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OCTOBER 11, 2020

Representatives of grocery-delivery powerhouse Instacart have met with investment bankers to explore taking the company public, the Financial Times (FT) reported. 8) that it had received $200 million in new capital from existing investors Valiant Peregrine Fund and D1 Capital Partners, boosting Instacart's valuation to $17.7

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Private equity firm Silver Lake is leading a group in a $650 billion investment in buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Klarna , The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Sweden-based Klarna, which provides the ability to pay for consumer goods with installments at a number of retailers, has seen a boost during the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

The number of deals is also up from the 1,480 in 2017. What’s more, a $14 billion investment in Ant Financial represented 35 percent of the total funding in 2018. Ant Financial is the payment affiliate of Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant. There were 659 investment deals with FinTechs in 2018. In the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Valuations are high. And as investors look across various asset classes, might the gaze be sweeping across eCommerce, FinTechs, maybe even bricks and mortar (sorry, WeWork) … to kicks and scorers? The move into soccer, for Silver Lake, complements a previous investment Silver Lake made in the mixed martial arts company UFC.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

The number of shares and the pricing have not yet been released. . Pets are anticipated to stay popular, with the number of households with pets going up 4 percent in 2020 alone. Petco has invested $300 million over the past three years to renovate, launch an eCommerce site and implement a full-service veterinary hospital network.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Chinese eCommerce company JD.com Inc.’s JD Logistics is aiming for a valuation of at least $30 billion, according to the sources, who declined to be named, said published reports on Monday (Dec. After the fundraising, the company’s valuation reached about $13.5 Then the division raised $2.5 Then the division raised $2.5

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JULY 16, 2020

Topping the Provider Ranking at numbers 1 and 2, respectively, are Walmart and Amazon. billion valuation on fresh investment. It’s followed by Japanese eCommerce app Mercari at No. 7, international B2C fast-fashion eCommerce platform SHEIN occupying No. Coming in at No. 3 is Wish , the U.S.-based The Top 10.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

In August it was reported that the eCommerce giant was in discussions to acquire a stake in Future Retail. At the time, the Indian supermarket firm, which runs over 1,500 stores in India and owns budget department store chain Big Bazaar, was looking for a roughly 20 billion rupee valuation from Amazon for the stake.

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MARCH 9, 2017

A source familiar with India’s top eCommerce company Flipkart told Reuters that the firm is hoping to raise as much as $1 billion in its latest funding round. One of Flipkart’s biggest competitors, India’s eCommerce company Snapdeal , shared that it is “restructuring” by laying off employees. While Flipkart recently raised $1.5

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JULY 31, 2020

billion valuation, but its target has crept up since then, to over $5 billion and even close to $10 billion, some sources said, according to the WSJ. The company’s primary investors include venture capital firms Founders Fund and Lightspeed Venture Partners as well as mutual-fund giant Fidelity Investments, WSJ reported.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Meanwhile, Uber is investing heavily in other ventures like food delivery , electric bikes and self-driving cars while it prepares for an IPO this year. It has backers that include Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal’s investment firm and Japanese eCommerce company Rakuten. billion by 2019.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

Recently, mutual fund Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II has reportedly marked down the value of its holding in Flipkart, the major Indian eCommerce company. Fidelity decreased the valuation of its holding in Flipkart by about 36 percent, said Reuters , from $81.55 The valuation cuts come at a time of change to Flipkart’s top management.

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MARCH 29, 2017

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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MAY 6, 2019

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba and South Korean investment firm Mirae-Naver led the round of funding, according to a report by Reuters , citing the company. Alibaba is in a fierce battle with Amazon in all aspects of eCommerce as both expand around the globe. CDC, the U.K.’s Bigbasket is in 25 Indian cities.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Taxi-hailing app Careem, a competitor to Uber in the Middle East, has raised $350 million in venture funding led by Rakuten, the Japanese eCommerce company, and Saudi Telecom Company. Careem has a valuation of $1 billion. 1 billion | Careem’s valuation. 1 million | Number of jobs Careem’s expansion could create.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Paytm Mall, the eCommerce unit of One97 Communications, reported a net loss of ?1,787 We will continue to invest towards new user addition and invest behind adding merchants on the platform. Paytm Mall, which launched in April of 2017, has raised $640 million and commands a valuation of $2.23

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MARCH 6, 2020

Used to be that retail earnings reports were about numbers. In keeping with other large retailers, eCommerce sales climbed 28 percent. There was some concern about the chain’s eCommerce numbers. Now they’re about viruses. That was the case yesterday as Costco announced Q4 earnings per share of $2.10 on revenue of $39.07

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JUNE 8, 2016

There’s also the fact that the reported cause of the big drop in Yahoo’s proposed valuation was the reveal at the Sunnyvale meetings last month that Yahoo’s online advertising business is declining more rapidly than once supposed. And, consumers will shop around to get the best deal they can, thanks to number portability.

