PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Fitness startup Peloton is hoping for an $8.2 billion valuation as it goes public, The Financial Times reported on Wednesday (Sept. billion valuation. billion valuation. The startup sells screen-equipped fitness bikes and treadmills ranging from $2,200 to $4,000 alongside its $40 per month on-demand workouts.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

According to people familiar with the discussions, the new valuation could hit as much as $70 billion or maybe as much as $100 billion, Bloomberg said. If it got as high as $100 billion, it would make Stripe one of the most valuable venture-backed startups in the country, Bloomberg reported.

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PYMNTS

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 garnered only 18 months ago. With the $14.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

billion valuation, CNBC reported. Chime’s funding comes on the heels of free-trading app Robinhood’s fundraise in August at a valuation of $11.2 The index measures startups with a value in excess of half a billion that are venture capital-backed. The company is geared toward U.S. However, the timeline is not set in stone.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

Stripe, the San Francisco digital payments startup, has landed a $100 million investment from Tiger Global Management, boosting its valuation above $20 billion. According to a report in CNBC , citing The Information, with the $100 million investment by Tiger Global Management , Stripe now has a valuation of $22.5

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MARCH 25, 2022

A unicorn startup, a company with a valuation over $1 billion, is a rare beast. Any startup needs a killer idea; but to truly achieve unicorn status, a company needs the ability to scale up quickly. According to a September 2021 report by CB Insights, there are only around 800 in the wild.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Record sales following a massive staff reduction prompted point-of-sale (POS) restaurant technology (ResTech) startup Toast to hold a share purchase offering on an $8 billion valuation. The secondary offering gives Boston-headquartered Toast a valuation of about $8 billion, up from a $4.9 billion valuation. .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2020

Used car sales startup Cazoo has raised another 100 million pounds ($116 million), which it wants to use to continue buttressing its business, according to a report by TechCrunch. In September of last year, Cazoo’s valuation was around $220 million. That brings the total raised by Cazoo up to 180 million pounds ($209.8

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billion valuation. The strategic sale discussions are unlikely to be revived. Quick commerce company Zepto is now in discussions for fresh funding at a likely $2.5 It has held talks with the likes of General Atlantic, ADIA, among others.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Venture capital firm Greycroft , based in New York and Los Angeles, has raised $680 million to fund new startups, according to Bloomberg , looking for "the next Bumble or Venmo.". The firm plans to invest $310 million in early-stage startups and $370 million in growth-stage startups, the report stated.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

bank Monzo , fresh off a round of layoffs, has taken a major hit from the coronavirus pandemic, as shown by a funding valuation that is 40 percent lower than its valuation last year. billion valuation a year ago, as reported by PYMNTS , while talks were in progress. Online U.K. billion, down from its $2.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Alibaba -backed Chinese electric vehicle (EV) startup XPeng has raised nearly $400 million from investors, including Xiaomi Corp, in a new funding round, Reuters reported Tuesday (Nov. The new investments put Guangzhou-headquartered XPeng at a valuation of almost $4 billion, the sources told Reuters. 12), citing sources.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

The Silicon Valley startup is planning to offer 24.6 At $44 per share price, Affirm would have a valuation in excess of $10 billion, Reuters reported. The startup had originally said it would go public before the end of 2020 but postponed plans. billion, according to a Monday (Jan. 30 was up substantially year over year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

SoftBank-backed DoorDash priced its initial public offering (IPO) shares at $102 each on a valuation of $32.4 The new valuation makes the Silicon Valley startup the biggest individual public food delivery firm in the United States. Earlier in 2020, DoorDash had a private valuation topping $15 billion, up from $1.4

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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. The deal raises the valuation of Mambu and its software banking platform to more than €1.7 TCV's investments include Netflix, RELEX, Spotify and WorldRemit. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2019

Lime and Bird , the two electric scooter startups that raised hundreds of millions of dollars in funding in 2018, are aiming to raise more but at a lower valuation. That is under the $3 billion or higher valuations they were fetching in years past. But with the lower valuations, it appears that business is starting to fray.

