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| 08.02.2025 | The New Era of Employment and Payment: A Tale of Layoffs and Cardless Transactions | In the world of technology, change is the only constant. Recently, two major stories have emerged that encapsulate this truth: the layoffs at Infosys and Mastercard's bold move towards a future without credit card numbers. Both narratives r... |
| 08.02.2025 | Commentary: Mastercard plans to get rid of credit card numbers. We could be heading towards the end of cards | Listen
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BRISBANE: Mastercard has announced plans to remove the 16-digit number from their credit and debit cards by 2030 in a move designed to stamp out identi... |
| 08.12.2023 | Dollar General is having its own self-checkout reckoning | Dollar General said it would adding more employees to the front of its stores. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Retail's self-checkout reckoning has arrived for Dollar General.
The discount store said Thursday it would beef up staffi... |
| 06.12.2023 | Self-checkout theft is a bigger problem than you may have thought | Shoplifters or shoppers? Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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It's increasingly clear that the use of self-checkout machines leads to an increase in shoplifting.
Now, new data reveals more precisely how big a hit retailers take from skipped scan... |
| 10.01.2023 | Microsoft partners with AiFi to launch Smart Store Analytics, a tracking service for cashierless outlets | In partnership with AiFi, a startup that aims to enable retailers to deploy autonomous shopping tech cost-effectively, Microsoft today launched a preview of a cloud service called Smart Store Analytics. A part of Microsoft’s Cloud for Retai... |
| 26.10.2022 | Trigo raises $100M to expand its Amazon-style cashier-free store technology | Amazon has become the pacemaker in commerce, and today a startup that’s been building technology to help retailers keep up with it in the world of physical stores is announcing some funding to expand its business. Trigo, an Israeli startup ... |
| 11.03.2022 | AiFi adds new funding into its cart to expand autonomous retail footprint | Contactless stores are gaining traction, more so in Europe, but there are some trickling into the U.S., including Atlanta’s Nourish + Bloom Market that opened in January. In that article, we pointed out that the store was entering territory... |
| 21.01.2022 | Nourish + Bloom Market, first Black-owned, autonomous grocery, opens in Atlanta | Contactless grocery store Nourish + Bloom Market opened to the public Friday in Trilith’s Town Centre retail district in Atlanta.
Husband-and-wife entrepreneurs Jamie and Jilea Hemmings started the grocery store and bistro to offer over 1,0... |
| 05.11.2021 | Getting To ‘Grab-And-Go’: How To Set Up A Cashierless Experience | Jason Cottrell is CEO & Founder of Myplanet, specialists in digital transformation programs that tackle complex commerce challenges. |
| 13.08.2021 | Tips From 50 Over 50 List VCs; Grabango Raises $39 Million And Montreal’s Soaring Startup Studio | |
| 08.06.2021 | Cashier-less checkout startup Grabango raises US$ 39M in Series B | - |
| 08.06.2021 | What the Tuesday morning internet outage tells us | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
A lot of high-traffic websites had a bad morning Tuesday, and there’s a good chance you ran into ... |
| 07.06.2021 | Grabango : Raises $39M as It Scales Up Its Checkout-Free Technology | Grabango, the leading provider of checkout-free technology for existing grocery and convenience stores, announced today that it has raised $39 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Commerce Ventures with participation from Found... |
| 07.06.2021 | Grabango Bags $39M in Series B |
BERKELEY, CA, Grabango has raised $39 million in Series B funding led by Commerce Ventures.
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| 07.06.2021 | Grabango Raises $39M in Series B Funding | Grabango, a Berkeley, Calif.-based provider of checkout-free technology for existing grocery and convenience stores, raised $39m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Commerce Ventures with participation from Founders Fund, Unilever Ven... |
| 07.06.2021 | Grabango Raises A $39 Million Series B Round For Its Checkout-Free Grocery Technology | Grabango shoppers use an app to skip the lines at checkout. Grabango |
| 01.12.2020 | Who’s building the grocery store of the future? | Christopher Wan Contributor
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| 19.10.2020 | AiFi raises $15 million to accelerate cashierless retail | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
AiFi, a Santa Clara-based cashierless retail startup that emerged from stealth in February 2019, today secured an investment from Qualc... |
| 19.10.2020 | AiFi raises $15 million to accelerate cashierless retail | AiFi, a Santa Clara-based cashierless retail startup that emerged from stealth in February 2019, today secured an investment from Qualcomm and existing backers. A company spokesperson didn’t disclose the exact amount, but she said it double... |
| 19.10.2020 | AiFi raises $15 million to accelerate cashierless retail | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
AiFi, a Santa Clara-based cashierless retail star... |
| 08.10.2020 | Standard launches cashierless store at the University of Houston | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Cashierless tech startup Standard (formerly Standard Cognition) today announced the opening of a retail store retrofitted for a checkou... |
| 08.10.2020 | Standard launches cashierless store at the University of Houston | Cashierless tech startup Standard (formerly Standard Cognition) today announced the opening of a retail store retrofitted for a checkout-free experience. The University of Houston’s dining services partner, Chartwells Higher Education, coll... |
| 01.09.2020 | Grabango launches cashierless checkout in a Giant Eagle supermarket in Pittsburgh | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Grabango, a cashierless technology startup founded by Pandora’s Will Glaser, today announced the launch of a “no-line” payment experien... |
