January 3, 2019
Apple stock has dropped 38 percent in 90 days
Apple stock was down more than 9 percent overnight and continued the downward trend in trading this morning. In fact, the company’s stock price is down a total of…
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December 31, 2018
NYSE operator’s crypto project Bakkt brings in $182M
The Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) cryptocurrency project Bakkt celebrated New Year’s Eve with the announcement of a $182.5 million equity round from a slew of notable institutional investors. ICE, the…
Read articleDecember 28, 2018
Private equity buyouts have become viable exit options — even for early-stage startups
Ajay Chopra Contributor Ajay Chopra co-founded Pinnacle Systems in his living room and grew it to a multi-billion dollar public company before becoming a venture capitalist with Trinity…
Read articleDecember 27, 2018
Cap table management tool Carta valued at $800M with new funding
Startups supporting startups are blazing a new trail with support from venture capitalists. Co-working spaces like The Wing and The Riveter raked in funding rounds this year, as…
Read articleDecember 20, 2018
Earnin raises $125M to help workers track and cash out wages in real time
Before Ram Palaniappan founded Earnin, he developed a system for employees at a payments company called UniRush, where he spent eight years as president. If you needed money before…
Read articleDecember 13, 2018
Robinhood launches no-fee checking/savings with Mastercard & the most ATMs
Robinhood is undercutting the big banks by forgoing brick-and-mortar branches with its new zero-fee checking and savings account features. With no overdraft or monthly fees, a juicy 3…
Read articleDecember 13, 2018
NYC’s Work-Bench announces $47M enterprise investment fund
Work-Bench, an early-stage enterprise startup venture capital firm based in New York City, announced its $47 million Fund II today. It follows their initial $10 million fund. Work-Bench…
Read articleDecember 13, 2018
Revolut gets European banking license in Lithuania
Fintech startup Revolut is now officially a bank. While the startup initially expected to get its European banking license during the first half of 2018, the company has…
Read articleDecember 12, 2018
Juniper Square lines up $25M for its real estate investment platform
Juniper Square, a four-year-old startup at the intersection of enterprise software, real estate and financial technology, has brought in an additional $25 million in Series B funding to…
Read articleDecember 11, 2018
Dell votes to buy back VMware tracking stock and go public again
Dell announced it has agreed to buy back the VMware tracking stock from the EMC acquisition. The company confirmed the buy-back price of $120 per share for a total…
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