PYMNTS

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.

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CB Insights

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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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

The marketplace blended crowdsourcing and social media to create hype around new inventions; help inventors find partners, funding, and manufacturing resources; and sell their gadgets to major nationwide retailers such as Home Depot and Target. Julep started out as a single nail salon in Seattle. — Ben Kaufman, founder, Quirky.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2017

We define Chinese investment as participation in private financing rounds by investors (corporate, venture capital, angel, private equity, etc.) In May, Tencent opened an AI research lab in Seattle focused on speech recognition as it looks to apply AI research to its social media, online games, and cloud services.

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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

JUNE 4, 2019

Fueled by social media, consumers want to get a hold of the latest trends as quickly as possible, and retailers must rapidly increase production to meet demand. Seattle-based startup Armoire curates a rental closet for customers for a monthly fee. Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation. clothing rentals.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

An enormous part of By Chloe’s success is that its dishes and restaurants are optimized for social media. 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.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

The security breach at Capital One that exposed 100 million credit card applications and thousands of bank accounts and Social Security numbers is rapidly seeing repercussions. . Also on Tuesday, a man affected by the Capital One breach filed a lawsuit against the firm. The FBI has arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The Facebook pop-ups will be on offer in New York City, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle from now until early February 2019. Square said its capital loans business grew 34 percent year on year, while LendingClub’s loan originations gained 18 percent year on year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

Capital One announced that a hacker had accessed about 100 million credit card applications, as well as thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers. The Washington Post reported that the FBI has arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A. Fairbank, Capital One’s chairman and chief executive, said in a press release. “I

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The store will feature an experiential area where visitors can take photos to share on social media, showing that toy stores are becoming destinations as well as places to shop. Louis, Orlando, Tampa and Tulsa, as well as additional areas of New York City and Seattle, the company said in an announcement.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Social media is also helping campers discover new places to visit, then share their experiences with others: 30% of millennials said that they picked a camping spot after seeing someone else go there. As with many industries in today’s information economy, millennial travel trends are strongly influenced by social media.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Bravo to CEO Brian Vance, President Jeff Deuel and team for a watershed expansion into the hot Seattle market with a bank whose commercial skills can complement those of its acquirer. The Get Outta Dodge (and Focus) Award – Goes to Capital One for exiting a significant mortgage business to focus on cards and direct banking.

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