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SoftBank-Backed Lemonade Soars Above $3B Valuation On First Day Of IPO Trading
IPO // July 02, 2020

Lemonade, the insurance startup backed by Japan’s SoftBank, soared on its first day of trading Thursday (July 2), rising more than 100 percent as of the afternoon after raising $319 million in an initial public offering. The company priced the shares at $29 on Wednesday...

YapStone Matches Property Dwellers to Frictionless Payment Processes
Matchmakers // May 03, 2017

In the late 90s, YapStone’s current CEO and chairman, Tom Villante, was an investment banker looking for his next big thing. Back then online was new — Amazon was a mere toddler, and online marketplaces were mostly Craigslist and eBay.  But it was the latter...

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SoftBank-Backed Lemonade Soars Above $3B Valuation On First Day Of IPO Trading

July 02, 2020
Lemonade, the insurance startup backed by Japan’s SoftBank, soared on its first day of trading Thursday (July 2), rising more than 100 percent as of the afternoon after raising $319 million in an initial public offering. The company priced the shares at $29 on Wednesday evening, but opened at $50.06 a share on the New […]