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Motif Investing Inc., a Web-based startup that lets investors buy baskets of stocks based on themes like home improvement and Obamacare, raised $25 million in a financing round led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
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Alex Mantovani scanned Miami’s financial district from the fourth-floor office of Brazilian digital marketing company Grupo Avadora he opened in January. Golden keys to the city and the county, symbols of welcome, lay on a table.
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SAP AG, Europe’s biggest software maker, approached MobileIron Inc. about a possible acquisition to expand in programs for smartphones and tablet computers, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
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David Louthan is a banker’s dream customer. The 32-year-old manufacturing engineer in Cedar City, Utah, contributes to a 401(k) and is already saving for the education of his first child, due this May. Instead of opening a savings account at a bank, Louthan joined Lending Club , an online marketplace that matches individual lenders with borrowers, where he earns interest making loans to folks whom he himself vets. “It comes down to control,” Louthan says. “I prefer to manage my own money.”
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SolarEdge Technologies Inc., an Israel-based maker of electronics for solar panels, raised $37 million to expand its manufacturing and sales efforts.
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Fashion is the fastest-growing segment of online commerce, and it’s being propelled by an atypical source: men.
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SAP AG, Europe’s biggest software maker, is celebrating its 40th birthday this week. To stay relevant for the next 40 years, the company is calling on its Silicon Valley venture arm for help.
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Zillow Inc.’s initial public offering, slated to price today, will do more than raise money for the real estate website. It will signal whether other small dot-com companies can join the IPO frenzy.
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To start their company and get its first product out the door, the founders of software maker 280 North Inc. needed little more than a half-dozen computers and a roof overhead.
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Mayfield Fund, the venture capital firm founded in 1969, is seeking a smaller pool of capital for its next fund than the $400 million it raised in 2008, according to three people familiar with the plan.
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