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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

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According to Iron Pillar’s report, B2B startups need 50 percent less capital than startups providing consumer-facing products and services if they wish to achieve a $1 billion valuation (unicorn status). Indeed, WeWork’s recent troubles have shaken confidence in the tech startup funding environment. Cardlay, based in the U.K.,

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Flipkart Ups Its Offer For Snapdeal

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Flipkart, the Indian eCommerce company moved to raise its offer of to up to $950 million for Snapdeal, boosting the chances of the deal going through. Reuters noted the offer is for the company’s marketplace and its eCommerce solutions provider Unicommerce but not its logistics unit Vulcan Express and its digital payments service FreeCharge.

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Why The Pandemic Is A ‘Black Swan’ That Will Spur Payments M&A

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The mergers and acquisitions, the deal-making, the funding and IPOs among payments players may be just getting started. Western Union has been public about its desire for acquisitions. Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have been all the rage, too. to go public.