| 01.09.2020 | Grabango launches cashierless checkout in a Giant Eagle supermarket in Pittsburgh | Grabango, a cashierless technology startup founded by Pandora’s Will Glaser, today announced the launch of a “no-line” payment experience at a Giant Eagle supermarket in Pittsburgh. The GetGo store in Fox Chapel will be the first to launch ... |
| 06.02.2020 | 7-Eleven is the next retailer to test cashierless stores | 7-Eleven is the latest retailer to test the “cashierless” store concept, following Amazon’s big push into the market with its Amazon Go convenience stores that use technology, instead of people, to monitor stock levels, track purchases and ... |
| 30.12.2019 | 10 technology trends that will impact our lives in 2020 | Presented by Pegasus Tech Ventures
2020 — it’s when the world will see transformational changes in how technology impacts our lives. Here’s a look at the top technology trends that will influence us. Trend 1: Breakout moment of artificial i... |
| 05.12.2019 | SoftBank-backed Accel Robotics is blending online & physical with check-out free technology | As cutting-edge technology infiltrates the retail sector, startups and big players are exploring whether it can help alleviate some of shoppers’ most hated pet peeves, especially when it comes to completing a purchase. Innovations to improv... |
| 02.10.2019 | Turmoil Is Coming To The Grocery Business And Industry Leaders Don’t Want To Talk About It | Supermarkets of the future have to change. Getty |
| 05.09.2019 | Grabango Welcomes Ryan Smith as Vice President of Product and Engineering | Smith brings proven technology track record and will advance the company’s mission to:
“Eliminate Lines and Save People Time”
BERKELEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–September 5, 2019–
Grabango, the premiere checkout-free technology service provid... |
| 16.07.2019 | Grocery chain Giant Eagle taps Grabango to pilot checkout-free experiences | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The next time you walk into one of Pittsburgh-bas... |
| 16.07.2019 | Grocery chain Giant Eagle taps Grabango to pilot checkout-free experiences | The next time you walk into one of Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle’s more than 216 supermarkets, 202 GetGo convenience stores, or 56 Ricker’s stores, you might not have to stop by the checkout counter on your way out the door. The supermarket ... |
| 16.07.2019 | Giant Eagle and Grabango Announce Checkout-Free Technology Partnership, a First for Large Grocery Retail in the U.S. | Giant Eagle, Inc.’s multi-format footprint makes the retailer an ideal partner for scaling the technology
PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 16, 2019–
Today, Giant Eagle, Inc., one of the nation’s leading food, fuel and pharmacy retailers, and... |
| 12.01.2019 | How automated supermarkets are shaping up for 2019 and beyond | Barely a week into 2019, and we’re already spotting some of the big technology trends of the year. True to form, the consumer electronics extravaganza that is CES shone a light on some of the quirkier “advances,” from connected toilets to c... |
| 12.01.2019 | How automated supermarkets are shaping up for 2019 and beyond | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Barely a week into 2019, and we’re already spotting some of the big technology trends of the year. True to form, the consumer electroni... |
| 08.01.2019 | BBVA leads $12m funding in paytech Grabango | Silicon Valley payments start-up Grabango is one to check out as it has raised $12 million in a Series A financing round.
BBVA’s Propel Venture Partners led the investment with participation from Ridge Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Commerce ... |
| 08.01.2019 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, January 8 | THE STUDENT DEBT BUBBLE
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Outstanding student debt hit $1.5 trillion for the first time ever in 2018, and it doesn’t seem to be getting be... |
| 08.01.2019 | Internacional: La estadounidense Grabango cierra una ronda de $12M liderada por PropelVP | 08/01/2019
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INTERNACIONAL: LA ESTADOUNIDENSE GRABANGO CIERRA UNA RONDA SERIE A DE $12 MILLONES LIDERADA POR PROPEL VENTURE PARTNERS.
Grabango ha lanzado la primera solución tecnológica disponible para grandes empresas que p... |
| 07.01.2019 | Grabango Raises $12M in Series A Financing | Grabango, a Berkeley, Calif.-based provider of enterprise class, checkout-free technology for existing stores, raised $12m in Series A financing.
The round, which brings total funding to $18m, was led by Propel Venture Partners with partici... |
| 07.01.2019 | To automate bigger stores than Amazon, Standard Cognition buys Explorer.ai | Standard Cognition helps retail stores stand up to Jeff Bezos’ juggernaut. The $50 million-funded autonomous checkout startup is racing to equip bigger shops with scanless payment technology that lets customers walk out the door without eve... |
| 07.01.2019 | Daily funding roundup - January 7th, 2019 | Synapse Technology raised $6M; Vengo raised $7M; FloWater raised $15M; 10x Genomics raised $35M
Synapse Technology: Synapse uses proprietary deep learning and computer vision systems to modernize the security and defense visual analysis fie... |
| 07.01.2019 | Grabango secures $12 million in Series A to grow its product development team and expand deployment of its checkout-free technology to existing stores | Grabango, a Silicon Valley startup that develops and provides checkout-free shopping technology for existing stores, has raised $12 million in Series A funding round to grow its product development team and expand client store deployments w... |
| - | Amazon cashierless tech competitor Grabango shutters after failing to secure funding | One of Amazon’s top competitors in cashierless checkout technology is discontinuing operations.
The company said it made the “extremely difficult decision” to permanently close its doors after failing to secure financing.
Grabango had inked... |
| - | Four days of panic: How startup execs navigated SVB’s meltdown and prepared for the worst | Tech execs had plenty to worry about after SVB’s sudden failure last week, most immediately how they would make March 15 payroll.
Some companies lined up loans from investors, but SVB’s exclusivity arrangements made that option difficult fo... |
