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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

In his eight years at the startup, he helped grow market capitalization to 11 billion euros from 2010 to 2017. 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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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 5, 2024

Surprisingly, Excel was the number one solution, despite being the nemesis of IT professionals. Another interesting finding is that IT managers are not afraid to adopt solutions from startups with good track records on review sites like G2 and Capterra. This question was tricky, and we were eager to see the results. The Winners!

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PYMNTS

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. New Funding Values Swedish FinTech Startup Tink at $824 Million. Plus, Airbnb shares soared in its first day of trading.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

The numbers this week are even worse. Airbnb planned to go public this year via a direct listing, but the pandemic has wrenched those plans, and now the company is trying to figure out the best way to move forward. Last week, bookings were down year on year by half in the U.S., 75 percent in Europe and 95 percent in Asia.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2019

Cross-border money transfer startup TransferWise is looking to raise funds and will sell a stake in itself to do so, according to a report by Reuters. The company wants to raise $300 million, a source told Reuters, which would bring its valuation to $4 billion. They’re also often more affordable.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

6) when news emerged, as covered by PYMNTS , that food software startup Olo, named after the phrase “online ordering,” could potentially file an initial public offering (IPO) in 2020. The company, which is based in New York, could be seeking a $1 billion valuation. That question was put under the spotlight on Monday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

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 The company also charges clients differently.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Bloomberg , citing people familiar with the plans, reported the deal could be worth several billion dollars. Acquiring the startup would be a big effort on the part of Uber to lead in the food delivery market in Europe. Acquiring the startup would be a big effort on the part of Uber to lead in the food delivery market in Europe.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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. Another California cybersecurity startup, Contrast Security, announced $65 million in Series D funding this week. Contrast Security.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

In a week of multiple nine-figure venture capital funding rounds, B2B FinTech has proved it plans to end the year on a high note. This week, RPA startup Automation Anywhere made waves with its $300 million investment from the SoftBank Vision Fund, reports said Thursday (Nov. The investment now values Automation Anywhere at $2.6

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PYMNTS

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. Grab is also SE Asia’s biggest startup, and it has a valuation of around $14 billion.

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PYMNTS

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. per share, or $59.9

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Blue Apron rival HelloFresh has announced its plans for an IPO that could leave the Rocket Internet-launched firm with a $1.8 billion valuation, The New York Times reported Tuesday (Oct. Despite being Germany-based, HelloFresh’s largest market is in the U.S. That comes out to a 1.5 HelloFresh, has increased its user base to 1.3

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In today’s payments news, British FinTech startup Revolut is teaming with Mastercard to help it expand into the U.S. SoftBank’s Proposed WeWork Buyout Pegs Valuation at Almost $8B. The bank, which is led by Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son, plans to spend in the range of $4 billion to $5 billion on existing shares and new funding.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

The overarching theme is that tracking valuations, down rounds and hiring trends can give insight into the general state of innovation, which, of course, needs money (and workers), in addition to software and hardware game-changers, to stay afloat. Square has seen its valuation sliced in half, to $3 billion, before rebounding.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Chinese coffee company Luckin , a fast-growing startup that aims to replace Starbucks as China’s largest coffee giant, is looking to raise $586.5 million American depository shares (ADS) that will be priced between $15 and $17 per ADS in the IPO , which would give the company a valuation of between $3.48 billion cups last year from 4.4

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2016

The news, first reported by TechCrunch , comes as not long ago, Delivery Hero was valued at more than $3 billion in a fundraising round, which speaks at least in part to the vagaries of valuation and investor expectations, which do not always dovetail with reality. Why leave China? It’s hard to compete against free.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

venture capital firms are opening up their metaphorical checkbooks in greater numbers. According to recent reports from The Wall Street Journal , SoftBank has been pouring billions of dollars into technology-focused startups, which is prompting other global investors — including U.S.-based based venture capital firms — to follow suit.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Startup gains traction. Startup gains top line. Startup notches mounting losses, because as everyone knows, you’ve got to spend money to make money. The Telegraph said at the end of last month that Deliveroo plans had been pushed to 2020 from 2019. It’s becoming a familiar story – or color scheme. than “will they ever?”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

The pilot in Nigeria is the beginning of a larger plan to bring more businesses into the digital economy worldwide. Meanwhile, Visa announced the latest launch of the Visa’s Everywhere Initiative — it’s worldwide push to find and advance the best and the brightest in startups around the world. In spring 2018, participating U.S.

