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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? News about Chime ’s latest funding round might give pause when comparing the tech-savvy upstart’s valuation against some traditional banking players. billion, as CNBC reported. With the $14.5

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JULY 2, 2018

When it comes to financial services and financial technology startups, making the right investment decisions is not easy or obvious work. Anthemis holds a unique place in the startup investing marketplace. And that “what could work” attitude carries over into their work with the FIs they advise.

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APRIL 30, 2019

Investing on the part of venture capitalists in financial technology startups — otherwise known as FinTechs — declined during the first quarter of 2019, with China feeling the most pain. The number of deals did increase to 445 during the time frame, noted the report. It has a valuation of $2.7

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JANUARY 4, 2019

Indian tech startups had a huge year in 2018, but the way the money is being distributed has some experts concerned about the future of the country’s financial ecosystem, according to reports. Startups in the country were a part of 924 rounds of funding and received $10.5 In 2017, Indian startups got $10.4

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

And be certain to read to the end, where we have provided an update to our popular "Financial AdvisorTech Solutions Map" (and also added the changes to our AdvisorTech Directory) as well!

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Future CFO

AUGUST 12, 2021

Global fintech investment reached US$98 billion across 2,456 deals in the first half of 202 — outpacing last year’s annual total of $121.5 In Asia Pacific , Total fintech investment (M&A, VC and PE) and deals activity saw a solid rebound in the first half of 2021, according to KPMG. billion of investment globally.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

The data from PwC and CB Insights comes after three years of steady growth, with the average annual investment increase from 2015 to 2017 coming in at 28 percent. last year was self-driving car startup Zoox’s $500 million funding round, while internationally, Beijing-based SenseTime Group was awarded $600 million in funding.

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Fpanda Club

JULY 24, 2022

oracle Aesop formulated his investment insight "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" and since that time the model for calculating the value of an asset as the present value of the cash generated by this asset throughout its life has remained unchanged. In about 600 B.C. and help identify most probable outcomes.

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MAY 20, 2019

startup, has raised $51 million (£40 million) to help U.K. Savings bank Shawbrook invested £25 million on the debt side to finance the worker draw-downs. The company’s valuation was not revealed, but Wagestream has raised a total of almost £45 million so far, and Briffett said “the valuation is definitely higher now.”.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. But Software-as-a-Service emerged as a hot spot, too, with the largest investment round of the week going to a B2B eCommerce SaaS provider.

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CFO Share

MAY 6, 2022

Whether a founder, employee, or investor, equity owners want to see a return on their investment. When taking investment from early Angel investors, selling 10% to 20% of equity is the general rule. There is a lot of risk and exposure in investing early. Giving away company equity in a startup . The answer: it depends. .

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 5, 2023

Finally, it would be dangerous to extrapolate the post-1990 outperformance of US equities, as it mainly reflects rising relative valuations. This company is betting yes : A growing number of employers around the country have decided to build their own housing for workers, mostly for them to rent but sometimes to buy.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

Here are the numbers: $70 billion | Current valuation of Uber, a ridesharing company which has raised more than $11.5 billion in funding but may soon see a $20 billion haircut. $13

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MARCH 8, 2020

In the past 18 months, both startups were vying for new customers, especially in Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most populous country and the most profitable market for the two firms. Part of the tension is due to SoftBank’s pressure to justify tech startups after the WeWork debacle last year. .

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Financial technology startups were able to raise $39.57 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. There were 659 investment deals with FinTechs in 2018. Asian FinTech startups raised a record $22.65

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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. OrderGroove has yet to disclose its valuation for this current round.

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JUNE 6, 2018

Electric scooter-sharing startup Bird has authorized a new $200 million round of funding that bring its valuation to around $1 billion. per share, which if fully sold could net the startup as much as $200 million in this round. per share, which if fully sold could net the startup as much as $200 million in this round.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

But there were incandescent pockets here and there, if you were an investor, and specifically if you invested in special purpose acquisition companies (more commonly known as SPACs). Investing in SPACs also requires a fair amount of trust in the management teams behind the dealmaking. And SPACs, hot in 2020, are, well, still hot.

