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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Today is Columbus Day, a celebration of Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of Americas 526 years ago. First, Christopher Columbus never actually set foot in North America, so he discovered an America, not the America. In fact, much of what one learned in elementary school about Columbus is a little bit off.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

. “We are obsessed with upgrading the commercial insurance ecosystem, helping it evolve to meet the needs of all the players and catch up with the pace of technological innovation,” said Ilya Bodner, founder and CEO of Bold Penguin.

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AUGUST 16, 2017

Whether it’s driving increased digital sales , inducing worry among brick-and-mortar competitors , upping the ante on instant pick up kiosk expansions , or finding innovative ways to pay for its acquisitions, Amazon is helping shape the retail world, and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon. Commerce Department.

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MARCH 22, 2017

Going forward, Vance will locatable in Columbus — and on the hunt for firms that might otherwise be ignored by the venture funding mechanism in the U.S. And there are some serious funds on offer — Revolution funds has over $1 billion in capital to hand out to firms at all stages of development. The goals of the fund are twofold. “But

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Investors in the seed round include Sonny Vu, the founder and former CEO of Misfit Wearables; Eric Dobkin, a former partner at Goldman Sachs known as “the Father of the Modern IPO”; NCT Ventures in Columbus; and Listen Ventures, a brand-focused venture capital firm based in Chicago.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

Its online grocery shopping services were provided in partnership with Chicago’s Jewel supermarket, Columbus, Ohio’s Kroger, San Francisco’s Safeway and Houston’s Randall’s. The eCommerce giant reportedly plans to invest $500 million in the food segment as it capitalizes on increasing Internet penetration in the country.

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MARCH 13, 2019

Select Investors: Tencent Holdings, Disney Accelerator, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vulcan Capital, ICONIQ Capital. Select Investors: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Wellcome Trust, GIC, SoftBank Group, DST Global. Valuation: $12B.

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