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Check out 11 pitch decks that fintechs looking to disrupt investing, banking,...
Summary List PlacementFintech VC funding hit a fresh quarterly record of $22.8 billion in the first three months of 2021, according to CB Insights data. While mega-rounds helped propel overall...
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8 startups in Boulder, Colorado, with glowing employee reviews and plenty of...
Summary List PlacementWhen it comes to startups, Boulder, Colorado, has seen major growth in the past few years as a midsize city. Workers love its college-town feel and closeness to the mountains, and...
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Tech M&A is on fire. These are the 18 top dealmakers inside Silicon Valley's...
Summary List PlacementDealmaking in the technology sector surged to a record high in the first half of 2021, with $672 billion worth of mergers and acquisitions. Most industries lean heavily on...
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A serial founder who sold startups to Cisco, Oracle, and Red Hat for over...
Summary List PlacementIn the past three decades, Rami Tamir has achieved a founders' dream three times over: he cofounded three separate startups and successfully sold each one to a different major...
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Sex sells, but startup investors are NSFW-wary when it comes to putting money...
Summary List PlacementOnlyFans has no trouble drumming up user interest, but investors may be more hesitant to buy into the NSFW brand.The online creator platform that allows users to sell or purchase...
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Top VCs reveal what they want to see in a pitch that will convince them to...
Summary List PlacementVenture capitalists want to be convinced.Ask David Rose, and he'll tell you VCs wouldn't be hearing your pitch in the first place if they weren't interested in investing. Rose...
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Startups that want you to keep clothes for longer and waste less food are...
Summary List PlacementStartups that pioneer a "circular economy"— decoupling commercial growth from the consumption of finite resources — want to win over a new generation of climate-conscious...
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Bill Ford's VC firm has a fresh $104 million to spend on the next generation...
Summary List PlacementThe venture-capital firm founded by Bill Ford — the executive chairman and former CEO of the automaker his great grandfather Henry created — just closed on a funding round worth...
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Elon Musk dreams of electric robots
Summary List PlacementHello, and welcome to this week's edition of the Insider Tech newsletter, where we break down the biggest news in tech, including:Elon Musk's Mr. Roboto dreamAmazon's secret slack...
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Logistics unicorn Project44 is gearing up for an acquisition spending spree....
Summary List PlacementAfter roughly 18 months of operating within a supply chain in disarray, Project44 CEO Jett McCandless said his fellow logistics technology startups are either cashing in, or...
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How one DC-based startup is navigating a return to the office as more...
Summary List PlacementAndee Harris took over as CEO of the sales coaching and training startup Challenger, Inc. in January, 2021 — and still has yet to meet the majority of her new team in person. Oh,...
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Startup founders explain how they're managing the return to work as hybrid...
Summary List PlacementIs office hustle culture about to end?Hybrid working looks like the new normal for tech firms, with Facebook, Google, Apple, Twitter, and Amazon all laying out plans asking most...
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18 immigration lawyers who help tech startups land top talent from abroad
Summary List PlacementImmigration lawyers hold the keys to a startup's No. 1 competitive advantage: its people.They help growing companies hire the best talent from anywhere, steering them through a...
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My VC firm takes cold pitches. Here's a perfect cold email — and 3 things...
Summary List PlacementI'm Head of Platform at Bread and Butter Ventures, an early stage venture fund where I work with our General Partners Mary Grove and Brett Brohl. The three of us all do open...
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8 ways a founder can get onto a venture capitalist's radar, according to 11...
Summary List PlacementSpeak to most venture capital investors about how they pick founders to back and a few themes emerge: a warm introduction helps; as does being a serial entrepreneur.For anyone...
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Plentific helps big landlords source contractors for repairs. We got an...
Summary List PlacementPlentific, a software startup aiming to speed up the process of repair and maintenance work for big landlords, has raised a $100 million Series C round.Founded in 2013 by a team...
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17 top execs and engineers who left legacy car companies to fuel the booming...
Summary List PlacementBig car companies are in the middle of working toward the future of electrification. Meanwhile, nascent electric-vehicle startups are doing the same.The legacy companies have the...
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Tech startups are raising millions to diversify clinical trials. But experts...
Summary List PlacementThe pandemic's disproportionate effect on racial and ethnic minorities highlighted the lack of diversity in clinical trials for drug and vaccine developers— and tech companies are...
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American Eagle Outfitters has quietly acquired a nascent logistics startup...
Summary List PlacementIn an unusual move for a retailer, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) has quietly acquired a logistics startup called AirTerra, the retailer confirmed to Insider. AirTerra is a...
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This startup wants to make it easier for entrepreneurs to sell online...
Summary List PlacementElopage, a startup that helps individuals and businesses set up and sell online courses, has raised $38 million in Series A funding.The German startup raised funds from Target...
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