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APRIL 8, 2016

The group, noted Bloomberg on Thursday (April 7), made fewer investments within the last quarter in the United States and actually loaded relatively more money into what Bloomberg termed as “mature private companies,” citing PitchBook Data. The total investment funding came in at $17.7

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MARCH 14, 2016

billion come into its financial startups from investors across a variety of stripes, which is quadruple the investment activity of a year ago, Reuters reported. That means the region is becoming a sweet spot for FinTech investment. The global investment activity in the space stood at $19.1 As a region, Asia has seen $4.5

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MARCH 21, 2019

Payment platform Marqeta has raised $250 million in a series E funding round, on a valuation of about $1.9 Marqeta, which is California-based and also works with payment cards for brands, is expected to close the round in a few weeks, although the numbers could potentially change. billion, according to reports.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

The payments landscape has evolved over the past few years to embrace other flows across consumer-to-business (C2B), healthcare and business-to-business (B2B) use cases — and open up investment opportunities for those with great tech, but no way to scale it. And it’s not overfunded by a little bit,” he told Webster of challenger banks.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup Finix , which sells payments technology to other companies, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital, with Activant Capital and Inspired Capital participating as well, according to a report. Finix’s last investment was its $17.5 For example, Stripe takes about 2.9

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

He has a fascinating background in technology and software, and is interested in all sorts of interesting things, ranging from climate change to humanism, to the huge transitions that humans have gone through as a species and what it means to society, investing, scarcity and just the quality of life that we will enjoy as a species.

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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. That’s the key for us.”.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

According to a report in Recode , which cited those who have seen its fundraising deck, the new fund will invest in health care companies. Recode noted Maris is one of a number of executives to leave Google parent Alphabet. The Financial Times also said the number of companies GV backed decreased from 57 last year to 34 in 2015.

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JANUARY 12, 2020

Sujith Narayanan and Sumit Gwalani, both co-founders of Google Pay India — formerly called Google Tez — said the seed funding brings the neo-bank startup epiFi to a valuation of roughly $50 million. They want insurance, lending, investment opportunities and multiple products,” said Narayanan, epiFi CEO.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

While many might have been surprised by House of Fraser’s announcement that it was investing at least £35 million in Tandem, a U.K. startup that’s building an app-only bank, the department store’s chairman said the deal “is just one illustration of how we’ll deliver a meaningfully different set of services to our customers.”

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Or it may be a last gasp amid heightened valuations and investor enthusiasm, with a focus on a business model that has soared – and may, depending on how you look at it, face fresh challenges that crimp the drive to realizing black ink on the operating line. Here are five questions to ask as Door Dash opens on the market: 1.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Data suggests the trend is global: North America VC investments for the quarter were fairly flat compared to Q2, and while Europe saw an increase in the number of deals for VC funding, there was a decline in the value of that collective funding. There is evidence, however, that B2B startups endure with a strong pulse around the world.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Bain Capital Ventures said Wednesday (November 14) that it has raised $1 billion in investment capital that will be geared toward targeting startup companies spanning seed rounds to growth-stage financing. Bain Capital Ventures traces its genesis back to 2001, and has invested more than $3.6 billion across 240 companies.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

Careem has a valuation of $1 billion. With the new investment, Careem plans to expand into other countries and to increase its driver pool to 15 new cities in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. billion investment from Public Investment Fund, the Saudi Arabia investment fund, giving it a valuation then of $62 billion.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Japanese tech giant SoftBank is leading a $120 million investment round in home insurance startup Lemonade. While the firm isn’t disclosing its valuation, sources said it will exceed $500 million, up from the previous round. The Japanese firm is also expected to make a separate $1 billion investment in the company at the $68.5

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Ride-hailing company Grab , which recently announced a $2 billion expansion plan in Indonesia, said it was going to invest “several hundred million dollars” in Vietnam, according to a report by Reuters. The move illustrates Grab’s desire to put its investment dollars to work to continue expanding the company worldwide. .

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MARCH 29, 2019

This latest round of funding brings the startup’s valuation to between $2 billion and 2.3 Bangalore-based BigBasket plans to use the funds to expand across major metro areas in the country, acquire smaller startups and expand into new categories, including beauty products and meat. South Korean firm Mirae Asset and U.K.

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JULY 11, 2019

Sonder, a rental startup, has reached a valuation of over $1 billion after its latest funding round, according to a report by TechCrunch. The company said it has been expanding rapidly, and it has grown the number of rentable units threefold in the last year.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Acquiring the startup would be a big effort on the part of Uber to lead in the food delivery market in Europe. Any offer, noted Bloomberg, would have to be a lot higher than Deliveroo’s latest valuation. Last year Deliveroo raised $480 million in venture funding from investors that included Fidelity Investments and T.

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