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Tap to Pay on iPhone Now Available for Venmo and PayPal Zettle Businesses in the U.S.

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available for all Venmo business profile and PayPal Zettle users in the U.S., enabling them to accept contactless card and digital wallet payments directly on their iPhones with no additional cost or hardware. This is the latest development in PayPal's ongoing efforts to help small businesses sell more, grow their business, and manage their finances more efficiently.  

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  • Tap to Pay on iPhone is now live for all Venmo business profile and PayPal Zettle users in the U.S.
    SAN JOSE, Calif., March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PayPal Holdings, Inc .
  • With Tap to Pay on iPhone, PayPal is helping millions of small businesses adapt to this shift in consumer behavior in a fast, easy, and more affordable way.
  • Venmo business profile and PayPal Zettle users like Saint Paul Spice Company and The Cheesecake Queen are already seeing success with Tap to Pay on iPhone.
  • My customers are actually amazed at the Tap to Pay on iPhone option provided through Venmo, it's by far the smoothest, easiest transaction method I've ever used!"

Introducing Tap to Pay for Venmo and PayPal Zettle Businesses in the U.S.

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Tap to Pay is rolling out to select Venmo business profile users and will be available for all Venmo business profile users in the U.S. soon.

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  • Tap to Pay is rolling out to select Venmo business profile users and will be available for all Venmo business profile users in the U.S. soon.
  • Tap to Pay is also available to PayPal Zettle users.
  • "We're unlocking access to this capability for the millions of businesses using Venmo and PayPal Zettle, helping them drive sales with frictionless payment options."
  • In addition, Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available to select Venmo business profile and PayPal Zettle users, with plans to make it available to all Venmo business profile and PayPal Zettle users in the U.S. soon.

Vesey Ventures Launches $78M Debut Fund to Help Startups Break into Financial Industry & Accelerate Growth

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

NEW YORK, April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vesey Ventures, an early stage venture firm that invests in companies transforming financial services, today announced the close of its debut fund totalling $78 million. Vesey Ventures was founded by three former Managing Directors at AMEX Ventures, Dana Eli-Lorch, Lindsay Fitzgerald and Julia Huang, and will invest in early-stage fintech and enabling technology companies where opportunities for early partnerships with financial incumbents exist. Based in the United States and Israel, the fund has already made several notable investments including Coast, Cyrus, Grain, Equi and Proper.

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  • Based in the United States and Israel, the fund has already made several notable investments including Coast , Cyrus , Grain , Equi and Proper .
  • Vesey Ventures combines the best of their backgrounds - deep domain expertise in traditional financial services and a unique understanding of the startup ecosystem - to identify, fund and scale the next generation of great companies.
  • "Partnering with Vesey Ventures has been jet fuel for Coast" said Coast Founder and CEO Daniel Simon.
  • With offices in the US and Israel Vesey Ventures is well positioned to help local startups partner, expand and commercialize in the US.

COLLABORATION PLATFORM ITERATION X LAUNCHES WITH $4.7 MILLION IN SEED INCLUDING FROM FOUNDERS OF AIRCALL, TYPEFORM AND OYSTER

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

PARIS, April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Iteration X, which allows teams to collaborate and iterate directly on their live products and websites, today announced it had raised $4.7 million in seed funding.

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  • Co-Founders Mehdi Djabri, Aymeric Sans and Flora Michalon started building Iteration X in early 2021 after working together at several startups in San Francisco and Paris.
  • The product-centric team was frustrated with the iteration process once products were live, so they developed Iteration X to solve inefficiencies and technical hurdles associated with building web products.
  • "Iteration X has allowed us to collaborate with more than fifty employees on the redesign of our website and save 30% of our time.
  • We're thrilled to partner with him and with the Iteration X team in their journey" he added.

Pelico Raises $18.5M to Help Manufacturers Manage Factory Operations in an Increasingly Complex & Volatile Context

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Supply chain and manufacturing have become more complex than ever, with volatile demand, fragmented supply chains and an increasing complexity in products.

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  • Supply chain and manufacturing have become more complex than ever, with volatile demand, fragmented supply chains and an increasing complexity in products.
  • Pelico acts as an operations management system for factory teams.
  • The Covid crisis has created new challenges and an explosion of last-minute unplanned issues in factory operations and production planning.
  • Pelicos operations management system connects factory teams to manage daily volatility and deliver products on time, at cost.

Cover Genius Raises $70M in Series D Funding to Further Expand Embedded Business Model

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

NEW YORK, Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cover Genius, the global insurtech for embedded insurance, today announced it has raised $70M USD in Series D funding in a round led by Dawn Capital, with participation from new investor, New York-based Atlas Merchant Capital, and existing investors including GSquared and King River Capital. The raise will assist in the insurtech’s rapid business growth and expansion of its award-winning global insurance distribution platform, XCover. 

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  • The raise will assist in the insurtechs rapid business growth and expansion of its award-winning global insurance distribution platform, XCover .
  • The oversubscribed round represents a significant valuation uplift from Cover Genius Series C in 2021.
  • Weve always been strategic about our approach to fundraising, and closing our highest-ever funding round in a challenging environment for raising capital reinforces the strength of our embedded business model, said Angus McDonald, CEO and co-founder of Cover Genius.
  • XCover , Cover Genius award-winning global distribution platform, is also available at Amazon , eBay , Wayfair, Flipkart , and SE Asias largest company, Shopee .

