Innovation Investment Tracker news and trends

The Biggest Deal Yet And The Cloud Snags $18M

June 24, 2015
May’s Big Finish (And Why Salesforce Likes Calendars)
Exclusive Series // June 03, 2015

Calendars are very hot this year. It is one of those statements that initially comes as a surprise on a platform that talks all about payments and commerce. But the calendars of the 2010s are no longer delivery mechanisms for photos of shirtless firemen or...

It’s Official – Prosper Is A Unicorn
Alternative Finances // April 15, 2015

Last week San Francisco welcomed the latest unicorn to the herd – P2P lending site Prosper. Prosper announced that it brought in another $165 million in venture funding and sailed right past the “unicorn-making” $1 billion mark to a total valuation of ~$1.9 billion. For...

Investment Tracker | December 11 – 17
Alternative Finances // December 17, 2014

Adyen And The Changing Face Of Cross-Border Payment  Christmas, it seems, has come early for global payments technology company Adyen this year. The Amsterdam-based business announced a $250 million funding round Tuesday (December 16), led by global growth equity investor General Atlantic, (with participation from...

Innovation Investment Tracker | December 4 – 9
Cool // December 11, 2014

Banking Focus Talk about topping the charts. 2014 was a very active year for the banking sector that drove a little more than $25B in deal activity so far this year. Of the total $25.2B investment in the banking sector, 48 percent was driven by...