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The United States Of Venture Capital: The Most Active VC In Each State

CB Insights

Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment in the US, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country. We excluded debt deals and only considered venture capital, corporate venture capital, super angel, and growth equity firms.

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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

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Varo Bank’s opening … represents the evolution of banking and a new generation of banks that are born from innovation and built on technology intended to empower consumers and businesses,” said Brian Brooks, OCC’s acting comptroller in a statement. “As Last month, Varo closed on a $241 million Series D funding round. million.

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On Demand Pay Finds A Home In Financial Services

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As the workforce disperses, modern human capital management (HCM) technology can help alleviate the administrative burden for teams when it comes to tracking and monitoring state taxation compliance, while ultimately offering employees more flexibility. Yet, in neighboring Connecticut, the top income tax rate is 7 percent.

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A bridge to affordable housing

Independent Banker

When two executives at Woodforest National Bank noticed a dearth of affordable housing options in southeast Texas, they decided to do something about it, partnering with several housing and community groups to launch an innovative mortgage lending product aimed at underserved clients. Aileen McDonough is a writer in Connecticut.

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An App A Day Keeps Grocery Shoppers Coming Their Way

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Hunger and wasted food are two problems that can have one solution,” believes Daily Table founder Doug Rauch, former Trader Joe’s president and co-CEO of Conscious Capitalism, Inc. Up next are areas in Texas, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio and South Carolina. By 2018, Instacart plans to offer service to 80 percent of American households.

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55 US Companies That Became Unicorns In 2018

CB Insights

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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Impact Roadshow | Meriden, CT

Filene

Local Host: Credit Union League of Connecticut. Innovation Immersion - Filene’s Innovation Immersion program helps credit unions execute on innovation, ideas, and cultural change. We'll walk through some of Filene's latest programs, and the research and innovation behind them. 2:00 p.m. -