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PYMNTS

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. Reports Wednesday (March 29) said Accion Venture Lab led the seed funding round as part of its broader focus to invest in businesses that promote financial inclusion.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

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.” “We’d been talking to a number of retailers. House of Fraser was one of the most far-sighted,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

The news that on-demand delivery startup Munchery has closed its doors — even after raising $125 million in venture capital funding — serves as reminder of how difficult it can be to gain a profitable foothold (much less a dominant position) in the on-demand food delivery space. The benefits of scale work for some Uber Eats rivals, too.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

s fasted growing startup, WorldRemit said it has set its sights on California, as the state is home to one in four migrants in the U.S. Earlier this month, Ahmed told TechCrunch the plans are to expand in both developing markets and in places like the U.S. Mobile money transfer service WorldRemit announced Wednesday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2017

I came from a poor immigrant background,” said Hanif Joshaghani, cofounder and CEO of Canadian FinTech startup Symend. The company estimated that number in Canada to be $2.5 In early December, Symend closed a $1 million seed investment round, bringing Symend’s launch valuation to $2.5 Over the past five years in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

The tallies are in: Innovate Finance has calculated the state of investment in FinTech for 2015, and we have the numbers. Affirm, for instance, secured $275 million last May and, soon after, announced plans to link businesses operating over Shopify with financing. Corporate venture capitalists (CVCs) are rising stars among startups.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2017

London-based real estate and property technology (PropTech) startup Nested offers home sellers a bold guarantee. Like a traditional realtor, Nested provides its users with a property valuation, inspection, marketing and sales services. Nested will largely use the funds to scale their operations in a number of different ways.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

million, an impressive way to start the year for the B2B startup space. The company, which is based in Singapore, offers a subscription service for clients to use tokens to procure services from within its network; reports said Morpheus plans to add support for other cryptocurrencies in the future. B2B Payments.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2016

When paying for goods, consumers will scan a QR code or enter a merchant’s number into their phones. Mobile Payments Startup OPER Raises $750,000. Louis-based startup has defied the odds and raised $750,000 during a slowdown in funding for Fintech startups. include startups SumUp and PayPal Here.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

SoFi, the San Francisco–based lending startup, has by all reasonable metrics hit the ground in 2017 running. To open the month of February, SoFi announced it had acquired online banking startup Zenbanx. The funds will also be used to push SoFi’s planned efforts at international expansion — particularly into Australia.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2016

Bloomberg reported Monday that Eric Ries, known as the bestselling author of “The Lean Startup,” has been busy reviving an idea that traces its gestation to his time writing that book – namely, a “long-term” stock exchange that focuses not on the sturm und drang of quarterly reports, but on, you guess it, the long term.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

But apart from the poll results, the numbers flooding out of news stories on the Brexit paint a picture of confusion, uncertainty and debate. But currency valuations are fluctuating all across the globe, with India, Japan, the U.S. 1,500 F inTech startups in the U.K. 1,500 F inTech startups in the U.K. is home to about 6.8

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 7, 2020

I bring with me more than 20 years of extensive experience from startups to global multibillion-dollar organisations, including the two largest banks in Malaysia and a renowned low-cost airline loyalty programme. And now I'm the CFO of BIG Loyalty, owned and managed by BIGLIFE Sdn. a subsidiary of Airasia Digital.

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