startups

Startup or start up is a company or project initiated by an entrepreneur to seek, effectively develop, and validate a scalable business model. Hence, the concepts of startups and entrepreneurship are similar.

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Customers Reward CEO’s Honest Emailed Apology
Customers Reward CEO’s Honest Emailed Apology
January 15, 2023  |  eCommerce

When olive oil startup Graza botched orders for some customers, its CEO decided to apologize. Corporate apologies are nothing new, but it was the way...

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Arc Debuts ‘Hybrid Financing’ as Startups Scramble for Cash
Arc Debuts ‘Hybrid Financing’ as Startups Scramble for Cash
January 11, 2023  |  Startups

Finance company Arc has introduced what it calls a new form of financing for startups. Advance Plus, the company’s “hybrid financing” method announced Wednesday (Jan. 11),...

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Marc Lore’s ‘Wonder’ Pivots as Funding Dwindles for Costly Startups
Marc Lore’s ‘Wonder’ Pivots as Funding Dwindles for Costly Startups
January 10, 2023  |  ResTech

Marc Lore’s would-be disruptive restaurant tech startup is changing course amid a difficult market. The Jet.com co-founder’s food company Wonder, which was initially intended to...

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Unprofitable Direct-to-Consumer Brands May Not Last Through 2023
Unprofitable Direct-to-Consumer Brands May Not Last Through 2023
December 22, 2022  |  Startups

Early-stage direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands that rely on investor funding will have a difficult year ahead. This, as macroeconomic conditions worsen and venture capitalists get more...

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Tech Startups Seek Alternative Funding as Venture Capital Dries Up
Tech Startups Seek Alternative Funding as Venture Capital Dries Up
December 20, 2022  |  Startups

With venture capital becoming scarce, tech startups are seeking new ways to finance themselves. That’s according to a report Wednesday (Dec. 20) by the Financial...

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Report: Chime Tried Two Times to Buy EWA DailyPay
Report: Chime Tried Two Times to Buy EWA DailyPay
December 15, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Chime reportedly offered two deals to buy DailyPay but neither was accepted. The FinTech offered as much as $2 billion for the startup, The Information...

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Europe’s Hospitality Tech Companies See Strong Funding Week
Europe’s Hospitality Tech Companies See Strong Funding Week
December 15, 2022  |  Investments

A string of funding rounds has highlighted a boom for European hospitality tech companies. As restaurants and hotels increasingly digitize their operations, investors are backing...

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Checkout.com Cuts Internal Valuation to $11B
Checkout.com Cuts Internal Valuation to $11B
December 13, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Payments platform Checkout.com has reportedly reduced its internal tax valuation to around $11 billion. The reduction at the London-based company, as reported by the Financial...

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Tapline Nets $33.5M Pre-Seed Funding to Finance SaaS Startups
Tapline Nets $33.5M Pre-Seed Funding to Finance SaaS Startups
December 08, 2022  |  Investments

Tapline has secured €31.7 million in equity and debt in a pre-seed funding round. Out of the total, debt funding of €30 million ($33.5 million)...

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