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MAY 11, 2017

With the technology startup landscape drastically changing every few years due to new innovations, the report underlines how difficult it can be for regions outside of larger cities to catch on and stay afloat. These ecosystems tap into a worldwide circulation of ideas, knowledge, talent and capital. While global growth is only at 2.6

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

The real-time payments solution will be available for JPMorgan Chase, Capital One, PNC and Wells Fargo later this year, according to what representatives told Reuters. The ExxonMobil integrations instead capitalize on Apple Pay’s use as an in-app payment method. But now Dunkin’ may have found its way in. “We

Mobile 100

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APRIL 24, 2020

billion deal on Tuesday (April 21) for a minority stake in Indian telecom startup Reliance Jio , giving the social media giant a larger foothold in the region. Businesses have to look at this capital as their lifeline to the future with tremendous uncertainty ahead.

Payments 130

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Stripe went on to raise a seed round from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, and PayPal founders Peter Thiel and Elon Musk in 2011.

Online 98

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

The Washington-based company has raised $6M to date from Vulcan Capital, among others. Vulcan Capital, the private equity arm of Vulcan, made early bets in Seattle on downtown commercial real estate now largely occupied by Amazon. Cities like Seattle and San Francisco have been especially affected by the housing shortage.

Seattle 56

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners. PROFILES OF THE TOP 20 VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS. Current Firm: First Round Capital (Founding Partner).

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Today, 22 Amazon Go stores are live in Seattle, New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. An RBC Capital Markets report put the average annual sales of an Amazon Go location at about $1.5M. The regions involved in the initial pilot included Colombia, Chile, Hong Kong, Kenya, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Peru, Taiwan, and Thailand.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Goes to Tom Brown and the Second Curve Capital team for the inspiring message from Clemson CEO Jim Clements. In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., with Coinbase alone attracting $86 billion.

Community 216

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

To attract millennial clients, some old-school gyms are adapting their models to capitalize on the increasing popularity of the boutique studios. US health clubs have already rushed to capitalize on millennials’ devotion to self-improvement, with the volume of US health clubs increasing by 20% between 2011 and 2015. Houseplants.

Millennials 78

Millennials Industry Branding social media 78

CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

The burger’s success spurred Next Level Burger’s expansion into five new locations in Seattle and California, along with a new East Coast location at Whole Foods 365 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Even today, interest in kombucha is mostly concentrated in coastal regions, especially in the Pacific Northwest.

San Francisco 69

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Tech giants aren’t the only companies that have spotted the opportunity in remote diagnostics — some biotech companies have moved quickly to demonstrate value and capitalize on the eased regulations as well. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, an increasing amount of capital was being devoted to cybersecurity.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

“The initial 7 years were all about having negative working capital, positive cash flow and a sustained ability to fund our own growth. I started treasuring GMV, room-nights and other ‘vanity’ metrics instead of the fundamentals of cash flow and working capital,” he explained. Those were the only metrics we tracked. Product: Bridj.

Company 78

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago and Toronto have all signed off. Since launching Instant Delivery, UberEATS has significantly expanded from allowing people in downtown to pick four to five meals during the lunch hour to offering thousands of items at all hours of the day and throughout the Puget Sound region.

Apple 100

Apple Course Samsung San Francisco 100