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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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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2019

The IPO of the office space startup that is trying to change the way office space is rented and leased is being closely followed given the response so far to highly-valued IPOs. Lyft is down double digits since its debut in late March and Uber ended its first trading session down more than 7 percent.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

China’s startup market had a good year in 2018, with close to 100 technology companies garnering a valuation of more than $1 billion. According to the report, Hurun, which also produces the annual rich list for China, found there are 186 Chinese tech startups that have valuations of more than $1 billion.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Poshmark saw its valuation more than double following its Nasdaq debut, with shares closing at $101.50, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday (Jan. Poshmark’s valuation is now over $3 billion, up from $1.25 Poshmark joins a slew of digital startups filing IPOs as the coronavirus pandemic continues to fuel eCommerce sales.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Online health startup Ro is valued at $1.5 billion after a new funding round, furthering its business of offering customers digital medical advice, CNBC reported.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Stripe, the payments startup, has raised $245 million in a new round of venture funding, giving the company a valuation of $20 billion. Stripe’s latest fundraising also underscores the strong environment for startups to raise money and garner huge valuations.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

The Series D funding round tips Bird’s valuation above the $2.3 billion where it was pegged last year, double the startup’s previous valuation, three people with knowledge of the deal told reporters on Monday (July 22). The startup grew fast, bringing fleets of scooters to cities around the globe.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2019

Brex, the credit card startup, announced Tuesday (June 11) it raised $100 million in venture funding, giving the company a valuation of $2.6 The funding comes a few months after Brex raised $125 million, giving it a valuation of $1.1 Brex extends credit to startups based on the amount of money in their corporate bank accounts.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

startups had a great 2018 in terms of funding, with new data showing that venture capitalists deployed $130.9 Some GPs and LPs have already expressed concern that excess capital has led to inflated round sizes and valuations. startups last year, the deal sizes across the entire VC spectrum were larger. percent year-over-year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Grocery delivery startup Instacart raised an extra $271 million in November, bringing its latest round of funding to $871 million. billion valuation, the publication said. billion valuation, the publication said. Last month, it was revealed that Instacart raised $600 million, giving it a valuation of $7.6 billion.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Airtable , a spreadsheet startup, ended a funding round with a new valuation of $2.5 We’ve been absolutely uninterested in acquisitions,” he said, according to Bloomberg, adding he is confident that there is "easily a $100 billion" valuation the company could reach. billion, according to Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

A new funding round for the Stockholm-based FinTech Tink boosted the startup’s valuation over 60 percent to €680 million ($825 million), according to a CNBC report on Friday (Dec. The firm’s valuation is up more than 60 percent from the €415 million it was worth in January, the sources said. 11), citing sources.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

Opendoor , the startup that operates an online platform for buying and selling homes, has raised $300 million, giving it a valuation of $3.8 According to a report , it was previously expected the startup would raise $200 million with a valuation of $3.7 The company has raised $1.3

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PYMNTS

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 garnered only 18 months ago. With the $14.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Silicon Valley-based Chime has raised $500 million in a Series E funding round that sent its valuation soaring to $5.8 DST Global led the Chime’s previous funding round that closed in March, which valued the digital bank startup at about $1.5 billion, CNBC reported on Thursday (Dec. 5), citing sources. Chime’s account base is 6.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Toast , the restaurant-focused startup that developed a platform to allow restaurants to manage and grow their businesses, has raised $250 million in venture funding at a $2.7 billion valuation. The startup is also using the funding to expand into more areas internationally, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

mobile-only bank, now has a valuation of $1.3 billion, pushing the startup into unicorn status. Reuters , citing Monzo, reported the mobile bank said Wednesday (October 31) that it raised 85 million pounds — and as a result, has a valuation of more than $1 billion. With a valuation of $1.3 Monzo , the U.K.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Next Insurance , the online insurance provider for small businesses, is negotiating a deal to raise new capital in a round that would value the FinTech startup at $2.25 If successful, it would double Next Insurance’s valuation from its last fundraising. billion, sources told Bloomberg. and Redpoint Ventures.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

With a rally in shares, Square ‘s valuation is approaching the level of some of the biggest U.S. Square recently purchased the Spanish mobile app startup Verse, which works in instant, cost-free digital payments. banks, Bloomberg reports.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

With a $200 million boost, the startup is said to have a post-investment value of $600 million, CNBC reported. At the time, it was reported that the round could bring between $400 and $500 million valuation to the company. With the investment, the Vision Fund’s Justin Wilson is becoming a part of the company’s board.

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