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Fintech giant Klarna raises $639M at a $45.6B valuation amid ‘massive momentum’ in the US

TechCrunch LA

Just over three months after its last funding round, European fintech giant Klarna is announcing today that it has raised another $639 million at a staggering post-money valuation of $45.6 To put that into context; Affirm’s financial report in May projected it would process $8.04 The new valuation represents a 47.3%

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Mature Companies Can Learn Many Things From Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

At that time I couldn’t imagine a startup succeeding that was first called Traf-O-Data to process raw traffic data into reports, later changed to Microsoft to sell Basic Interpreters to microcomputer manufacturers. One startup, no matter how smart the people and how well it is funded, can only do so much. Enlist community of support.

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How Bill Gates Was A Role Model For New Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

At that time I couldn’t imagine a startup succeeding that was first called Traf-O-Data to process raw traffic data into reports, later changed to Microsoft to sell Basic Interpreters to microcomputer manufacturers. One startup, no matter how smart the people and how well it is funded, can only do so much. Enlist community of support.

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“We Love our Macs” | Just Not in San Francisco!

Tech Zulu Event

The officials from the San Francisco Department of Environment told CIO Journal that, ” Apple does not therefore qualify any purchase using city funds” In the coming two weeks officials are planning to send out letters to all their 50 agencies not to buy Apple’s Macs and desktops lack the green electronics certification.

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Above the Cloud with Dave Linthicum | Shifting Perspectives on SaaS and Enterprise IT

Tech Zulu Event

Featuring panelists from SOA Software , Edgecast and Bitium , we’ll discuss: Top priorities and challenges for today’s CIO. The rise of the social enterprise and Chief Digital Officer – what it means for the CIO. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. Alex earned a B.A. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Interview with David Loo, CEO and Founder of Perspectium

socalTECH

Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital. David Loo: Ultimately, at the C-level, the CIO requires data metrics and intelligence, in order to compete and make decisions and take actions to further a company's agenda. You're received some funding lately? What is Perspectium? That's how we started.

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How ZestFinance Is Using Machine Learning to Reshape Lending, with Jay Budzik

socalTECH

Jay Budzik: ZestFinance was founded in 2009, by Douglas Merrill, the former CIO at Google, in order to make fair and transparent credit available to everyone. Jay Budzik: Some of what you're seeing is actually old funding for a direct to consumer business we used to have. What does ZestFinance do?