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Back in 2017, Mubadala invested $15 billion in SoftBank’s Vision Fund , which focuses on relatively large-scale investments — much larger than the investment amounts planned by Mubadala — such as its $940 million investment earlier this year in Nuro , a U.S.-based based robotics startup. Vision Fund.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

and China over trade and security issues. The last big Chinese IPO rush occurred in 2014, when 14 companies, including eCommerce titan Alibaba, raised $25.7 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August. Several companies have had to shelve their plans because of the ongoing pandemic. China and the U.S.

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JULY 10, 2020

While the investment isn’t yet official, reports noted that it would propel Taulia’s valuation to as much as $400 million, said Cedric Bru, the firm’s CEO and president, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. million to the $9 million already secured. million raised from investors.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Back in 2017, Mubadala invested $15 billion in SoftBank’s Vision Fund , which focuses on relatively large scale investments — much larger than the investment amounts planned by Mubadala — such its $940 million investment earlier this year in Nuro , a U.S.-based based robotics startup. Vision Fund.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

For Casper Sleep, a billion dollar valuation amid an initial public offering (IPO) — and with it, vaunted “unicorn” status in the public markets — may never have had a ghost of a chance. A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday (Jan. At the high end the valuation would be $744 million, as there would be 39.2

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JULY 6, 2020

Paytm, the eCommerce payment system and financial technology company based in India, has announced plans to purchase Raheja QBE General Insurance Co. Last fall, Paytm had a deal to secure $2 billion in a new financing round in preparation for competition with other payment services, including Facebook’s Libra and Flipkart’s PhonePe.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday (Dec. Petco has invested $300 million over the past three years to renovate, launch an eCommerce site and implement a full-service veterinary hospital network. It could be looking for a $6 billion valuation. . The Silicon Valley-headquartered company filed an S-1 with the U.S.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Ant, which is backed by Alibaba, plans to list on both the Hong Kong market and on Shanghai's STAR Market in the next few weeks. Ant Group was said recently to be pondering a $280 billion minimum valuation for the double listing, a 12 percent hike from the previous amount speculated.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

London-based FinTech startup Rapyd has secured an additional $20 million in funding, bringing its valuation to $1.2 We’ve started to look at two acquisitions that were bigger than what we originally planned, with prices more in the range of $100 million,” he told reports.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Ant Group had planned to go public for $35 billion, which would have made it the largest IPO in market history. Ant was co-founded by billionaire Jack Ma, who also co-founded eCommerce giant Alibaba. Ant Group had $263 billion in outstanding consumer loans as of June 2020. China’s central bank told the media on Dec.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The online retail platform recently saw its finance arm hit a $7 billion market valuation after securing funding at the start of the year from Sequoia Capital China, China Harvest Investments and China Taiping Insurance. Reports noted that this could signal plans for a public listing in China. Reports Thursday (Nov.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

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). Funding Xchange secured $10.3 The company plans to acquire People HR and The Payroll Service company. Also in the U.K.,

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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. million shares at $18 apiece, up from its original plan to offer 35 million shares in a $14-to-$16 range. million shares at $22 each vs. initial plans to offer 18.75 Airbnb ($47 billion). 17, ending the day at $23.07.

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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 13, 2019

The company operates a digital platform connecting Latinx-owned businesses to small business loans and secured the funding from Mexico-based FinServ Crédito Real. FintechOS said it will deploy the funding to expand across Europe, with future plans to launch in the U.S. Investors gave support for the U.S. and Southeast Asia.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The largest funding round of the week lands at one Indian firm, which will use the funds to focus on growing its suite of services from a B2B eCommerce platform to a source of financing and logistics for its business clients. The company said this week that it secured $1.75 The investment follows a $1.5 million venture capital raise.

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DECEMBER 9, 2016

VCs used 2016 to manage costs, set priorities and valuations,” explained Rahul Khanna, managing partner at Trifecta Capital, in an interview with Business Standard published Wednesday (Dec. B2B eCommerce. For startups, 2016 wasn’t the best year in venture capital. Procure-To-Pay. Tradeshift. million , announced Thursday (Dec.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

According to its Securities and Exchange Commission stock registration statement, as cited by CNBC , the online mattress retailer said it lost $73.4 The company, which plans to list under the symbol “CSPR,” began selling mattresses on the web five years ago, and it now sells pillows, lamps, sheets and other bedroom accessories.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

But there is a clear common thread among the B2B startups that secured fresh funding this week: data analytics. million in Series A funding announced this week, Libra said it plans to roll out new apps and services for accounting, auditing and tax processes, according to Accounting Today. B2B eCommerce. billion valuation.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

In the biggest funding round of the week for B2B FinTech, HR and payroll company Namely secured $50 million in venture capital funding. But it’s not the only B2B FinTech firm that secured new investments. B2B eCommerce. trillion valuation by 2020, reports said. CloudCraze. million — over the next 90 days.

