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ManoMano eComm Platform Snags $139M To Hire 200 Employees
Investments // January 29, 2020

ManoMano, a French startup, has raised more cash in a new funding round, reports said. About €125 million ($139 million USD) was secured for the company’s eCommerce platform of home improvement products and services. Temasek led the funding round, with Bpifrance, Eurazeo, General Atlantic, Piton...

Citi On Supply Chain Finance In An Age Of (Global) Uncertainty
B2B Payments // October 21, 2019

Trade wars. Tariffs. Brexit. Beyond the headlines and stock market gyrations, beyond the speeches from politicians and academics, lies the very real impact of geopolitics on supply chains: Trade corridors are refashioned. At a high level, trade is global in scope — and, increasingly, firms...

Home Selling Platform Opendoor Seeks To Raise $200M
Investments // February 15, 2019

One month after home selling platform Knock raised $400 million in a Series B round, rival Opendoor is reportedly looking for $200 million in funding. The company, which filed documents in Delaware that mentioned a “Series E-2,” is looking for a valuation of $3.7 billion, according to...

Alipay, WeChat Near $3 Trillion
Retail // April 21, 2017

As the world of eCommerce continues to take the economy by storm, it’s important to examine the intricacies of digital payments. As such, the United Nations–based Better Than Cash Alliance conducted a study that closely examined two of the largest digital payments enablers, which are...

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Citi On Supply Chain Finance In An Age Of (Global) Uncertainty

October 21, 2019
Trade wars. Tariffs. Brexit. Beyond the headlines and stock market gyrations, beyond the speeches from politicians and academics, lies the very real impact of geopolitics on supply chains: Trade corridors are refashioned. At a high level, trade is global in scope — and, increasingly, firms do business with each other 24/7, 365 days a year. […]

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ManoMano eComm Platform Snags $139M To Hire 200 Employees

January 29, 2020
ManoMano, a French startup, has raised more cash in a new funding round, reports said. About €125 million ($139 million USD) was secured for the company’s eCommerce platform of home improvement products and services. Temasek led the funding round, with Bpifrance, Eurazeo, General Atlantic, Piton Capital and Kismet Holdings also participating in this latest funding […]

Home Selling Platform Opendoor Seeks To Raise $200M

February 15, 2019
One month after home selling platform Knock raised $400 million in a Series B round, rival Opendoor is reportedly looking for $200 million in funding. The company, which filed documents in Delaware...

Google Gearing Up To Buy Data Science Contest Platform Kaggle

March 09, 2017
Kaggle, a company that hosts data science and machine learning contests, has been acquired by Google. According to a report in TechCrunch, the official announcement on the part of Google and...

Ushering The Digital Age In For SMBs, With Tech Giants And The SBA

March 31, 2016
The Small Business Administration is working with tech giants in the name of small business efficiency. As noted by Fortune on Thursday, the agency is linking up with Amazon, Microsoft,...