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MARCH 29, 2019

This latest round of funding brings the startup’s valuation to between $2 billion and 2.3 This isn’t the first time that Alibaba has invested in BigBasket. Back in 2017, Alibaba invested $200 million in the company, leading a $280 million funding round. South Korean firm Mirae Asset and U.K.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Whether WeWork – specifically, the parent company We, though we’ll use the names a bit interchangeably – files to go public at a reduced valuation, delays its IPO or scraps it altogether, there may be some handwriting on the wall. WeWork seemingly has a slew of unpalatable options ahead. And there’s precedent to doubt a warm reception.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

The number of those shares to be offered is still up in the air, as is the price range, according to the release. Morgan Securities LLC will act as lead bookwriters and representatives of the underwriters, while Credit Suisse and UBS Investment Bank will work as the book-running managers for the offering, the release says. LLC and J.P.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

New York City-based subscription model and B2C eCommerce enabler startup OrderGroove recently raised $20 million in a Series C venture funding round led by National Securities Corporation. OrderGroove has yet to disclose its valuation for this current round. OrderGroove has yet to disclose its valuation for this current round.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

FinTech investment in India proceeds apace through the last few weeks of the year, with funding rounds extended to digital payments firms and digital lenders. To that end, the total invested, year to date and as tracked by PYMNTS, stands at a bit more than $4.5 billion USD equivalent. RupeeReDee.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

The problem with large investments – the type that run into the billions of dollars – is that just as gains can be astronomical, the losses can be devastating. billion rescue, and also said it had taken its valuation of the beleaguered workspace company down by 80 percent, to around $5 billion at the end of the most recent quarter.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2016

The news, first reported by TechCrunch , comes as not long ago, Delivery Hero was valued at more than $3 billion in a fundraising round, which speaks at least in part to the vagaries of valuation and investor expectations, which do not always dovetail with reality. billion raise being corralled by that eCommerce giant. Why leave China?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2017

Investment activity picked up for the first full week of the new year as measured against the last week of December, logging a total of just under $519 million. As had been seen in the last few weeks of the year, the total amounts invested were dominated by a few outsized deals, with two triple-digit transactions.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Munchery came on the scene in 2010, and hit a valuation of $300 million in 2015. Munchery even offered monthly membership plans for its prepared, healthy meals, tying itself to the subscription eCommerce trend. Careem plans to invest a sizable amount of money into the new service — to the tune of $150 million.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Here are a few of the more noteworthy ones, listed in order of valuation at the time of going public: 1. Still, patient visits soared by 450 percent year over year during the quarter, while the number of active medical providers on the platform rose 933 percent year on year to about 62,000. billion valuation. million from $24.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2017

And, while OfferUp’s exact valuation is unknown, the firm is widely believed to be a “unicorn” with a total value exceeding $1 billion. noted investor Max Levchin on his decision to invest in OfferUp. billion in transactions, and in 2016 that number had swelled to north of $14 billion. In 2015, OfferUp saw more than $2.9

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JANUARY 19, 2018

But a lesser-discussed market grabbed the largest investment of the week: logistics. A slew of existing backers boosted the investment as well. The company could be looking for an additional investor to secure unicorn status, with the Series D funding landing the firm with a valuation of $945 million, according to reports.

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MARCH 31, 2017

Reports Wednesday (March 29) said Accion Venture Lab led the seed funding round as part of its broader focus to invest in businesses that promote financial inclusion. Newid Capital and angel investors also participated, reports said. eProcurement.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

The current issues and the current system cited by Marcus are still there to be grappled with, of course, spanning privacy and security and any number of central banks that are training their sights on issuing their own digital currencies. There also was a $585 million USD equivalent investment round this month in the B2B eCommerce platform.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

All in, hackers managed to nab names, email addresses and phone numbers of 50 million Uber riders around the world, as well as the data of about 7 million drivers, which includes 600,000 U.S. drivers’ license numbers. It’s a big number – but it comes as a big discount for buyers offering $32.97 billion in funding.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

The scheme is startling in breadth — involving large numbers of Amazon representatives (“Amazon reps”), targeting many hundreds of eBay sellers and spanning several countries overseas and many states in the United States (including California).”. “I The valuation stands at $7.6 billion in its coffers.

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MARCH 15, 2019

and the EU over any number of months. It’s a form of “inward” investment, we might term it. billion valuation as it seeks to become a lifestyle brand – think sneakers and clothing beyond the jeans scene – on a global stage. regardless of the wrangling between the U.K. The company may come to market with a $6.2

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AUGUST 22, 2018

The online marketplace has disrupted any number of verticals, changing the way we shop and spend, and where we grab must-have items — from books to rugs to lamps, and sometimes from across international borders. That is as measured at the end of 2017 over 2016’s numbers. The Faces Behind The Numbers — And Where They Are.

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MARCH 15, 2019

That speaks to some long term expectations that digital banking and other “sea changes” will continue in financial services (and maybe hasten changes within the UK) no matter the wrangling between the UK and the EU over any number of months. It’s a form of “inward” investment, we might term it. The company may come to market with a $6.2

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