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At TechCrunch Disrupt, insights into key trends in venture capital
Crunch 20 Sep 2019
At that pace, VC spending could surpass $100 billion for the second year in a row. We plan to welcome a slew of investors to TechCrunch Disrupt to discuss this major feat and the investing trends that have paved the way for recording funding. Mega-funds and the promise of unicorn initial public offerings continue to drive investment....
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WeWork’s IPO flop is a cautionary tale for Collisons as Stripe hits $35bn value
The Irish Times 20 Sep 2019
The latest, raking in $250 million from blue-chip venture capital (VC) funds like Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz, will be used to help it continue to expand around the world and launch new products ... Stripe, for now, has no plans to test whether its VC valuation will hold up on the public market....
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WeWork’s IPO flop a cautionary tale for Collisons as Stripe hits $35bn value
The Irish Times 20 Sep 2019
The latest, raking in $250 million from blue-chip venture capital (VC) funds including Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz, will be used to help it continue to expand around the world and launch new products ... Stripe, for now, has no plans to test whether its VC valuation will hold up on the public market....
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Half a billion dollars in VC funds to converge on Madison to hear state startups pitch
Business Journal 20 Sep 2019
The gathering of VC funds expected to attend, which is growing by the day, is the largest pool of investors, in terms of fund sizes, ever assembled for the three-decade-old event ... ....
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[Funding alert] Tiger Global invests $25M in online stock broking startup Upstox
Your Story 20 Sep 2019
Earlier this week, Bengaluru-based wealth management platform Groww also received $21.4 million as a part of its Series B funding round led by US-based VC firm Ribbit Capital along with participation from existing investors Sequoia India and Y Combinator....
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Black-led VC firms suffer from investors’ racial bias, Stanford study shows
The Stanford Daily 20 Sep 2019
Venture capital (VC) funds led by accomplished black individuals are viewed less favorably by investors than similarly accomplished white-led firms, according to a study led by psychology professor Jennifer Eberhardt. ... ....
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Increased Demand Pushes a Hong Kong-based VC to Launch a Bitcoin Fund
Inside Bitcoins 20 Sep 2019
Hong Kong-based VC CMCC Global has announced the launch of a crypto fund, which could spur crypto investments from institutions. In an interview with industry news medium CoinDesk, Martin Baumann, the managing partner at the company, spoke on the new Liberty Bitcoin Fund and what the company hopes to do with the new crypto solution....
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Seeking nominations for the executives who are leading the next wave of marketing tech
Business Insider 20 Sep 2019
And they're raising money from VC firms and investors who are funding both established companies and new startups. Please submit your nominations here by October 4 ... In determining the list, we'll consider company revenue, headcount and funding as well as interesting business models and the size of the problem that a firm is trying to solve ... ....
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One of London's biggest fintech startups raised $230 million without VCs. Here's why its CEO shunned 'moonshot' money to expand.
Business Insider 20 Sep 2019
One of fintech's few female founders, says she spent two years gaining support to get funding ... "We missed out the VC stage because our original funding was from a family office, and this was sufficient until we were big enough to command the attention of institutional investors, such as Merian," Boden told Business Insider in an interview....
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Lookiero closes $19M led by MMC Ventures to be the Stitch Fix for Europe
Crunch 20 Sep 2019
Lookiero, the online personal shopping service for clothes and accessories, has closed a $19 million funding round led by London-based VC MMC Ventures with support from existing investor All Iron Ventures, and new investors Bonsai Partners, 10x and Santander Smart ... In June last year it closed a funding round of €4 million led by All Iron Ventures ... ....
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Clutter acquires The Storage Fox for $152M to add self-storage to its on-demand platform
Crunch 20 Sep 2019
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An app that promises to treat a common and debilitating condition just got $8 million to break into the US market — and it's the latest sign of how tech is reshaping healthcare
Business Insider 20 Sep 2019
Back pain is one of the most common medical problems in the US. And treating it costs at least $50 billion a year ... A German company wants to address the issue and help people get better care ... Earlier this week, Kaia announced that it raised $8 million in funding led by Optum Ventures, the VC arm of giant healthcare firm UnitedHealth Group ... ....
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