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End-to-end operators are the next generation of consumer business

TechCrunch

As consumers grew more comfortable with the web, marketplaces like eBay, Etsy, Expedia and Wayfair* emerged, enabling historically offline transactions to occur online. Back in 2014, Chris Dixon wrote a bit about this phenomenon in his post on “ Full stack startups.” Going after very large markets.

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Nigerian fintech Appzone raises $10M for expansion and proprietary technology

TechCrunch

One clear differentiator is that the company functions as an enabler (at payment rails and the core infrastructure) within banking and payments. “The focus was to leverage our ability as an enabler to create proprietary technology for both segments.” Appzone clearly plays a different game from other African fintechs.

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Dropbox to acquire secure document sharing startup DocSend for $165M

TechCrunch

It’s worth noting that Box offers a similar secure document sharing capability enabling users to share a link instead of using an attachment. Both Dropbox and SendDoc participated in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield with Houston debuting Dropbox in 2008 at the TechCrunch 50, the original name of the event.

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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

Aspect Ventures : co-founded in 2014 by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, the early-stage venture firm uniquely focuses on bridging the funding gap between angels and the larger multi-stage VC platforms through collaboration and diversity. They invest in companies that are disrupting traditional retail and consumer experiences.

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Divido bags $30M to take its ‘buy now, pay later’ platform to more markets

TechCrunch

The 2014-founded startup operates a marketplace model where lenders compete to offer the most suitable credit line to consumers to grease purchases — partnering with businesses such as banks, retailers and payment partners so they can offer “buy now, pay later” to their users at the point of sale.

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Citi Foundation’s Inaugural Global Innovation Challenge Now Open for Nonprofits

American Entrepreneurship

Since 2014 their funding supported No Kid Hungry providing 300 million meals for kids facing hunger and Citi volunteers have packed over 1.7 Citi and Citi Foundation have a solid track record of supporting communities around the world. million meals on behalf of U.S.

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Toolio bags $8M in new funding to keep your retail shop fully stocked with the right products

TechCrunch

New York-based Toolio has built cloud-based merchandising and inventory planning software to enable retailers to optimize their merchandise planning and make better and faster decisions on what products to have and when to have them. On Thursday, the company announced an $8 million round of Series A capital.