CFO Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The slowdown follows mega deals such as Amazon’s $4 billion investment in San Francisco-based AI startup Anthropic.

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CFO Share

JANUARY 2, 2025

For years, we have struggled to compete with Bench’s war chest as they invested millions into digital marketing, crowding out small firms like us. I do not know the details of Bench’s financial problems, but I have seen other “successful” VC startups fail and fold in 2024. Here’s how it happens.

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CFO Dive

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The investment boosts the startup's effort to roll out a tool to help businesses swiftly respond to cyberattacks, which are causing million-dollar losses.

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CFO Talks

MAY 8, 2025

How Savvy CFOs Evaluate Investment Risks As a CFO, you know that investment decisions can be a game of high stakes. But lets be honestevaluating investment risks isnt just about spreadsheets and financial models. Spotting the Risk in Every Reward Every investment decision carries an element of uncertainty.

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Investments Profit and Loss CFO Credit Risk 52

CFA Institute

JANUARY 7, 2025

He is pursuing a PhD at CentraleSupélec, specializing in natural language processing to develop decision models for financial market investments. He founded Pricing Partners, a startup focused on pricing complex financial products, which is now part of Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters).

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Investments Economics Risk Management Leadership 52

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

This week, we speak with Steve Case , co-founder of America On-Line (AOL), founder of investment firm Revolution , Chair of the Smithsonian, and author of The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream. How to Invest: Masters on the Craft by David M. Steve Case’s current reading.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Chipper CEO Ham Serunjogi confirmed on Twitter the startup, which got its initial foothold in the market as a peer-to-peer (P2P) payments service, has just wrapped up a $30 million Series B round of venture capital. that focuses on early-stage firms, led the investment round. And the investments have kept coming in 2020.

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Global Finance

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

On the Invest Like the Best podcast, Andreessen condemned the traditional venture capital partnership model, which he sees as flawed as it relies on a small group of founding fathers expertise and holds little lasting value once they retire.

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Profit and Loss Startups Investments Finance 80

PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

A Chinese startup is landing hundreds of millions in additional financing as a group of investors – which includes Tencent – eyes the country’s fast-growing grocery delivery sector. Xingsheng Youxuan recently filed paperwork to go public in 2020, investment research firm EqualOcean reported.

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Startups Valuation Investments eCommerce 109

CFO News

JUNE 12, 2025

There has been a surge in private investments in the last 11 years, with Indian startups and emerging entities attracting significant private funding to the tune of over $150 billion in the past decade, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Some startups focused on data aggregation to expand underwriting capabilities, while others operate platforms to facilitate financing. But it was a startup wielding the corporate card to enable digital lunch vouchers for employees that landed the largest round of the week. million investment round this week. Pipe Technologies.

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B2B Startups Finance Accounts Payable 115

CFO News

MAY 26, 2025

Indian startups garnered USD 139.5 Fintech, e-commerce, and media and entertainment sectors dominated, while seed funding took the lead in investment stages. Fintech, e-commerce, and media and entertainment sectors dominated, while seed funding took the lead in investment stages.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Swedish peer-to-peer (P2P) lending startup Lendify has secured $115 million in funding from Insight Investment, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday (Oct. Last year Insight Investment supported the digital lender with a 1.5 In the past, the startup was supported by P2P lending and institutional capital.

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Startups Profit and Loss Investments Banking 103

Global Finance

JUNE 9, 2025

” In fact, Statista estimates that in 2024, the financial services industry invested roughly $45 billion in AI technology. Bancolombia Ventures partners with startups, focusing on topics such as fintech, climate-related technology, and cybersecurity. And they can provide a financial lifeline to the underbanked.

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CFO News

MAY 26, 2023

The finance veterans highlighted that the funding winter for Indian startups will last at least for six to nine months more, and the investment crisis has normalised the valuation of startups.

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Navigator SAP

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

These outsourcer partners enable pharma and life science to cope and adapt to the dramatic increases in demand, rapidly changing expectations from global drug manufacturing partners and increasing competition from startups looking to capture market share.

Pharmaceutical 239

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Startups Investments 239

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

FireEye has closed on a $400 million investment by Blackstone , barely a week after one of the world’s top cybersecurity firms disclosed that its own files were hacked by what federal authorities suspect was a foreign intelligence service. per share, subject to certain customary adjustments,” the company added.

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Global Finance

JUNE 9, 2025

Financial Services Company Labs (Working With External Startups and Scaleups) Many FIs host labs nurturing outside startups. Since its inception, the lab has worked with more than 100 startups, helping them integrate their products into banking use cases. Wenov’s WeLab experiments with emerging technologies.

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Startups Banking Compliance Investments 52

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2020

an investment company owned by the Singapore government, are in talks to invest as much as $1 billion for Tokopedia , sources told Bloomberg News. Facebook is buying a stake in India’s Jio Platforms, while its WhatsApp unit struck a deal last month to invest in ride-hailing and food delivery giant Gojek. Microsoft Corp.

