Last week, BBVA announced that it is buying Simple for $117 million. It’s easy to think of reasons why this acquisition appeals to BBVA. It’s not for assets and deposits. Yes, the 100,000 tech-savvy early adopters …
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In FinTech, Institutional Asset Management, StartupsTags bondos, Boston, CMX, entrepreneurs, MassChallenge, startupsPublish Date
Capital Market Exchange (CMX) was founded in 2010, in the wake of the financial crisis. CMX provides fixed income credit analysts, portfolio managers, and bond traders with predictive analytics and sentiment analysis – that is, a …
I now count 40 active FinTech startups in the greater Boston area, which includes Portland and Providence in my view. I did not include companies like asset manager F-Squared though they have capital from local angel …
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Open Runway, retailer of high-end, custom-made shoes and handbags, is shutting down. Open Runway, which began life as Sole Envie, was part of the movement toward mass-customization of fashion items that includes Gemvara, Blank Label, and …
Boston should have – and in fact, does have – a fairly robust FinTech cluster, addressing a wide range of opportunities within financial services. These are the once of which I am aware, in alphabetical order: Abine Argopay …
Does it make a difference if your home market is France or Germany, rather than the U.S.? To balance responses from U.S. investors and entrepreneurs posted in part one, I reached out to entrepreneurs and observers …
In Startups, Venture CapitalTags Birchbox, clones, going global, Her Campus, Hub Angels, LaunchPadPublish Date
The Boston Business Journal recently noticed a trend of European entrepreneurs coming to the U.S. early in the lives of their companies, or establishing U.S. beachheads in Boston. Which has me wondering: How soon in the …