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uBiome insiders say key science at the buzzy startup was flawed from the...
The science behind uBiome's products is flawed, according to insiders and outside experts. They say that raises new questions about the company's future.Founded in 2012, buzzy startup uBiome raised...
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This founder raised $1 million before Y Combinator’s Demo Day to make a...
Rahil Sondhi presented his startup, PopSQL, at Y Combinator's annual Demo Day in San Francisco on Monday.Sondhi pitched his company, pronounced "popsicle," as a modern database communications tool for...
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The seed round pitch decks that helped budding startups raise millions
Seed funding is a vital phase in the life of a startup.The relatively modest amount of funding, usually a few million dollars, provides the capital to turn a brilliant idea on a napkin into a real...
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On-demand massage app Zeel reportedly failed to protect its contract...
A new report from Gizmodo on Wednesday found Zeel, an on-demand massage startup, repeatedly ignored therapists' complaints about sexual harassment and misconduct from its customers.Zeel, like Uber and...
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The Series A pitch decks that helped growing startups raise tens of millions
Startups raising money in the Series A stage are usually just a few years old. But the size of Series A funding rounds has mushroomed in recent years and can now sometimes top $50 million. One thing...
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$3.2 billion startup insurer Oscar Health just announced huge plans to sell...
The New York-based health insurance startup Oscar Health announced it plans to sell Obamacare plans in 12 new markets next year.This is the third year Oscar is expanding its footprint. The company now...
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Everything we know about uBiome, the startup that convinced Silicon Valley...
uBiome was founded in 2012 on the promise of helping ordinary people understand the bacteria living in and on them, known as their microbiome.The company eventually raised $105 million from investors...
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Silicon Valley has become so money-obsessed, founders and venture capitalists...
Silicon Valley claims it's all about building innovative products that change the world. But in the desperate pursuit of success, many founders and venture capitalists have become morally bankrupt.They...
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How to handle letting an employee go when you're the founder of a small...
Firing someone when you're a founder of a company and manage a very small team — oftentimes without any HR support — can be tricky.We asked several industry leaders, including Perch co-founder Phil...
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Startups want a cut of your future earnings, but one tech investor likens the...
At Y Combinator's Demo Day even this week, several founders pitched investors on startups that use income share agreements, or ISAs, to generate revenue.Lambda School, an online coding school and YC...
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Tech's elite gathered in San Francisco for 2 days of startup pitches, and it...
At Y Combinator's annual pitch competition Demo Day, hundreds of investors come to San Francisco to hear from the accelerator's latest group of founders.Three teams from Northern Africa or the Middle...
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Less than 3 months after its blockbuster IPO, CrowdStrike is launching a $20...
On Monday, cloud security company CrowdStrike and venture firm Accel announced Falcon Fund, a $20 million early-stage investment fund for security startups.CrowdStike CEO George Kurtz told Business...
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Startup ZeroDown gets $100 million in new debt financing to tackle the San...
On Monday, the home-lending startup ZeroDown announced $100 million in debt financing backed by Credit Suisse. The startup purchases homes outright in the San Francisco Bay Area on behalf of its...
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Anna Khan is only the second woman VC in CRV's 50-year history. Now, she has...
In July, early-stage venture firm CRV announced that Anna Khan was joining the organization as general partner to focus on developer application startups. Khan is the second female general partner in...
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The startup behind the world's first marijuana breathalyzer just raised a...
Hound Labs, a startup that aims to make the first marijuana breathalyzer, raised a fresh $30 million on Tuesday.The California-based company also published the first study offering a glimpse at how the...
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The woman who founded top health-tech VC Rock Health is now launching her...
As a cofounder of the well-regarded venture-capital firm Rock Health, Halle Tecco is a major name in the world of digital health startups.Tecco is now starting her own: a women's-health-focused startup...
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This VC's firm backed Fitbit and Ring. He says one of the keys to its success...
Startup entrepreneurs often need more than just funding and business advice — they need emotional support, said True Ventures partners Puneet Agarwal. True Ventures, which invests in seed-stage...
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Peloton’s CEO once bragged on TV that the company was 'weirdly profitable,'...
In an interview with CNBC in 2018, Peloton cofounder and CEO John Foley said the company was "weirdly profitable" for its size and age.In financial documents made public Tuesday, however, the...
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Peloton, the fitness startup with a cultlike following, could go public at an...
Peloton, the maker of smart stationary bikes and treadmills, publicly revealed its IPO paperwork on Tuesday, giving investors their first peek at its financialsBusiness Insider previously spoke to the...
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A Columbia Business School professor studied 10 million US companies — and...
Venture-funded startups generally pursue "equity growth events"— acquisitions or IPOs, which are also commonly known as exits.A startup's potential to exit can be traced back to the early decisions of...
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