Tagged: mary meeker

March 30, 2019 @ 3:36 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has posted a notice that two high-profile board members have submitted notice they will not stand for re-election. Both John J. Mack and Mary Meeker have decided to depart LendingClub’s Board. Mack is one of the best-known names on Wall Street. The veteran… Read More

December 11, 2018 @ 3:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plaid, a U.S.-based fintech startup, announced on Tuesday that it is secured $250 million through its Series C funding round, which was reportedly led by venture capitalist and Internet Trends author, Mary Meeker. Plaid was founded in 2012 and focuses on enabling innovation and democratizing… Read More

June 13, 2017 @ 12:30 pm By Therese Torris  |  

This article highlights three takeaways for Fintech firms from Mary Meeker’s 355-page-long report: 1) The Internet’s center of gravity shifts to Asia; 2) The biggest get bigger; 3) Fintechs must use gamification to improve customer engagement. Since 2001, Mary Meeker, a Partner at venture capital… Read More

February 3, 2014 @ 3:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In the ever-growing crowdfunding community, peer lending reigns supreme. A TD Economics report we covered last week estimates the size of the global crowdfunding industry at somewhere between $3 and $5 billion in 2013. Of the sites responsible for this emergent shift in capital access,… Read More