VESTTOO CLOSES $80 MILLION SERIES C FINANCING ROUND, INCREASING VALUATION TO $1 BILLION

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

TEL  AVIV, Israel, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vesttoo Ltd, a leading technology-driven global insurance risk transfer platform, today announced an $80 Million Series C financing round co-led by Mouro Capital and a private equity fund, valuing the Company at $1 billion. A US-based bulge-bracket investment bank, Gramercy Ventures, Black River Ventures and Hanaco Ventures also participated in the round.

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  • TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vesttoo Ltd , a leading technology-driven global insurance risk transfer platform, today announced an $80 Million Series C financing round co-led by Mouro Capital and a private equity fund, valuing the Company at $1 billion.
  • "Our clients and equity partners understand the Vesttoo vision and the opportunity we provide," said Yaniv Bertele, CEO of Vesttoo.
  • "In a time rife with uncertainty, Vesttoo is showing resilience, financial strength and profitability, thanks to our compelling value proposition.
  • The Series C comes less than a year after Mouro Capital led Vesttoo's Series B round with participation from MS&AD Holdings.

Katana Closes $35M Series B to Scale an Industry-Leading Manufacturing Ecosystem for SMBs

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

Katana, an industry-leading manufacturing ERP software has closed a $35 million Series B round, bringing the total funding to date to $51 million.

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  • Katana, an industry-leading manufacturing ERP software has closed a $35 million Series B round, bringing the total funding to date to $51 million.
  • From offering software to single-person workshops to bigger and bigger manufacturers over time, Katana now serves over 1300 companies across 80 countries.
  • Katanas integration-led approach gives manufacturers an ecosystem of tools and features as opposed to the traditionally siloed, monolithic enterprise solution.
  • To support these plans, Katana continues to expand its international team, which increased from 30 to over 140 since the close of Series A.

PayPal Launches its All-In-One POS Solution for Small Businesses in the U.S.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced the rollout of the PayPal Zettle Terminal to small businesses in the U.S. following its launch in European markets last year. Terminal is an all-in-one point-of-sale solution that offers increased mobility in-store for small businesses. With its sleek design, Terminal is ready to go right out of the box, with no need for a second device to pair it with. Featuring a touchscreen, this digital in-store solution is easy to set up and use, offering small businesses simplicity, speed, and mobility.Terminal comes with a pre-loaded SIM card, and its combined Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity means that small businesses are no longer dependent on fixed checkout points, making the checkout completely mobile. The seller is free to complete the entire checkout process, from start to finish, wherever the customer is – on the shop floor, by the table, on the terrace, at the point of delivery, or anywhere where there's mobile coverage. Terminal can also include an integrated barcode scanner and can be attached to a dock that has a built-in printer for on-the-spot receipt printing.The in-store solution comes with the Zettle point-of-sale app pre-installed, and small businesses will get an integrated solution that not only helps them accept a range of fast and secure payments in person — including credit cards, contactless, digital wallets, and PayPal and Venmo QR Codes — but also helps them manage sales, inventory, reporting, and payments, all in one place. In addition, merchants will soon be able to access funds from their completed sales in their PayPal account typically within minutes, through a feature that PayPal is rolling out now. "We're excited to roll out Terminal – our all-in-one, mobile point-of-sale solution – to small businesses in the U.S. so they can meet their customers wherever they are, more effectively compete, and grow," said Ed Hallett, Senior Director, SMB Solutions, PayPal. "With Terminal, we will help SMBs sell seamlessly in person, bring flexibility to the checkout process, and enable businesses to offer their customers choice when it comes to how they want to pay."Many small businesses in the U.S. are already seeing the benefits of using Terminal."Terminal is much more convenient than our previous setup," said Jilian Heldt, owner of Jilian's Produce. "We love using Terminal. The design is beautiful, I don't have to worry about renewing prepaid phones or charging more than one device, and I love not having a lot of cords all over the counter."The pricing for Terminal starts at $199, with additional features available for purchase.About PayPalPayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 429 million active accounts in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

Key Points: 
  • The PayPal Zettle Terminal further strengthens PayPal's in-store offering, putting an entire store kit in the palm of small business owners' hands.
  • SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced the rollout of the PayPal Zettle Terminal to small businesses in the U.S. following its launch in European markets last year.
  • Terminal is an all-in-one point-of-sale solution that offers increased mobility in-store for small businesses.
  • Featuring a touchscreen, this digital in-store solution is easy to set up and use, offering small businesses simplicity, speed, and mobility.

Swedish AdTech company, BrightBid taps into London's dynamic start up scene to accelerate growth

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

LONDON, Sep. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AdTech platform for Google Advertising, BrightBid has today announced the launch of its UK operations in London to significantly accelerate its global growth. Founded in 2020, the Swedish company has grown close to 400% YoY in revenue and is well in the top 10% of fastest growing SaaS companies globally. The company helps PPC and marketing teams scale up performance on Google Search Ads using its proprietary AI technology.

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  • AdTech platform for Google Advertising, BrightBid has today announced the launch of its UK operations in London to significantly accelerate its global growth.
  • The company helps PPC and marketing teams scale up performance on Google Search Ads using its proprietary AI technology.
  • LONDON, Sep. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AdTech platform for Google Advertising, BrightBid has today announced the launch of its UK operations in London to significantly accelerate its global growth.
  • Founded in 2020, the Swedish company has grown close to 400% YoY in revenue and is well in the top 10% of fastest growing SaaS companies globally.