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GoodRx just filed to go public. Here are the investors and executives that...
On Friday, the prescription-discount startup GoodRx filed to go public in a $100 million initial public offering.In the filing, GoodRx disclosed that it has a dual-class stock structure that gives...
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LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman and Zynga super angel Mark Pincus filed a...
Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus have joined forces to raise $600 million from the public for their new "blank-check" special purpose acquisition company.They are two of Silicon Valley's best-known...
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7 products created by startups as a direct result of customer requests
"The customer is always right" goes the old adage. "Always" is a strong word choice, but retail companies can't deny the power and influence that customers can have over the product development...
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How cloud storage startup Wasabi raised $30 million in the pandemic using...
Wasabi is a cloud-storage startup that has found a lot of success by keeping things simple.It only offers cloud-based storage, and its pitch is that its cheaper and faster than Amazon's Simple Storage...
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Women and people of color are under-represented in the media and at tech...
All Raise, a group founded by women investors to promote diversity in the venture industry, has created a database of female tech industry experts.Called the Visionary Voices Speakers Bureau, the...
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We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck fintech Esusu used to win the...
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,...
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Read the application form that got the 'Spotify for meditation' into the...
Yunha Kim, the founder of the meditation app Simple Habit, successfully applied to Y Combinator in 2017.Y Combinator is the famed startup accelerator that's launched Dropbox, Airbnb, and Stripe. The...
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Homebound founder John Meyer created 'vulnerability dinners' where other...
As part of Business Insider's report on how startup founders are experiencing increased mental distress during the pandemic, Homebound founder John Meyer told us about his experience after his father...
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4 ways to build an innovative and motivated work culture
It's easy to get swept up in immediate needs during a crisis, but business leaders also need to focus on building a strong work culture to keep their employees inspired and motivated. Ask your...
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Elon Musk's pigs on treadmills and the mystery of Amazon's phone trees
Summary List PlacementHello, and welcome to the Wednesday edition of the Insider Tech newsletter, where we break down the biggest news in tech. If you're not already subscribed, click here to get...
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Startup CEOs explain how skipping the formal startup pitch process helped...
Summary List Placement Application performance monitoring startup Grafana Labs was generating enough buzz and inbound interest from investors that it decided to try something new when it needed fresh...
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Instagram only had 13 employees when it was bought by Facebook for $1...
Summary List PlacementWhen Instagram was bought by Facebook in 2012, it only had 13 employees — including founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.While many of the early employees are still at...
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The founder of a formerly high-flying telehealth startup is suing his former...
Summary List PlacementHitesh Tolani founded teledentistry startup Virtudent to make it easier for people to get high-quality dental care.But his concern for quality — and regulatory compliance — put...
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We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck that Israeli medical startup...
Summary List PlacementIsraeli tech startup Envizion Medical has raised $18 million in fresh funding for a system that helps clinicians insert feeding tubes into patients with greater accuracy.The...
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E-commerce platform Moteefe just raised $11 million in a funding round backed...
Summary List PlacementMoteefe, the London-based e-commerce platform that helps traditional retailers move online, just raised $11 million in a funding round backed by the Business Growth Fund (BGF),...
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AI startup Justpoint just raised $1 million in funding for its mission to...
Summary List PlacementJustpoint, the AI startup hoping to improve the medical malpractice system, just raised $1 million in a seed funding round backed by Vivek Garipalli, founder and CEO of Clover...
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This new kids' app uses science to calm tantrums, inspire nice play and...
Summary List PlacementImagine an app that will calm your kid's tantrum and get them laughing, gets siblings to stop quarreling and play together, and encourages parents and kids to play together in the...
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Airbnb salaries revealed: From $120,000-$303,250, here are the six-figure...
Summary List PlacementThese are rollercoaster times for Airbnb. Earlier this year CEO Brian Chesky said he expected the unicorn's revenue to drop to less than half of what it was in 2019 as the...
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Llama farms, magic shows, and children's storytelling: How Airtable, UiPath,...
Summary List PlacementTech companies are famous for employee perks like gourmet free food, complimentary massages, and alternative workplace setups like treehouse meeting rooms. But as the pandemic has...
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The dearth in startup funding that caused mass layoffs last spring has come...
Summary List Placement Since March 11, some 565 startups have laid off about 79,000 employees, according to Layoff.fyi, as the pandemic crushed the economy and venture capital grew tight.But about a...
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