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Chamath Palihapitiya's ego and a scattershot strategy gutted his venture...
Chamath Palihapitiya's tech pedigree and iconoclastic pronouncements about investing made Social Capital one of the most buzzworthy venture-capital firms of the past decade.But the firm stopped raising...
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Venture capital funds may quietly shrink during the coronavirus crisis if...
Venture industry experts see growing signals that some venture fund investors may renege on their commitments to send in the cash they promised.Venture funds typically have little cash on hand; when...
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'It will be the best time in the history of mankind to ever start a...
Mark Cuban said the period after the country reopens will be "the best time in the history of mankind" to start a business, on a recent episode of "The Twenty Minute VC" podcast.The billionaire...
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We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck UK fintech Modulr used to raise...
UK fintech startup Modulr has raised £18.9 million ($23.2 million) from new lead investors Highland Europe with participation from Modulr's existing investors including Frog Capital and Blenheim...
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Epic Games paid just $35 million for Houseparty, about half the amount of...
The video-chat app Houseparty has seen user numbers surge since COVID-19 lockdowns left most of the world stuck inside.As of Tuesday, the app had been downloaded by 80 million people.Epic Games bought...
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Work app Workvivo is backed by Zoom's CEO. Here's an exclusive look at the...
Ireland-based tech startup Workvivo has raised $16 million in funding from Tiger Global and Frontline Ventures, having previously been backed by Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan. Workvivo, founded in...
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US fintech LoanSnap just raised $10 million from VCs and Grammy-winning DJs...
AI fintech LoanSnap has raised $10 million from investors including True Ventures, Morado Ventures, Work Play Ventures, Accelerator Ventures, and MANTIS, a tech investment firm founded by Grammy award...
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Growing a startup while burping a baby is "extremely challenging or...
A new survey from startup incubator 500 Startups found that 1 in 3 female founders were struggling to balance their responsibilities at work and at home.The same day, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg...
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WeWork's revenue growth rate was cut in half in Q1, as the company burned...
WeWork's revenue totaled $1.1 billion last quarter, the office-space sharing company announced in an email to staff on Thursday.The revenue growth rate of 45% marked a sharp slowdown from the more than...
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The government is now giving startups a green light to participate in its...
The federal government seems once again to be encouraging startups to participate in a multibillion-dollar loan program meant to help small businesses during the coronavirus crisis.The Small Business...
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A music fintech that helped Childish Gambino release his work is handing $100...
Los Angeles-based music fintech Stem is providing up to $100 million in advances to musicians and artists who can't tour due to the coronavirus. The company, whose investors include record exec Scooter...
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Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck laundry startup Oxwash used to...
Twitter cofounder Biz Stone has invested in Oxwash – a high-tech laundry startup based in the UK. The "space age" tech firm promises a more environmentally sound approach to laundry – and already...
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From giants like Shopify to seed-stage startups, these 8 companies are...
Before the coronavirus pandemic, large retailers like Target and Walmart were experimenting with buy online, pick up in-store.As shelter-in-place orders lift, consumers will want to shop, but likely...
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A $6.4 billion market to buy and sell stakes in venture capital funds is...
When a venture capital firm raises a new fund, the money committed by outside investors might seem to be set in stone for a period as long as 10 years.But those fund investors, called limited partners,...
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Sweden's answer to Cameo has blown up during the coronavirus pandemic with...
Bored celebrities and bored people have turned Swedish startup Memmo into hot property during the coronavirus pandemic.The platform, similar to shoutout app Cameo, is making use of out-of-work...
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Inside the unstoppable rise of 'blank-check companies,' a type of business...
A SPAC is a type of shell company that raises funds through an IPO that can then be used for acquisitions.Sometimes referred to as a "blank-check company," the SPAC has defied market jitters in a...
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Silicon Valley VCs opened the floodgates to a gusher of billion-dollar...
Since March, Business Insider has interviewed dozens of venture investors about the long-term impacts of an economic crisis on the startup and venture ecosystem.While many were split on the finer...
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A recession-era founder who sold her company for $375 million reveals how a...
Alexa von Tobel, a venture capitalist, shared a lesson with founders from her days as an entrepreneur.As the founder of LearnVest, she used a spreadsheet to track all the companies that could acquire...
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The NYU professor who predicted Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods says the...
NYU professor Scott Galloway thinks a recession is an ideal time to launch your startup. That's partly because resources are cheaper and it's easier to attract talent.Research suggests entrepreneurship...
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SmileDirectClub just sued NBC for $2.8 billion, claiming reports about its...
SmileDirectClub is suing Comcast's NBCUniversal for roughly $2.8 billion, claiming its reports about the company's teeth-straightening products were defamatory, The Wall Street Journal reported...
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