Since 2013, the largest US banks have acquired only 18 fintech startups — but the activity in the last 5 months suggests that this trend is beginning to change. 2017 saw more acquisitions by top US banks than any other year.
Seed VCs
Several seed investors submitting their data for the VC rankings have said they don’t take board seats, and wanted to know if our ranking for seed investors will consider this.
It will.
You’ve got until Friday to get your data updated/submitted via The Editor for the NYT-CBI rankings.
Final four
Four cities remain in our Amazon HQ2 bracket challenge: Atlanta, Raleigh, Austin, and Boston. Now help us decide which cities will make it to the championship round. Vote here.
Grocery delivery startup Instacart raised $200M in a Series E funding round this week, boosting its valuation by almost $1B. This comes on the heels of Amazon’s announcement last week that it would launch a 2-hour delivery service for Whole Foods.
Also trying to make it in an industry gradually being taken over by Amazon is German discount grocer Aldi, which has partnered with Instacart. We previously took a look at the company’s plan to go after the US supermarket industry with a $5B expansion.
Why are American sports getting more complicated?
I was in India in January during the NFL playoffs and was trying to explain to some cousins how American Football works.
It is not an easy task.
Well at least basketball is simple, right? If you’ve seen the language around “The Restricted Area and Verticality,” you’ll disagree.
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The AI 100 in their own words
In December, we released our AI 100 list. It includes companies from 9 countries and 11 unicorns, and represents a total of $6.6B in capital raised in 2017.
At A-ha! we caught up with a few companies on the list to learn more about them in their own words. View all of the videos on the AI 100 playlist, and learn more about the AI 100 here.
The Industry Standard
CB Insights data is the most trusted by those in the industry and the media. A few recent hits.
MarTech Advisor. The MTA News Desk reports on the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s release of the IAB 250 Powered by Dun & Bradstreet and cites CB Insights.
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