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Casper Expects IPO Valuation To Fall Far Lower Than $1B

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eCommerce mattress merchant Casper Sleep Inc. forecasts that its initial public offering (IPO) valuation will be far under the approximate $1 billion it had for its most recent funding. The IPO would provide the company with a valuation of $768 million and would bring in $182.4 Casper , for its part, was valued at $1.1

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Coupang Gets $2B Investment From SoftBank’s Vision Fund

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Coupang, the South Korean eCommerce company, is getting a $2 billion investment from SoftBank’s Vision Fund, which will provide it with the money to speed up development of delivery and shopping services. SoftBank invested $1 billion in Coupang back in 2015, valuing the company at $5 billion the time.

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Airbnb IPO Tops Forecasts With $68 Share Price On $47 Billion

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Airbnb 's record-breaking initial public offering (IPO) pricing topped expectations, with a share price of $68 on a $47 billion valuation, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday (Dec. ai; pet retailer Petco; video game maker Roblox; buy now, pay later platform Affirm; discount eCommerce platform Wish; GoodRx and others. . “We

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Rocket Internet Fund Gets $1B To Invest In Startups

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Big news from German startup investment company Rocket Internet suggests it plans to come back strong in 2017. Rocket Internet just recently closed a new $1 billion venture fund it will use for investing in early-stage and growth internet startups.

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Nested Solves UK Real Estate Pain Points, Sees £8M Investment

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Investment activity picked up in the week that ended March 24, roughly doubling the amount seen in the previous week, to the tune of $416 million. The activity was weighted to B2B transactions at 60 percent of the total, and B2B as an investment arena took the top three spots in the pantheon.

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Asia’s Alternative SMB Finance Lands Investment Boom

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Hong Kong’s WeLab still won’t reveal its valuation after securing another major funding round. The non-bank financial company said it will use the investment to expand its loan product portfolio across India and to invest in technology. B2B eCommerce. Alternative Lending. B2B payments. Supply Chain Management.

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Five Forbes 30 Under 30 Winners Changing the World of Finance

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After working jobs in investment banking and credit card research, they saw the need for catering to mid-sized brands that wanted to release their own credit cards. Now at Brex, Acharya is working on bringing Weav’s ecommerce data to more of Brex’s products. billion valuation and has more than 1 million customers. United States.

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