Andreessen Horowitz partner Scott Kupor explains the valuable lesson that...
Scott Kupor joined Andreessen Horowitz after working with founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz at LoudCloud, one of the first enterprise software-as-a-service startups that catered to other...
View ArticleThe rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, who started Theranos when she was 19...
Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford University at 19 to start blood-testing startup Theranos, and grew the company to a valuation of $9 billion.But it all came crashing down when the shortcomings...
View ArticleFlare Capital just raised $255 million, and the buzzy VC firm's cofounder...
Flare Capital Partners raised $255 million in its latest fund and cofounder Michael Greeley told us what he wants to invest in next. Greeley said Flare wants to invest in healthcare businesses that are...
View ArticleSoftBank's running list of deals shows the Japanese company is one of the...
SoftBank has invested hundred of millions of dollars in technology-forward companies since 2008.The telecommunication company's portfolio includes acquisitions of big names like Boston Dynamics and...
View ArticleTrump wants to reshape the $114 billion kidney-care market. Here are the 6...
The Trump Administration recently announced plans to reshape how people get care for kidney disease by pushing for more people to get care at home, rather than in special centers.People whose kidneys...
View ArticleMonday.com, a proudly unprofitable workplace-productivity tool, reaches $1.9...
The productivity-tool startup Monday.com on Tuesday announced a $150 million Series D round of funding.The round, led by Sapphire Ventures, valued the unprofitable company at $1.9 billion, according to...
View ArticleA seed accelerator that sold a startup to Twitter for $150 million says...
Entrepreneur First is a global talent investor that identifies potential entrepreneurs and helps them find partners and develop business ideas.Founded by two British entrepreneurs in London, the scheme...
View Article11 pet startups that are taking on traditional brands with more innovative...
Online startups that make pet products, whether they focus exclusively on pets or make pet versions of popular human products, are thriving in a pet-obsessed economy. Fresh and healthy food,...
View ArticleTruework, a data management and monitoring startup, raises $12 million from...
Truework, a data management startup that claims to give consumers control of their data, announced $12 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital.Truework cofounder and CEO Ryan Sandler told...
View ArticleOne of the first backers of Skype and Wix.com explains why the European...
Europe has long been considered a backwater for tech, particularly for tech startups, but that's no longer the case, said Roy Saar, a partner with Mangrove Capital Partners.The tech scene in Europe and...
View ArticleSee the pitch deck that nabbed Clearbanc, a startup that provides funding to...
Clearbanc, a startup that provides funding for other startups to spend on marketing and customer acquisition, announced its $300 million Series B financing round on Wednesday.The round was led by...
View Article15 cool startups you didn’t know were on Amazon
For a long time, if you wanted to find your favorite startup anywhere outside of its own website, you were out of luck. Slowly, they're beginning to join online retailers like Target and Nordstrom to...
View ArticleHere's the pitch deck that Holloway used to raise $4.6 million from NEA and...
Holloway, an online publishing startup, announced on Thursday it raised $4.6 million in seed funding from NEA, The New York Times, and South Park Commons.The company focuses on publishing book-length...
View ArticleThe buzzy fintech startup Arcus has raised over $19 million. Here's the pitch...
The fintech startup Arcus has partnered with some of the most popular banking, fintech, and retail applications across the US and Latin America to make reoccuring payments easier for consumers. "The...
View ArticleThis VC's fund manages $500 million in assets. Here's why it's focusing on...
HighBar Partners specializes in funding later-stage startups that are looking to make the jump from a proven business model to exponential growth.Many members of the venture-capital firm's team have...
View ArticleTwo years after the founder of 500 startups left amid sexual harassment...
On Monday, 500 Startups announced Courtney Powell would be joining the investment firm and accelerator as Chief Operating Officer.Powell joined Christine Tsai, 500 Startups cofounder and CEO, in the...
View ArticleA startup led by a former Google exec and a pioneering scientist just raised...
A new startup led by a veteran of Google's Verily and the Swiss drug giant Roche is tackling women's health issues like urinary tract infections.The biotech, LUCA Biologics, is betting that the...
View ArticleFormer top Twitter execs Dick Costolo and Adam Bain announce 01 Advisors, a...
Axios reported Tuesday that former top Twitter executives Dick Costolo and Adam Bain— once the social network's CEO and chief operating officer, respectively — were launching a new venture capital firm...
View ArticleTop VC firms know they can't ignore cannabis forever. Here's how they're...
The Sand Hill Road set is cautiously opening their doors to the booming cannabis industry by investing in cannabis-related technology, but they aren't touching pure marijuana brands yet. A venture...
View ArticleThis serial entrepreneur wants to destroy LinkedIn's 'monopoly on...
Crosschq, a recruiting-software startup that lets users track and store reference-check data, announced on Wednesday that it had raised $4.1 million in seed funding.GGV Capital led the round, and its...
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