2014 Micro-Entry Origination 
CB Insights
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
In the same way that Square built a payment-centric ecosystem for brick-and-mortar SMBs and micro-merchants, Stripe has reinvented online payment acceptance. The company reached unicorn status in January 2014 at a $1.8B A few key members of the executive team include: Claire Hughes Johnson, who has been the COO since 2014.
CB Insights
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Investing: Robo-advisors and micro-investing lower barriers to entry. Simple, an early contender founded in 2009, floundered following its 2011 launch before ultimately being bought by Spanish banking giant BBVA in 2014. Investing: Robo-advisors and micro-investing lower barriers to entry.
CB Insights
DECEMBER 4, 2019
Webpay failed to gain user traction and was shut down in 2014, unlike up-start Venmo (now a part of rival payments processor PayPal). With the talent acquired from GoPago, Amazon launched Amazon Local Register, a card reader for SMBs in August 2014. Its first entry point in the market was in payments in October 2014.
PYMNTS
JULY 1, 2019
Like Tencent and QQ, when Messenger separated from Facebook in 2014, it needed to get consumer and their friends to download the Messenger app. Back in 2014, Messenger users also had a different view of their “one place” to do all of those things – and it wasn’t any of their messaging apps. Just like WeChat did. Of Messenger and Libra.
CB Insights
JUNE 17, 2020
Another company, Origin , was one of four 3D printing companies that received authorization to provide 3D-printed medical equipment directly to healthcare providers. Apple, Google, and Samsung began adding virtual wallets to their mobile products as early as 2014. Early signs point to strong, lasting SHIFT TOward CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS.
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