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MARCH 31, 2017

Investors are fueling growth for B2B FinTechs across Asia, with startups in Indonesia, Singapore and India securing most of the more than $125 million raised in recent days. based company that secured $50 in Series A million for its cloud management solution. This week the company revealed a $3.8 Cloud Management. CloudCheckr.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Indeed, these spaces secured significant funding in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. Check out the B2B payments, blockchain, logistics and data analytics firms that secured funding below. Rivigo focuses its B2B services on delivery and logistics for various verticals across India, including eCommerce and pharmaceutical firms.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

It was a good week for Amazon’s stock price, with a valuation that briefly exceeded $1 trillion before falling back into the far more conservative $927 billion range, reaffirming its membership in the trillion-dollar club along with Microsoft ($1.27 eCommerce business, departed last month to become the new CEO of craft outfit Michael’s.

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This is not the first case of its kind in the high-stakes world of eCommerce and mobile commerce competition. Some funding here, and some funding there, and pretty soon the valuations start to get a bit heady. The valuation stands at $7.6 billion in its coffers. billion as the company reportedly readies for an IPO.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

In all, the industry secured more than $324 million with B2B payments, logistics and artificial intelligence leading the way. B2B payments company Bill.com secured $100 million from JPMorgan Chase and Temasek Holdings, reports said this week, in one of the most high-profile funding rounds for the industry. B2B Payments.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

B2B FinTech enjoyed more time in the spotlight with investors this week as companies around the globe — ranging from eProcurement to small- and medium-sized business (SMB) accounting to supply chain management startups — secured fresh funding to support growth. B2B eCommerce. Alternative Lending. Globality.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

The implied valuation here is $700 million. The new capital will help fund global expansion, with focus, as the name implies, on eCommerce. This eCommerce deal marks the first one of size seen in our Investment Tracker in several weeks. The AI assistant becomes part of our client’s sales team.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

At the time, Uber – at the directive of its chief security officer – hid the breach and paid hackers about $100,000 to destroy the data. The ride-sharing company said that no Social Security numbers, credit card information, trip location details or other data were taken. billion in funding. drivers’ license numbers.

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MARCH 29, 2017

Delhivery is billed as India’s largest third-party supply chain services firm that marks its focus on eCommerce. The money came through a third round of financing led by Sands Capital, with additional participation by the World Bank’s IFC and eCommerce firm Flipkart, among others. would help.

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JUNE 30, 2016

is impacting everything from eCommerce sales to the value of the nation’s biggest financial institutions. From what he’s seen, many in the “working class” or “retirement age bracket” were so worried about their financial and physical security that they voted to exit the E.U. s decision to say “see ya” to the E.U. With the U.K.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

According to an OPER press release, the company plans to use the capital to expand into new geographic areas – namely, Denver and Los Angeles. Shopify is a Canadian startup that went public with unicorn valuation ($1 billion) on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges, and it’s launching its own card-reading device.

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JULY 17, 2020

Based in Nigeria, B2B eCommerce and supply chain technology startup TradeDepot raised $10 million in a pre-Series B equity round led by Partech, International Finance Corporation, Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative and MSA Capital. ’s Ravelin secured $20.6 The firm, which now has a valuation of $10.2 TradeDepot.

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Another, of course, is that for businesses that have not yet achieved profit market fit, the issue of securing capital to finance your way to the point at which the business becomes cashflow positive is very significant. So one is the issue of being killed by your own success. They had not made the business model work. So this is interesting.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

eCommerce has become a natural part of life in many parts of the world, but that hasn’t been the case in the Middle East. Most of the region’s eCommerce traffic is coming from a single country: the U.A.E. Noon presents the opportunity to create a dynamic eCommerce platform for, by and in the region,” Khalid said.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Cross River, which did not disclose its valuation, said it will use the funding to invest in its compliance infrastructure and expand staff levels as it continues to collaborate with FinTech startups, allowing them to gain access to Cross River’s client base without needing to secure their own banking license. Wise Systems.

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