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April 2, 2020

Visa’s Africa strategy banks on startup partnerships

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Visa has prioritized growth in Africa, and partnering with startups is central to its strategy. This became obvious in 2019 after the global financial

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April 2, 2020

ARCH Venture Partners raises $1.46 billion across two funds for biotech investing

Posted By: Zach_Wilson 0 Comment Arch Venture Partners, biotechnology, corporate finance, covid-19, economy, entrepreneurship, fda, finance, money, Private Equity, TC, venture capital

Against a backdrop where the life-or-death consequences of biotechnology innovation are becoming increasingly apparent as the world races to develop vaccines and therapies to

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April 2, 2020

How 6 top VCs are adapting to the new uncertainty

Posted By: Zach_Wilson 0 Comment Alex Doll, Alex Niehenke, anthemis, coronavirus, covid-19, deal sourcing, Duncan Turner, Extra Crunch, finance, Funding, Fundings & Exits, investor surveys, John Vrionis, Northzone, Paul Murphy, scale venture partners, Sean Park, sosv, Startups, TC, Unusual Ventures, vc trends, venture capital

As the global economy grinds to a halt, every business sector has been impacted, including the linked worlds of startups and venture capital. But

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April 2, 2020

Proposed amendments to the Volcker Rule could be a lifeline for venture firms hit by market downturn

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In the wake of the financial crisis, Congress passed regulations limiting the types of investments that banks could make into private equity and venture

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April 1, 2020

Mobile payments firms in India are now scrambling to make money

Posted By: Zach_Wilson 0 Comment Asia, coronavirus, covid-19, eBay, finance, Flipkart, google, india, Mobikwik, mobile, Nandan Nilekani, Online lending, Payments, Paytm, Softbank, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Walmart

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and chief executive of India’s most valuable startup, Paytm, posed an existential question in a recent press conference. “What do

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April 1, 2020

Investors tell Indian startups to ‘prepare for the worst’ as Covid-19 uncertainty continues

Posted By: Zach_Wilson 0 Comment Accel, apps, Asia, Bounce, coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, Deepinder Goyal, finance, Funding, Fundings & Exits, Kalaari Capital, lightspeed venture partners, Matrix Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, SAIF Partners, sequoia capital, Tracxn, venture capital, zomato

Just three months after capping what was the best year for Indian startups, having raised a record $14.5 billion in 2019, they are beginning

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Stocks post worst quarter since 2008 financial crisis

Posted By: Zach_Wilson 0 Comment Automotive, Cloud, covid-19, earnings, finance, Q1 2020, SaaS, stonks, TC

The first quarter of 2020 ended with a whimper — with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ posting their worst quarter

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SMB loans platform Kabbage to furlough a ‘significant’ number of staff, close office in Bangalore

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Another tech unicorn is feeling the pinch of doing business during the coronavirus pandemic. Today, Kabbage, the Softbank-backed lending startup that uses machine learning

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Revolut launches its neobank in the US

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European fintech startup Revolut is launching its app and service in the U.S. Starting today, anybody can sign up and get a Revolut debit

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Activist investor Starboard Value taking three Box board seats as involvement deepens

Posted By: Zach_Wilson 0 Comment Aaron Levie, activist investors, Box, Cloud, Drama, Enterprise, finance, SaaS, Starboard Value, TC

When activist investors Starboard Value took a 7.5% stake in Box last September, there was reasonable speculation that it would begin to try and

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