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Cloud-native London FinTech startup Thought Machine has raised $83 million in a Series B funding round led by Draper Esprit, with participation from existing investors Lloyds Banking Group, IQ Capital, Backed and Playfair, Thought Machine announced on Monday (March 2).

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Thomas, who joined Groupon in 2017 as vice president of commercial finance, has served as chief accounting officer and treasurer since November 2018. After the first payment, participants can get a $5 Starbucks gift card. There are no order minimums or savings caps when using the program. The program costs $4.99

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MARCH 28, 2018

Bitcoin fell below the $8,000 level on Tuesday (March 27), CCN reported – and the cryptocurrency market as a whole could fall below a market cap of $300 million. August Capital led the round, with other firms also participating. Bitcoin was trading at $7,770.44 as of 10:41 p.m., according to CoinDesk.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

In fact, the country’s mobile phone market saw shipments grew 11 percent in 2018 — and smartphone shipments increased 10 percent. He continued, “This was one the key reasons for its growth in 2018, where not only new users shifted towards smartphones , but there was a healthy upgrade within price tiers …”.

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MARCH 12, 2019

workers are participating in part-time or project-based employment, and increasingly they want to get paid when the work is done. percent of gig economy workers surveyed last quarter (Q3 2018) to 41.9 percent this quarter at the end of 2018. The fee structure, he said is one percent of funds transferred, up to a $10 cap. “If

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But it’s clear that the company remains very focused on building financial services products that support its core strategic goal: increasing participation in the Amazon ecosystem. In December 2018, Reuters reported that Amazon was looking at airports as a potential Amazon Go partner. That scale would make Amazon Go a $4.5B

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

A 2018 report in Forbes cited research from the Journal of Business Venturing, which found that equity crowdfunding is often a last resort for SMBs when traditional and internal funding options run dry. Lozano said some SMB owners will express doubt at this model, lamenting, “‘I don’t want 500 people on my cap table.’”.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Whole Foods’ market cap was estimated at over $9.7 Costco stock was up as well for the week, hitting a high over $176 on Friday morning, with a market cap over $77 billion. and a market cap over €26 billion (over $27.6 At the time of writing, WFM was up 1.15 percent over Thursday’s close to $30.91. percent to €20.38

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AUGUST 29, 2018

PwC writes in its “Global Blockchain Survey 2018” that responses from 600 executives across 15 territories are embracing distributed ledger technology (DLT) with enthusiasm. But might the more enthusiastic adopters be getting a bit ahead of themselves? Of those queried, as many as 84 percent of firms are involved with DLT.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Lime added that it is gearing up to launch in an additional 50 cities around the globe before the closeout of 2018. However, with the sense of the new (or, in this case, the sense of something long gone that is finding its way back onto crowded city sidewalks), there always comes an associated sense of reluctance or even low-level fear.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

The big winner in the headlines race this week was certainly Amazon, which dropped a stronger than expected Q4 earnings report capped off with the announcement that its Prime membership subscriptions had reached the 150 million user mark. According to CEO Jeff Bezos, “more people joined Prime this quarter than ever before.”.

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MARCH 27, 2018

Live briefing: BLOCKCHAIN TRENDS IN 2018. Join us for a deep dive into blockchain in 2018. Companies are arranged in descending order of market cap (as of 03/16/18). . “This market cap is not justified,” he said on CNBC’s Fast Money three days after the announcement. First Name. Longfin corp.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Grubhub saw its market cap reduced to $4.79 10, 2020 , down from a high of $13 billion in September 2018 and $7.3 Small restaurants can participate, too, just like specialty boutiques have survived – but not all will make it through. billion on Jan. billion this time last year.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

“TaTaTu will be a social platform whose value is shared by everyone that participates and will continue to grow as more and more people join.” . Consumers have to eat — that is one of the few constants in commerce — and Capital One in late 2018 decided to pitch its cash-back offering to the foodie crowd with its Savor Card.

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MARCH 13, 2019

From gaming to healthcare to pizza delivery, US-based startups which reached unicorn status in 2018 represent a diverse range of industries. Silicon Valley produced plenty of $1B+ companies in 2018, but other parts of the country also had a strong showing. The service helps project participants to collaborate. Valuation: $1.9B.

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A possible investment with venture participation has also been discussed. Mobile SMB loans: Big surge here, as a Kabbage survey found a 360 percent ramp-up in the number of SMB loans applied for over mobile conduits, as measured over a roughly four-year period ending in February 2018. Overall, $138 billion was sent from the U.S.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

billion in 522 deals, a 30 percent growth over 2018, ZAG law firm announced Tuesday (Jan. 2019 marked a record year, capping a decade of successive increases in capital invested in the Israeli high-tech industry,” said Shmulik Zysman, ZAG founding partner. Israel’s technology sector had a banner year in 2019, raising $8.3

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It is reported to result from a 3(R)-2(D) decision by commissioners after determining that the user data issues related to the 2018 Cambridge Analytica breach violated the 2012 consent decree Facebook entered into with the FTC. The 2018 update to our annual How We Will Pay study of 6,000 U.S. Trust, but Adjust.

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

times its estimated 2018 earnings). The company says its aiming to launch with its first startup partners in early 2018. One difference is that Munich Re has also participated in or led significant equity financings to some of the startups it has partnered with as well. Infrastructure for insurance tech. Zhong An goes public.

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As of March 2018, Kroger’s Our Brands accounted for 29.5% Market Cap ($B). Kroger’s 300 CPG clients are able to access the platform and participate in the company’s marketing campaigns. SoftBank led Brandless’ $240M Series C funding round in July 2018, at which point the company was valued at $500M.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2018

The Official App of PyeongChang 2018 will reportedly help fans better enjoy the Olympic Winter Games experience by offering real-time updates, athlete information, medal standings and Olympic and Paralympic records. It is unclear who is behind the 300 hits that have already taken place and why. Loser: Cable-Cutters (But Not Really).

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Other banks originally complained that custodian banks weren’t going to participate. Federal Reserve asset cap on Wells Fargo will last all year instead of through the first half. Sloan was disclosing Q4 2018 earnings , and Wells Fargo also reported single-digit gains in credit and debit cards. 15, Sloan said that a U.S.

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

The head of each guild was a ruling member of the Ottoman Empire and decided if a new guild could be opened inside the Bazaar, how many and what sellers would be permitted to participate and where in the Bazaar those shops could operate. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation.

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The head of each guild was a ruling member of the Ottoman Empire and decided if a new guild could be opened inside the Bazaar, how many and what sellers would be permitted to participate and where in the Bazaar those shops could operate. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation.

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MARCH 2, 2018

in market cap. Both companies can afford to spend aggressively on expansion as their stocks have soared — market caps sit at $720B for Amazon and $483B for Alibaba. Already in 2018, Alibaba and subsidiary Ant Financial have been active in India. Amazon is expected to offer Prime Shipping at some point in 2018.

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