CFO Share

JANUARY 26, 2024

By selecting 5-8 KPIs, your force the business to concentrate activity around those key accomplishments. Yet there are hundreds of KPIs to choose from! To choose the best KPIs for a small business, consider the following elements. KPIs Must Align with Business Strategies KPIs MUST align with and directly support your business strategies.

Foreign Exchange 52

Foreign Exchange Concentration Benchmarking Prioritization 52

Future CFO

AUGUST 3, 2023

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 billion raise was by far the largest VC round of the quarter globally.

Investments 52

Investments Concentration Startups Education 52

Boston Startup CFO

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Let's delve into the top 10 reasons why considering a Fractional CFO could be a transformative decision for your company: Cost-effectiveness: For smaller businesses or startups operating on a tight budget, hiring a Fractional CFO is an astute choice.

CFO 40

CFO Concentration Financial Analysis Budgeting 40

Boston Startup CFO

OCTOBER 29, 2012

If you’re running an early-stage startup, chances are there are some knowledge gaps in your core team. Are you prepared to manage the day-to-day of your startup, from recruiting new talent to bookkeeping to financial planning? Look for a professional CFO who has experience working with startups. So, what should you do?

Startups 52

Startups Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) CFO GAAP 52

PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

In the next 60 days, the San Francisco-based startup will bring on another 250,000 workers. The next round of new hires will be concentrated in high-demand locations — California, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Toronto and Washington, D.C.

Concentration 72

Concentration Manufacturing Startups Numbers 72

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Singapore FinTech startup Nium — formerly branded InstaReM — is dropping its pursuit to compete for a digital wholesale banking license in the city-state, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Nov. The company is instead going to concentrate on its cross border business-to-business payments solution. So far, no one else has backed out.

Banking 40

Banking Concentration Startups eCommerce 40

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 70

eCommerce Concentration Valuation Startups 70

Future CFO

AUGUST 7, 2023

Gartner predicts the concentration of pretrained AI models among 1% of AI vendors by 2025 will make responsible AI a societal concern. By the end of 2026, Gartner predicts that more than $10 billion will have been invested in AI startups that rely on foundation models – large AI models trained on huge amounts of data.

Concentration 52

Concentration Data Analysis Compliance Investments 52

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Over the next year, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing startup will advance its developing business, which now offers food delivery, digital payments and digital content. Tan said Grab is concentrating on its customers’ most immediate needs. “We The startup is planning to raise $6.5 billion of total capital this year.

Concentration 54

Concentration Transportation Startups Investments 54

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

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

Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2024

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. Ari Rosenbaum : Yeah, the positions are at a gain; this particular concentrated position, it is a gain. So what they did was they brought the position to us.

Concentration 94

Concentration Investments Accounting Marketing 94

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

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

said the company saw BHL Holdings lead the second Series A funding round, while Nire Capital and existing backers Concentric, Seedcamp and Beazley also participated. Digital Risks targets small businesses, startups and freelancers with subscription-based insurance products. Reports in Verdict.co.uk

B2B 70

B2B B2C Concentration Startups 70

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The startup is also planning to earmark $150 million for additional research into artificial intelligence (AI). Tan said Grab is concentrating on its customers’ most immediate needs. “We Grab has to go public by March 25, 2023, or Uber can exercise a cash redemption option, according to CNBC, which cited Uber’s IPO prospectus.

Concentration 50

Concentration Valuation Startups Sales 50

PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

The cuts are heavily concentrated in Gojek’s GoLife and GoFood Festivals divisions. The $14 billion Southeast Asian ride-hailing startup said last week that it would cut 300 jobs, or just under 5 percent of its payroll. Gojek’s layoffs come on the heels of similarly large cuts at rival Grab.

Concentration 52

Concentration Transportation Startups Economics 52

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The influx of funding has given SentinelOne the ability to remain in startup mode, privately funded, for some time to come, though company officials admit that it’s time for it to go public. SentinelOne is concentrating its efforts on endpoint security, an area valued around $8 billion, according to analysts. billion.

Concentration 52

Concentration Securities Startups Marketing 52

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

News of Amazon ‘s acquisition of online pharmacy startup PillPack have had analysts assuming the eCommerce conglomerate is ready to introduce an online pharmacy to its suite of services. However, new reports from CNBC on Wednesday (Nov. 21) said Amazon may first be gearing up to introduce the service to its own employees.

Concentration 56

Concentration Healthcare eCommerce Startups 56

PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

Collaborative Efforts to Help Main Street: Startup Lunchbox and activist investors Eniac Ventures are combining efforts to help small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon Effect Cooled (Somewhat): Amazon is concentrating on selling and shipping coronavirus-related products like household staples and medical supplies.

Concentration 52

Concentration Prioritization Economics Startups 52

Future CFO

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The inaugural CFO Insights Survey 2021 sampled a cross-section of CFOs from startups, SMEs, MNCs and listed companies in the private sector globally with a concentration on the key Asia Pacific economies of China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, the two organisations noted.

