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Payments company Paystone raises $23.8M to help service-based businesses engage with customers

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The Canada-based company got its start in 2008 as the payment processing company Zomaron, and rebranded itself as Paystone in 2019. million in a mix of debt and equity. Paystone , a payments and integrated software company, secured another strategic investment this year, this time $23.8 It raised $54.9

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A Sign of the Times: Why Saving the Kentile Sign is Important #savekentile

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Even the old Pfizer headquarters, active as recently as 2008, is now home to the production of everything from microchips to pickles. We''ve learned enough from neighborhoods like Dumbo that mixed use communities of commercial and residential can anchor each other to create dynamic ecosystems. It''s all yours.

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Biking In Paris

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

We have been coming to Paris regularly for about 15 years and back in 2008, I started using the Velib bike share system and wrote about it here. I wish NYC’s Citibike system had that mix in their kiosks. But I’ve been using a service called DOTT this stay in Paris. Biking around Paris is great.

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What Drives The University Of Michigan’s Entrepreneurial Success

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While the University of Michigan has been formally educating students on entrepreneurship for decades, the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has notably ramped up in the last ten years and has effectively used its powerful alumni network to amplify its growth. In the mid-2010s, that focus began to evolve. university.

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Introhive raises $100M for AI-powered sales tools to help companies build ‘relationship graphs’

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It has raised about $150 million to date and is doubling revenues every year for the last several with a platform used by large enterprises — PwC, Colliers International, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Plante Moran and Clark Nexsen are a few of them. “Are they bringing in right lead data? .

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Daily Crunch: Following ‘significant reduction’ in demand, Peloton puts brakes on production

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And sure, last year was one of the best for crypto startups, but now even more big companies are getting into the mix. Twitter rolls out NFT support : If you’re a member of Twitter’s subscription service, you will soon have the ability to connect a crypto wallet and use an NFT that you own as your profile picture. Let’s talk about it!

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

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2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. We're entering another election year, and recent history has given us unprecedented access to information and interaction with our elected representatives. Reader beware.). Open Government.