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Investors Cool on Internet-of-Things Startups, a Tech Conduit for Retailers

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Slumping markets have investors pulling back from funding startups that make internet-connected devices for retailers, threatening to choke an innovation pipeline for emerging tools like smart shopping carts and inventory management robots. Over the same period, investment dollars in IoT startups fell 57.2% billion, PitchBook said.

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Telemed Startup K Health Partners With Mayo Clinic, Closes $42M Funding Round

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New York-headquartered Tel Aviv telemed startup K Health announced that it has partnered with Mayo Clinic and separately closed a $42 million Series D funding round led by Valor Equity Partners, according to a VentureBeat report on Wednesday (Nov. The new investment raises K Health’s total funding to $139.3

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PayPal Invests In Blockchain Startup Aimed At Digital Identity Control

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Our investment will allow us to explore potential collaborations to leverage blockchain technology,” a PayPal spokesperson said. “We made an investment in Cambridge Blockchain because it is applying blockchain for digital identity in a way that we believe could benefit financial services companies including PayPal.

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Mobile Ordering Startup Fights Food Waste And Fraudsters

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The January Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker examines how table-service restaurants and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) alike are leveraging mobile ordering to better serve customers, as well as introducing new upgrades to keep their apps compelling. Around The Mobile Order-Ahead World.

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Digital Mortgage Startup Blend Expands Into Consumer Banking

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Blend , the home loan tech startup, isn’t done growing. Underpinning it all is a data-driven approach that shortens pre-approval processes to minutes, leveraging the data to which the banks already have access to. The San Francisco-based digital mortgage and loan platform on Wednesday (Sept.

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Payroll Startup Hourly Raises $7.15M In Seed Round

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Hourly — a FinTech startup that helps with workers’ comp insurance, time-tracking and payroll for small businesses — has raised $7.15 The company — based in Palo Alto, California — launched earlier this year, and is currently the only startup of its kind. million in a Seed funding round, according to a press release.