SpotOn, a payments company focused on SMBs, raises $300M Series E led by a16z at a $3.15B valuation and acquires live events payments startup Appetize for $400M (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
SpotOn, a payments company focused on SMBs, raises $300M Series E led by a16z at a $3.15B valuation and acquires live events payments startup Appetize for $400M  —  Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation.