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JANUARY 5, 2017

Open-source eCommerce platform provider Magento Commerce recently snagged a whopping $250 million in new funding from one of China’s largest investment firms, Hillhouse. This latest fundraising puts Magento Commerce’s valuation at more than $700 million, according to a person familiar with the deal.

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JUNE 15, 2020

The Beijing-based giant with a valuation of $75 billion is competing for one of five electronic banking licences to be issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore , the nation’s central bank and financial regulatory agency, by year’s end, the report said. ByteDance does not operate a digital bank, the FT reported.

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JULY 6, 2020

Buenos Aires-based eCommerce market MercadoLibre has seen a boost thanks to the pandemic, with shares climbing above $1,000 and sales spiking, Bloomberg reported. Some of them had never used eCommerce at all, Bloomberg reported. Some of them had never used eCommerce at all, Bloomberg reported.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

The former CFO of Zalando SE, one of Europe’s most successful eCommerce retailers, Kemper was instrumental in leading the company’s IPO in 2014 on the Frankfurt stock exchange. Its most recent valuation was $3.5 The mobile digital-only bank now has over 5 million customers, more than twice the number of users than it had in early 2019.

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OCTOBER 11, 2020

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 News of the potential public offering comes as Instacart announced on Thursday (Oct.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The number of shares that will be offered and the price range have not been determined, the release stated. The company announced in July that it was considering an IPO , with a potential valuation of $10 billion through a deal with Goldman Sachs. The IPO will take place after the SEC review process is complete. It was valued at $2.9

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

In today’s top news, FinTech startup Tink raised €85 million to bring its valuation to €680 million, and Starbucks plans to shift more toward drive-thru and online ordering. Stockholm-based FinTech Tink announced a new funding round of €85 million, which boosts the startup’s valuation to €680 million ($825 million). Tis the Season ….

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JUNE 14, 2020

Nilam Ganenthiran, chief business officer at Instacart , the California grocery delivery and pickup service, said the grocery business has taken a giant step into eCommerce since the pandemic emerged three months ago. The days of a grocer not offering eCommerce are behind us,” Ganenthiran told WSJ.

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

Despite — or perhaps because of — the pandemic, a number of strategic and financial deals are taking shape. For example, over the summer, integrated payments and eCommerce technology provider Paya merged with FinTech Acquisition Corp. Western Union has been public about its desire for acquisitions. to go public.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Benefits of the Brex eCommerce credit card include an open line of credit, 60-day payment terms and interest-free financing. In June, Brex announced it raised $100 million in venture funding, giving the company a valuation of $2.6 The funding came a few months after Brex raised $125 million, giving it a previous valuation of $1.1

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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 1, 2020

The eCommerce giant stacked Prime Day and a series of Black Friday events into October and November as it reacted to the pandemic’s calendar dynamics and the shift to a digital-first economy. percent in Q2 2020, which is still a number any other company would give their whole paycheck for. But the numbers are misleading.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

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. billion, a sizable increase from the company's last valuation of $5.5 The investment will value the company at $10.65 billion in 2019.

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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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JANUARY 29, 2019

The number of deals is also up from the 1,480 in 2017. Ant Financial is the payment affiliate of Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant. The report noted that in the fourth quarter of 2018 five companies became unicorns, which happens when a startup has a valuation of more than $1 billion. billion last year, noted the report.

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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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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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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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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? Interesting, while soccer may be viewed as being more valuable — global phenom that it is — the NFL has a number of games hosted in London.

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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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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 financing option is visible on the checkout pages online for big brands like Walmart , Expedia Group and soon the quickly-expanding eCommerce app Shopify.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

It has backers that include Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal’s investment firm and Japanese eCommerce company Rakuten. A report in January said that Uber’s valuation when it goes public is likely to be $14 billion less than its most recent private valuation. billion by 2019.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Wegmans eCommerce Group Manager Erica Tickle said, according to the report, “Our customers are busy, so when it comes to grocery shopping, they appreciate a range of options that allows them to get the task done with ease, when and how they want.” billion valuation. The company, at the time, had a valuation of $4.35

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MARCH 12, 2020

Feld also sits on a number of other boards of companies including Norton LifeLock Inc. The move comes after a rocky period for eBay, which was once a darling of the internet but has been diminished by the presence of eCommerce titan Amazon in recent years. Currently, eBay has a marketplace valuation of around $28 billion.

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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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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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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Paytm Mall, the eCommerce unit of One97 Communications, reported a net loss of ?1,787 Paytm Mall, which launched in April of 2017, has raised $640 million and commands a valuation of $2.23 1,787 crore on total sales of ?774.8 crore in the year ended 31 March 2018.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Late-stage venture valuations more than doubled year-over-year, with global median pre-money valuations for late stage deals rising from $135 million in 2020 to $325 million at the end of H1’21. Indonesia-based Gojek raised $300 million in H1’21, while also announcing a merger with payments and eCommerce platform Tokopedia.

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JULY 16, 2020

This risk is even greater now that the pandemic has upended normal shopping behaviors, driving an increasing number of consumers online to shop and pay, with retailers having experienced a 14.8 The surge in eCommerce is making efficient di gital payment options an important part of maintaining a healthy cash flow.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

In an effort to significantly grow its presence in South Asia, Chinese eCommerce company Alibaba has announced its decision to invest $200 million in Indian online retailer Paytm E-Commerce. It’s also a major step toward increasing Alibaba’s capability to take on eCommerce giant Amazon. Here are the numbers: $1.1

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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 billion when it was complete.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Shoppers also bought health and beauty products in similar numbers in store and online, with 29 percent of shoppers who bought such products on Black Friday in store and 27 percent having bought them online. Fifty-six percent of Black Friday clothing purchases were made in store this year, while 53 percent were made online, for example.

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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. Are we witnessing the death knell for the IPO that is tied to high-growth, but money-losing, companies?

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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. Alvo was quoted as saying: “Amazon is terrifying for many companies.

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JUNE 19, 2020

billion, better numbers than last year as the companies rebounded from the coronavirus. DoorDash Raising $400M On $16B Valuation. In the new Payments Orchestration Playbook, Gaines discusses how eCommerce marketplaces can ease such frictions and help sellers tailor their payments for a global customer base.

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MAY 5, 2016

Welcome to the weekly Unicorn Watch, where we’ll gauge the health of tech firms valued at $1 billion or above, spanning the globe, in industries as diverse as FinTech, payments (of course), Big Data, cybersecurity and eCommerce. Square has seen its valuation sliced in half, to $3 billion, before rebounding. But a few stats stand out.

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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. Bloomberg wrote earlier this year that those with knowledge of the matter said the company was looking at a valuations of $1 billion to $1.5 MYT Netherlands Parent B.V., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P.

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