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The Breakout Tech Company Of 2018

Haystack

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. 5/ The Enduring Allure Of Platform Potential: Revenue is important.

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Disrupting Finance From Above: Wealthfront

abovethecrowd.com

First, they believe that the current offerings from the financial incumbents are lacking. In 2013 there were 967 million FPS transactions. Regulation becomes the friend of the incumbent in highly regulated industries through a process known as regulatory capture. The basis of this argument is really two fold.

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Argentinian fintech infrastructure startup Geopagos leaves the boot straps behind with $35M funding round

TechCrunch

The financing marks the company’s first ever institutional funding. Founded in 2013, the Argentinian startup serves as a white label infrastructure software provider, with the aim of giving businesses the ability to launch financial services. Endeavor Catalyst also participated in the financing.

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The Interchange: Venture’s mixed signals

TechCrunch

One day, we’re reading about investment giants like Tiger Global seeing about $17 billion in losses. One day, I’m having a fintech-focused VC tell me they haven’t invested in any startups since last October. Once the deal closes, Flink says it will create new financial products “for millions of Mexicans to invest.”. “At

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Ed Zimmerman: The Growing Scarcity of Series B Venture Rounds

WSJ - The Accelerators

For instance, in first quarter 2015, 55% of all American venture rounds were either seed or Series A, split almost evenly, while 19% of all rounds were Series B (the third round of financing), according to data from CB Insights. Since then, the global allocation to seed funding has significantly increased. Because the U.S.

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“Customer First” Healthcare

abovethecrowd.com

In 2015, 46 percent of workers were enrolled in a plan with an annual deductible of $1,000 or more, up from 38 percent in 2013 and 22 percent in 2009. CVS Care Clinic Price Schedule: Benchmark Healthcare Investments. Our venture capital firm, Benchmark, has made four investments consistent with the “customer-first” theme.

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So much fintech M&A

TechCrunch

On Friday, January 13, investment giant BlackRock announced it was acquiring a minority stake in SMB 401(k) provider startup Human Interest. For one, as one source told me, BlackRock’s investment is a show of faith in the SMB 401(k) market — one where the firm hasn’t historically played. Consolidation everywhere. ” In other news.