A Colombian entrepreneur launched a delivery service that leases electric...
After losing his ability to walk in a traffic accident, Martin Londoño converted his wheelchair into a motorbike that can reach speeds of 30 kilometers per hour.He has built 10 wheelchair-motorcycles...
View ArticleA stampede of tech IPO filings: Here's what you need to know after Asana,...
Five tech companies filed S-1 registrations to go public on Monday: Unity, Sumo Logic, Asana, Jfrog and Snowflake.If you're feeling overwhelmed, don't worry: We put together this guide to help you make...
View ArticleHow a 22-year-old used a viral TikTok video to launch a startup that helps...
Daniel Newman, 22, and Lior Massachi, 23, had raised over $3 million in seed funds to work on their dating app when coronavirus hit and pretty much ended dating.Literally overnight they brought their...
View ArticleRevealed: How much 12 unicorns such as Airbnb, Stripe, Robinhood, Palantir,...
Business Insider analyzed salary information for hundreds of positions at 12 unicorn startups, aka private companies that are valued at more than $1 billion. Companies are required to disclose...
View ArticlePalantir publicly filed for a direct listing
Palantir has joined the parade of companies preparing to go public.The secretive data analytics company publicly filed its paperwork for a direct listing on Tuesday, becoming only the latest tech...
View ArticleLinkedin chairman Jeff Weiner just backed fintech startup Esusu, which aims...
Fintech startup Esusu, which aims to help people from marginalized communities build better credit scores, has raised $4 million in seed funding. The New York-based firm works with credit agencies,...
View ArticleInside Google's $100 million bet on American Well
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View ArticlePeter Thiel's grudge match with Silicon Valley reflects the tech industry's...
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View Article12 Palantir insiders who can cash out huge paydays after the Peter...
Palantir, the secretive big-data startup which sells technology to corporations, governments, law enforcement and spy agencies, has now publicly released its paperwork to become a pubic company.It will...
View ArticleDigital health startup Maven just hired a former WeWork exec and a healthcare...
Digital health startup Maven announced Thursday that former WeWork executive Michael Kopelman and healthcare industry veteran Sonia Millsom were joining as chief financial officer and chief commercial...
View ArticleUK startup investment bounced back in June, with health and edtech among the...
New data suggests the UK saw a fresh wave of startup investment in June, following months of uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. SeedLegals, a London firm that specializes in legal advice for...
View ArticleAI startup Kneron, backed by Alibaba and Sequoia, just unveiled a powerful...
AI startup Kneron, which is backed by Alibaba and Sequoia, just launched a powerful new processing chip it claims 'outclasses' similar products from Intel and Google for a fraction of the cost.The firm...
View ArticlePalantir is one of the few companies to ever go public in a direct listing,...
Palantir direct listing paperwork includes a provision that will bar insiders, including its top executives, from selling a portion of their shares for several months after the offering.That provision,...
View ArticleElisity, a cybersecurity startup that just came out of stealth mode, landed a...
When Burjiz Pithawala cofounded Elisity in 2018, he'd spent decades in the tech industry, but had never launched an independent startup.However, he was well-prepared for the role — he'd launched...
View ArticlePITCH-DECK LIBRARY: Search through over 150 pitch decks that startups...
Startups persuade investors to fund their ideas using pitch decks, or presentations that combine slideshows with storytelling.Business Insider regularly seeks out and publishes these decks to give...
View ArticleHow to get onto Y Combinator's prestigious accelerator program, according to...
The team behind fitness gaming startup Quell won a place on Y Combinator's prestigious accelerator program only three weeks after launching the startup.The program at Y Combinator is notoriously...
View ArticleWe got an exclusive look at the pitch deck that data startup GRID used to win...
Data analytics startup GRID just raised $12 million in a Series A funding round backed by NEA, an early investor in Uber and Snap. The data analytics market is growing rapidly, with forecasts...
View ArticleCheck out the pitch deck marketing analytics startup SuperMetrics used to win...
Marketing data analytics startup Supermetrics just raised close to $50 million in a funding round backed by Twitter and Snap investor IVP and Huel investor Highland Europe. Set up to help marketers...
View ArticleThe biggest US health insurer has a $600 million VC arm that places bets on...
Optum Ventures is a $600 million venture fund associated with UnitedHealth Group, the biggest health insurer in the US.The fund launched in 2017 and has invested in 29 startups since its founding, with...
View ArticleThe 22 billion-dollar startups to watch that are revolutionizing healthcare...
2020 is shaping up to be a bumpy year for startups as they navigate the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.Even so, through the first half of the year, healthcare startups managed to raise...
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