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eCommerce Investments Retail Startups 105

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

But Levin, whose extended warranty startup just raised $40 million from PayPal and other backers, told Karen Webster in a recent conversation that his firm has managed to boost that as much as sixfold. It's the Autumn season and golf courses are closing soon. Extend (@HelloExtend) October 5, 2020.

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Investments Manufacturing Data Analysis Sales 133

CFA Institute

APRIL 3, 2024

Stevens Forcadell is a director of Finance & Investments at Blue Ocean Global Technology. He is a key contributor to the firm's Federal contracting initiatives and leads engagements with private equity and investment management clients. Sameer Somal is the CEO of Blue Ocean Global Technology and co-founder of Girl Power Talk.

Startups 52

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Global payments startup Veem is launching a new business-to-business (B2B) tool to simplify and automate domestic payments, the company announced in a Wednesday (Nov. The new investment will be used to further expand its global footprint as well as improve its tools and capabilities. . 18) press release.

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B2B Startups Invoicing Accounting 109

Global Finance

MARCH 6, 2025

Despite a sluggish economy, Latvia is positioning itself as a prime gateway to the European Union, as foreign capital is flowing into key sectors, and recent reforms underscore its ambitions to become an investment hub in the Baltics. The IMF projects GDP growth of 2.3% in 2025; 2.5% in 2026; and 2.5% Inflation (2024): 1.4%

Transportation 83

Transportation Economics Budgeting Investments 83

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

million — one of the largest amounts for a Philippines tech startup. With the new funding, PayMongo now has a total value of $15 million. The company launched in 2019 and had a seed round then for $2.7 Plaza said the impetus to form the company came from realizing how difficult it was to integrate payments into new online services.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Cloud banking startup Mambu has raised €110 million (nearly $135 million) in a new funding round aimed at financing the company’s global expansion. TCV's investments include Netflix, RELEX, Spotify and WorldRemit. . TCV led the latest round of financing, with Tiger Global and Arena Holdings contributing additional dollars.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Ten years later, their latest venture – a line of healthy, egg white-based chips called Quevos – just secured a roughly $400,000 investment on the ABC TV reality show “ Shark Tank ” from Daniel Lubetzky, who invented Kind Bars. “I I am excited to help Nick and Zack fulfill Quevos’ potential. 22) on “Shark Tank.”. 22) on “Shark Tank.”.

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Startups Investments Retail Forecasting 116

CFO Plans

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

In the whirlwind world of startups and businesses on the hunt for investment, financial reporting is much more than a collection of numbers; its the story of your businesss vitality, potential, and vision. Discover how to transform your financial reports into investment magnets by aligning them with investor expectations.

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Financial Reporting Financial Data Financial Analysis Startups 52

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 6, 2025

FINNY AI, an AI-powered prospecting tool, has raised $4.2

Prioritization 75

Prioritization Startups Technology Communication 75

Global Finance

JANUARY 2, 2025

There was a large, continuous increase in write-offs of goodwill in investment in acquisitions. But overconfidence means that they believe their abilities to acquire, to invest, are substantially above their real abilities, and studies have shown that something like 30%, 40% of CEOs are overconfident.

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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Finance Accounting Forecasting 124

CFA Institute

MAY 19, 2025

Higgins is the author of Investing in U.S. In March 2024, Investing in U.S. Financial History was awarded a bronze medal in the prestigious 2024 Axiom Book Awards under the category of “Personal Finance/Retirement Planning/Investing.” Financial History: Understanding the Past to Forecast the Future.

Leadership 52

Leadership Investments Forecasting Leverage 52

CFO Thought Leader

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Early in his career, Lior Maza chose to immerse himself in smaller, venture-backed startups rather than large enterprisesa move that exposed him to a range of responsibilities, from fundraising and recruiting to crisis management.

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Leadership CFO Finance Startups 99

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Spirit of Investment hovered over the trading floor. Then the Trader said, “Let companies emerge to bring forth profits: firms yielding dividends and startups yielding disruption, each according to their kind.” The Market was formless and void, and volatility was upon the face of the indices. ” And it was so.

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 31, 2024

During the past year our company has grown from an ambitious startup to a prominent market leader in data-fueled beverage automation. The transition from a promising startup to an established industry player is a path fraught with both obstacles and opportunities.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Nuro , a startup focused on robotics use in daily life, has raised $500 million in a Series C funding round, according to a Medium post. The round was led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, with participation from new investors, including Fidelity Management & Research Company and Baillie Gifford.

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Startups Valuation Transportation eCommerce 99

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 2, 2024

 At The Money: Finding Overlooked Private Investments , with Soraya Darabi, TMV (October 02, 2024) The Efficient Market Hypothesis informs us that stock markets reflect all of the information known about any company. How does this affect VC investing? billion dollar startups have a founder who came here as a student.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

billion in venture capital investments between January and September 2020, according to a press release from London & Partners emailed to PYMNTS. billion in investments. billion in investments. FinTechs account for 44 percent of all venture capital investments in London tech companies this year.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

New York City-based FinTech startup Clair has raised $4.5 million in seed funding to disrupt payday lending schemes and help gig workers and freelancers get paid instantly. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures.

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