Startups

The 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards saw some of the most innovative companies in fintech show off their products to high-profile financial executives and fintech leaders. Here, we’re sharing the fintech insights and new products on display at this year’s BZ Awards. The Company:...

Originally published on Hackernoon It’s not easy to predict which companies will grow into big businesses but there are often early signs of something special. In 2013 I met Harry Glaser, CEO of Periscope Data, which recently raised $25M at a (likely) valuation north of $100M. Even though...

Amber Engine — a Detroit startup that in January launched software intended to modernize the home furnishing industry — is hosting about 200 C-level executives from the sector at the SHIFT Tech Summit June 26-28. Companies who are attending include Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:...

After a four-year run, San Francisco-based Sindeo, a mortgage technology firm, announced its shutdown Tuesday without explanation. CEO Nick Stamos had co-founded the business on more than $15 million in funding to enhance and simplify the mortgage-shopping experience. “But, startups are hard...

This is the next Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB). We think that we’ll exit within one to three years. This is a surefire winner. In fact, these are surefire phrases to turn HOF Capital Managing Partner David Teten away from your investment opportunity. “These are all signs of typically an...

Dipping, dodging, banking, bumping and the prickly personalities of the ground-bound pilots are featured in the most-ambitious season yet of the startup Drone Racing League, which already finished its second year in reality but is just getting started on Walt Disney Co's (NYSE: DIS) ESPN....

For more than 80 years now, underground weed producers have recurred to brokers to orchestrate sales, in an effort to minimize their exposure. Not being involved with the buyer seems to be the preferred strategy when conducting an illegal transaction. Interestingly, cannabis legalization has not...

Air travel is amazing: Being able to get across the globe in just a few hours is mind-blowing. Right? However, frequent travelers and occasional flyers can agree on the fact that there are a few very frustrating things involved in air travel. As the most recent scandals involving United Continental...

A Detroit tech business took home the Game Changer award and $50,000 in venture capital money at Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)’s Demo Day with Movement — the first automated video ad tool of its kind. Waymark, a tech start-up that was founded in San Francisco in 2012...

While working for a big-box company, Clarence Bethea needed service on his laptop, but he’d lost his receipt, and his warranty was nowhere to be found. Frustrated, he founded Upsie. The Minneapolis-based warranty company now protects thousands of customers and millions of dollars of...

The United States’ $1.3 trillion in student loan debt isn't just a problem of the present, nor is it burdensome exclusively to borrowers. “This problem is actually impacting so many financial institution models, so people are not putting money in their 401K,” Justin Fischer,...

Over the course of last week Benzinga’s downtown Detroit newsroom played host to entrepreneurial incubator Village Capital’s 2017 Fintech Program. The event, which lasted from June 6-9, included financial technology startups from across the U.S. covering applications and services...

Whether you are one of the company’s loyal 2.6 million Facebook followers or one of the millions that have read their books, you have undoubtedly heard of “Chicken Soup for the Soul”. Now you have the opportunity to be one of the first to invest in the private company before it...

Christopher Keshian, Managing Partner at Neural Capital, contributed to this story Getting your first yeses from investors when fundraising is tough. The pressure builds with each passing day, especially if your startup is short on cash. Once you start getting yeses, a virtuous cycle begins...

Almost every time I hang with my friends, the phrase “there should be an app for that” comes up at one point in the conversation. While some ideas are frankly ridiculous, others are actually good, and even feasible. If only we had the time and knowledge to make these ideas come true,...