CFO 52

CFO Compliance Concentration Auditing 52

PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Taking a page from Goldman Sachs’ book, Morgan Stanley is beginning to lend to FinTech startups in Brazil as it seeks more of a return on its investments. According to a Goldman Sachs report from May of 2017, there are 210 FinTechs operating in Brazil, representing the largest concentration in Latin America.

Marketing 46

Marketing Concentration Startups Investments 46

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

When Amazon first launched in Brazil, it concentrated on selling eReaders, books and streaming movies. As a result, the company partnered with startup CargoX to launch a pilot program using bulletproof trucks for the delivery of expensive goods in the country. Of Magazine Luiza’s 954 stores, 300 are in cities without any bookstores.

eCommerce 43

eCommerce Concentration Entertainment Startups 43

PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

It is the smaller businesses that have held the ear of Modi’s government, which of course has had the Startup India program in place for three years. That program has recognized more than 15,400 companies as startups, creating more than 148,000 jobs.

eCommerce 75

eCommerce Concentration Economics Startups 75

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

We have always emphasized that startups must concentrate not only on business development but to invest in risk control measures, while taking into account the volume and complexity of their activities, as well as to ensure proper compliance with legal requirements,” he added.

Concentration 40

Concentration Auditing Compliance Startups 40

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Venture capital funding rounds this week showed some concentration on the continent, with several announcements tied to Europe. CybelAngel , a risk management and cybersecurity startup based in France, raised the equivalent of $36 million in Series B funding. The funds will go toward product development and the firm’s expansion.

Banking 52

Banking Concentration Risk Management Investments 52

PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

Currencycloud founder Nigel Verdon is reportedly leaving the company to focus on a new FinTech startup, RailsBank. According to a report in Business Insider , Verdon said he was leaving Currencycloud because the business is going well and shareholders of RailsBank want him to concentrate on that FinTech more fully.

Concentration 40

Concentration Startups Banking eCommerce 40

Future CFO

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Not only do companies face more entrenched incumbent firms in every industry, but they must also contend with well-financed, privately-held startups, Gartner pointed out. However, CFOs need to be careful of following the herd and overpaying for acquisitions that unintentionally undermine competitive positions,” said Boldt. Market competition.

CFO 52

CFO Concentration Economics Investments 52

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 Investments 47

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

McDonald’s acquired artificial intelligence (AI) startup Dynamic Yield for $300 million in March of 2019 to integrate the latter’s solutions into its customer relationship management (CRM) platform. It is no wonder that so many big-name QSRs are turning to the latest digital technologies to tackle this problem. .

Concentration 71

Concentration Prioritization Data Analysis Startups 71

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

JUNE 17, 2016

In this week’s edition of PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup , we take a look at Canada’s “economic powerhouse” and explore why Toronto may just be the next great tech startup creator. Toronto has one of the largest concentrations of financial services in the Americas. million as of 2016. The city’s GDP tops $304 billion.

Startups 53

Startups Concentration Communication Technology 53

PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

As more tech-savvy startups and challenger banks, like Monzo, and juggernauts, such as Google, seek to broaden their offerings with digital checking and other “banking-as-a-service” options, the limitations of the traditional FIs stand out in stark relief. in sight, too. “We’re

Banking 92

Banking Concentration Accounting Leverage 92

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

FinTech investments targeting B2B and corporate services spanned the globe, with particular concentration this past week in SMB lending across India and Europe. In Singapore, Aspire , a startup geared toward helping smaller firms access working capital, raised $32.5 FinTech startup ePayRails said it has garnered $2.5

B2B 46

B2B Accounts Payable Concentration Leverage 46

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

based startup Second Nature (recently rebranded from OurPath) takes the high-tech approach to buttressing weight loss efforts by adding a smart scale and health and habit tracking data to the mix, as well as a slightly different focus.

Marketing 52

Marketing Concentration Startups Numbers 52

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The challenge of a startup is rising above the noise and catching people’s attention, so to immediately align with a historic, well-known brand like Sotheby’s gives us an added layer of trust and allows us to reach a global network of clients that would have taken many years to build,” Brown said.

Concentration 43

Concentration Construction Startups Planning 43

PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

When food delivery startup Munchery closed its doors in January, it literally left dozens of small businesses holding the bag. The risk can be devastating, especially if you have a lot of concentration” in one area, he said, riffing off the Munchery example. Just take the recent story of Three Babes Bakeshop in San Francisco.

B2C 63

B2C B2B Concentration Credit Risk 63

PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Some of that money — supplied by investors such as Andreessen Horowitz , Nyca Partners and Max Levchin, founder and CEO of alternative lending startup Affirm — will go toward building an identity bureau, which will help lenders and financial firms verify identities. That’s the longer-term goal of the company.

Construction 73

Construction Numbers Concentration Securities 73