuSign has invested $15 million in Seal Software , a contract discovery and analysis startup, to help with the development of artificial intelligence (AI) that can read and analyze contracts, according to reports. DocuSign has been investing heavily in AI and machine learning technologies recently.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Cloud Elements , a platform offering application program interface (API) integration solutions, secured an investment from the venture capital (VC) arm of American Express (Amex), the company said in a press release issued Tuesday (Oct. The VC outfit also backed insurtech startup Next Insurance last year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Later-stage tech startups are getting cash infusions from big investors eager to make deals, The Financial Times (FT) reported on Wednesday (Nov. Cambridge Associates managing director Michael Larsen said investment groups have triggered a “massive convergence” for late-stage startups. Investors from the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

According to a report , the Chinese startup PingPong, a FinTech company, will invest €100 million ($113 million) in Luxembourg. Seen as one of the standard bearers of China’s thriving eCommerce space, PingPong also has the backing of CICC, one of China’s biggest investment banks. billion investment in Europe. “We

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

Grow Mobility, the company that operates electric scooter and bikesharing startups Grin and Yellow, is merging with Flinto, the payments startup. The company is aiming to double the number of vehicles it has in Latin America in the coming months, according to the report. “It That includes eCommerce FinTech, and healthcare.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 12, 2021

Global fintech investment reached US$98 billion across 2,456 deals in the first half of 202 — outpacing last year’s annual total of $121.5 In Asia Pacific , Total fintech investment (M&A, VC and PE) and deals activity saw a solid rebound in the first half of 2021, according to KPMG. billion of investment globally.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The Indian and American startup ecosystems are tremendously different, but there still may be many similarities. Some elements are universal — like the startup’s starting-up lifecycle — but others, like certain cultural norms, depart from each other. India and the U.S. are powerhouses when it comes to emerging tech innovation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

Laundry service startup Laundrapp announced that it has merged with its biggest competitor, Zipjet , to become the largest on-demand laundry service. Being a startup we have been able to do this by using clever technology to provide a high-quality laundry service without the associated price tag.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2019

startup, has raised $51 million (£40 million) to help U.K. Savings bank Shawbrook invested £25 million on the debt side to finance the worker draw-downs. He added that the company is currently in talks with Amazon , and has signed up a number of U.K. Wagestream, a U.K. per withdrawal. It covers a total of around 120,000 workers.

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 4, 2024

This month's edition kicks off with the news that advisor lead generation platform Datalign Advisory reached nearly $15B in referred client assets (and almost $3B in actually-converted assets) in just its 2nd year of business, as advisor demand for paid leads continues to rise (especially with Datalign's flat-fee one-advisor-per-lead model)… (..)

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