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Base10 is raising a new $250 million fund and doubling down on diversity in...
Base10, which was cofounded by Adeyemi Ajao, one of the most prominent Black venture capitalists, is announcing that it is raising its second venture fund.At $250 million, the follow-on fund will be...
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This tech startup founder drew few job applicants for work at his Paris...
Platform.sh CEO Fred Plais decided to run his startup remotely back in 2016, to help recruit enough employees to turbocharge the company's growth.The gambit succeeded: Platform.sh went from struggling...
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This fund manager thinks $35 trillion worth of global assets are...
The investment and venture capital industries have provided few opportunities to entrepreneurs or investors who are women or people of color.Daryn Dodson has a theory about how to change the industry...
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SoftBank-backed Lemonade wants IPO investors to think of it as a technology...
Lemonade, the SoftBank-backed online insurance company that's preparing for a public offering, is trying to pitch itself as a tech company.In its IPO paperwork, it mentions the words "technology" or...
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Snowe is celebrating its 5th birthday with a free gift with purchase valued...
Homewares startup Snowe is celebrating its fifth birthday with a free gift with purchase.Spend $500+ and receive a tote bag filled with summer essentials valued at $150 during Snowe's anniversary...
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Former high-flying VC Michael Rothenberg now faces criminal charges alleging...
The former high-flying San Francisco venture capitalist Michael Rothenberg is, for the first time, facing criminal charges over allegations that he defrauded investors in his venture fund.The US...
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Real estate startup Sundae just raised $16 million after being backed by...
Real-estate startup Sundae just raised $16 million in a Series A fundraising round backed by Founders Fund and QED Investors. Sundae aims to help those selling a rundown home get a fair price and avoid...
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Investors just put $18 million into a GV-backed startup taking the opposite...
Research startup Owkin just raised an additional $18 million from Mubadala Capital and existing investor Bpifrance, an investment bank.Owkin's platform helps researchers learn from each other's data...
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Meet Material, a security startup emerging from stealth with $22 million from...
Material, an email security startup, is emerging from stealth mode Tuesday with $22 million in funding, including from a round led by legendary tech VC Andreessen Horowitz.The company takes a unique...
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A VC fund set up by billionaire Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin just...
B Capital, the investment fund set up by Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly formerly of Bain Capital, has closed $820 million in new funding to invest in growth-stage startups.With a...
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Kat Schneider quit her VC gig while pregnant so she could launch a vitamin...
On Tuesday, female-focused vitamin startup Ritual announced that it was launching a men's daily multivitamin in its latest attempt to upend the $123 billion vitamins and supplements market.Founder and...
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We got an exclusive look at the presentation a hot health-tech startup used...
US-French health startup Owkin has raised $70 million in its Series A round from the likes of Alphabet's GV, F-Prime Capital, Mubadala Capital, and Bpifrance, a French investment bank.It extended the...
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VCs no longer value a founding team's background as much as profitability,...
According to a Pitchbook survey out June 25, investors valued a founding team's background less than they did in November 2019.The change coincided with an increased reliance on economically-resilient...
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Palmer Luckey's military contracting startup Anduril is now worth $1.9 billion
Anduril announced Wednesday it's raised $200 million in new funding.The startup military contractor, founded by Oculus designer Palmer Luckey, is now valued at $1.9 billion, nearly double its valuation...
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How one founder successfully landed cash from the UK's $400 million...
The UK has extended its £250 million rescue package for startups struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.Sources told Business Insider that the Future Fund now won't cap the fund or the number of...
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Here's the pitch deck social care startup Lifted used to raise almost $2...
Home care startup Lifted just raised almost $2 million in a seed funding round backed by Fuel Ventures. Lifted employs 40 carers, paid London Living Wage, that visit people at home. Via an app, users...
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How to deal with rejection and use it to your advantage, according to science
If you're a growing professional at the onset of your career, especially as an entrepreneur or startup founder, hearing "no" is nothing new.Being turned down can be hard to handle: Brain scans indicate...
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We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck Lithuanian delivery startup...
Lithuanian delivery startup Ziticity has raised 2.2 million euros ($2.5 million) in a seed funding round.The startup specializes in last-mile deliveries and wants to help smaller, local retailers...
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Amazon's $1.2 billion deal to buy Zoox shows just how hard building a...
Amazon's deal to buy self-driving car startup Zoox could foreshadow more deals to come.Autonomous vehicle technology is proving to be much harder to develop than early enthusiasts predicted.It could...
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Why an early exec quit unicorn food delivery startup Deliveroo to launch a...
A former Deliveroo exec has launched a market food hall startup in the middle of COVID-19.Dan Warne was managing director of the unicorn startup until 2019, but has now launched Sessions Market as a...
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