The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 30, 2022

Why are FP&A software tools essential for startups and small businesses? For all of these reasons, more and more companies- including small businesses and even startups- are looking for FP&A solutions to help them stay ahead of the competition. What startups and small businesses should look for when choosing FP&A solutions.

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CFO News

MARCH 2, 2023

His focus would be on establishing the brand as a premium motorcycle across the 2W category. He will also design and deliver customer experience for an effortless ownership, strategize and execute a national and international network and provide strategic support to the overall organisational development, the company said.

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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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OCTOBER 23, 2019

As a record amount of capital has entered the local ecosystem in a significant rebound since 2016’s darkened funding environment, Indian tech startups are having a standout year with two months of 2019 left. India’s unlisted tech startups have notched $11.3 After that, retail startups notched approximately $2.3

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JUNE 25, 2018

The world’s startups are having a good year. With so much money up for grabs, it may come as a surprise that startups often struggle to get approved for a credit card, even after a lucrative funding round. Though a startup could secure millions in venture capital funding, it could still take years to turn a profit.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

As Walmart seeks to invest in tech to compete with Amazon , the retailer has acquired a small virtual reality (VR) startup. The startup worked with Walmart’s technology incubator, Store No. We’ve empowered the leaders of these companies to basically run the category across the entire entity.”. 8, on a project in 2017.

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MARCH 14, 2019

With the Food Labs membership program, members will get access to workspace and a global platform dedicated to startups that are trying to change or impact the future of food. With the accelerator program, WeWork said, it is committed to investing more than $1 million in food and agriculture startups via the Food Labs Accelerator.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Event startup Fever announced it has raised $35 million in a funding round led by Rakuten Capital. Users can search by topic to find nearby events, or browse personalized recommendations based on their interests in categories such as theater, concerts, nightlife, DJs, movies, sports, fashion, wellness, cultural tours and games.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Andreessen Horowitz announced that it is launching its own crypto startup school “to encourage more tech entrepreneurs to start crypto projects and help crypto-curious builders navigate the idea maze.”. Chris Dixon, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz , told The Block that the school will boast free tuition. “We

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

Former Google employee Abigail Holtz is looking to help shoppers discover the right apparel with her new startup Affinity , which offers a “Pandora for fashion” type functionality. The site breaks down clothing into straightforward categories and offers a user interface that allows shoppers to like or dislike the options presented to them.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Flow, a logistics startup that helps companies with cross-border eCommerce solutions, has raised $37 million in a Series B funding round, according to a report. There [are] services and knowledge that is very country-specific and even category-specific,” he noted. Our team is excited to support Flow’s rapid growth.”.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Retail messaging startup Attentive has announced it’s raised a $40 million Series B investment led by Sequoia. With their mobile messaging platform, Attentive is leading a new category of direct-to-consumer marketing that we believe has huge market potential.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The company, which debuted as a hardware manufacturer making computer mice, keyboards and the like before recently adding a software division, announced a new fund of $30 million for tech startups. The investments will mostly be distributed to early-stage startups, with investments typically totaling between $100,000 and $1 million.

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AUGUST 29, 2018

“The launch of bill payments on Amazon reinforces Amazon’s commitment to Indian customers to provide them [with] new categories and a wide selection of services. We now have all the major categories across mobile recharges and bill payments available for customers,” said Shariq Plasticwala, director of payments for Amazon.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

And indeed, startup Emailage has felt the prime-time crunch as its customers are experiencing their biggest times of the year. Anthony Enrico, the startup’s vice president of customer success, said communication has played a big role in that success. However, at Emailage, the season has been surprisingly smooth so far.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Most fledgling companies, especially software developers and other tech startups, can benefit from outside assistance in order to forge a speedy path to success. Increasingly, tech startups and other new businesses are looking to startup accelerators for these resources, and it isn’t too hard to see why.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

India-based eCommerce startup FreshToHome has raised $20 million in a new financing round to expand into other areas of the country. The company recently generated $30 million in annualized direct to consumer sales, which makes it the largest eCommerce platform in the category.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Amazon Australia is partnering with buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup Zip Co, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Nov. In particular, being able to tailor payment options across a spectrum of categories and purchase amounts boosts conversion odds. News of the arrangement triggered a 24.1 million of Zip’s shares at a fixed price.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Nordstrom , for instance, announced Thursday, March 8, that it closed acquisition deals with startup retail tech companies BevyUp and MessageYes. Of course, Nordstrom isn’t the first or only company to turn to tech startups for help. Walmart has been snapping up startups left and right. Marc Lore, CEO of Walmart eCommerce U.S.,

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MAY 29, 2019

Pico, a startup aimed at helping companies cull revenue from subscription models, has raised $4.5 What we see emerging is this product category of ‘audience relationship management.’ million in a funding round led by Stripe and Precursor Ventures, according to a report. It’s day one of this shift in the industry.

