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

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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 Overall, Klarna is live in 20 markets, has more than 90 million global active users and more than 2 million transactions a day conducted on its platform.

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Fliptu Gets $1.2M For Social Aggregation Tools

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in a seed funding round, the company said Friday. The startup--led by Jeremy Gocke--said the funding came from Scout Ventures, Rick Dalzell (former Amazon CIO), Rich Heise (early Groupon investor), Hivers & Strivers, Kelly Perdew, and other angels. READ MORE>>.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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I’ve heard it many founders of VC backed companies in LA who tell me that in their NorCal VC meetings they are told, “we might be interested but we’d want you to relocate to the Bay Area if we funded you.&#. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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How Bill Gates Was A Role Model For New Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

One startup, no matter how smart the people and how well it is funded, can only do so much. Microsoft spent a huge amount of time and money with software developers for applications, and with hardware manufacturers to support multiple PC platforms. That’s real viral marketing. IBM learned a lot from Microsoft on this one.

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How Cloudvirga Wants To Disrupt The Slow, Antiquated Mortgage Industry

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in funding, from Dallas Capital, Upfront Ventures, and Tribeca Angels. So, instead of just dealing with the consumer experience, we decided to tackle the problem head on and build an entire platform, and intelligent mortgage platform. The platform that lenders are using today they just can't leverage. What is cloudvirga?

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Interview with David Loo, CEO and Founder of Perspectium

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Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital. I was a principal engineer facilitating the integration and connectivity of the ServiceNow platform into these other systems. You're received some funding lately? David Loo: Yes, we recently landed our Series B, our second round of funding. What is Perspectium?

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