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JANUARY 13, 2017

Stadium Goods, a streetwear and sneaker consignment startup, first opened up shop in New York City’s major shopping district SoHo back in 2015. In any enthusiast category, from the customer and seller perspective, you need people who are authentic and particularly credible.”. Well, when you sell Yeezys , you’re bound to get noticed.

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JULY 2, 2018

When it comes to financial services and financial technology startups, making the right investment decisions is not easy or obvious work. And separating the wheat from the chaff isn’t easy, says Samantha Ghiotti, partner at Anthemis Group – particularly because there is a lot more chaff than wheat when it comes to early-phase startups.

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MARCH 3, 2020

The fund reportedly intends to invest in early-stage technology firms in categories like FinTech, artificial intelligence (AI) and software-as-a-service (SaaS), among other areas. The venture capital firm’s last fund totaled $200 million and was rolled out in 2017, according to reports.

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JULY 17, 2019

Turo, a car-sharing startup, has raised $250 million from IAC in a Series E funding round, which puts the company’s valuation at above a billion dollars, according to reports. One can pick the general category of their rental car, but the specific make and model is going to be a mystery until they go pick it up.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

With more than $83 million in venture capital and growth equity for B2B startups this week, the space is headed for a promising second half of the year. Let’s start with the big news: Venture capitalists have yet again placed their financial support in a B2B payments startup, a rare feat that could be the sign of a trend this season.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Thanks to a partnership with San Francisco startup Lumoid, it’s a rental option that lets electronics shoppers try before they buy. Lumoid awards around 20 percent of the rental price in credits from the startup, which the customer can apply to the purchase if they decide to buy after they try it. Rentals cost around $50 a day.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This month's edition kicks off with the news that WiserAdvisor, one of the longest-running lead generation services in the industry, has acquired IndyFin, a startup advisor rating platform that had aspired to be the 'Yelp for Advisors' – which on the one hand provides WiserAdvisor with an opportunity to jump into the business of client reviews (..)

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Sales of alcohol soared during the early weeks and months of the pandemic, but a wellness vibe seems to be taking hold as "mocktails," once a meager category, experiences a major growth spurt, according to the Financial Times and other news outlets on Friday (Jan.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

banking-as-a-service (BaaS) Startup Railsbank closed a $37 million funding deal co-led by MiddleGame Ventures and Ventura Capital. The London-headquartered startup is striving to help startups and other firms “prototype, launch and scale financial products within their own customer experience.”.

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The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 8, 2024

It's crucial to have an accurate and ,, useful forecast for any business, especially for SaaS startups. Sadly, a whopping ,, 90% of startups don't make it. Even successful startups have had to lay off many employees. However, startups can succeed with careful planning. Knowing your burn rate is essential.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 5, 2024

The winners of this category are productivity solutions ,, Monday and ,, ControlUP , which performed well and received the highest scores, noted as the easiest to implement and adapt by end-users. The results were expected; almost all respondents said they couldn't give up on their billing solution. The Winners!

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

As T-Mobile races ahead with its rollout of 5G, the wireless giant is now on the hunt for startups to develop the additional bells and whistles that will make its new, high-powered network stand out from its competitors. To that end, T-Mobile on Wednesday (Oct.

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JULY 10, 2020

Anytime a startup like Scalefast can take $22 million off the venture capital table in the middle of a pandemic, things are changing. Its funding is indicative of its business model and the changing fortunes of the DTC category. Its funding is indicative of its business model and the changing fortunes of the DTC category.

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The Finance Weekly

MAY 14, 2024

TMP : is the internal supplier code for the supplier Timepro 013 : is the internal category code for a multifunctional printer 4 : is the internal material code to direct display, handle, and packing 101 : ties to the last four digits of the supplier’s UPC to cross-check reorders and stock receipts EP : is the internal brand code for Epson 5.

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JANUARY 17, 2018

Apparel retailers like H&M and Forever 21 have tapped into the trend to try to drive sales in this new (or new-to-them) category. People are happy not to have to go to furniture stores anymore, but that introduced new problems,” said Beatrice Fischel-Bock, CEO and co-founder of the startup Hutch. Others are getting techy with it.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

With his experience designing early smartphone products, it became clear to Eidus that there would be a product category of IoT-connected devices for animals. They just need to be designed from a dog’s perspective,” he noted.

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AUGUST 12, 2016

banking startup , has officially become a bank as of Thursday (Aug. users can track their spending in real time, look at transactions they made on a digital map, view their purchases based on different spending categories and receive a graphical timeline of their overall expenses. Mondo , the U.K. With the app, U.K.

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