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There's a feeding frenzy going on as investors crowd into late-stage startups...
The Wall Street Journal reports that venture capital firms like FirstMark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz are raising special "impromptu" funds from a few select investors, specifically to invest in...
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Investors were once tripping over themselves to get into a hot technology...
Once upon a time, venture capitalists were tripping over themselves to invest in a hot new cloud computing technology called OpenStack. It began with Piston, which raised $4.5 million in 2011 —...
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Uber's co-founder just launched a new app to make your commute cheaper,...
You may have never heard of Oscar Salazar, but you might recognize him by the design of Ride, his new ride-sharing app for commuters.Salazar was Uber's founding CTO and third cofounder alongside...
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Why a $5.3 billion leveraged buyout is VERY good for hot startup MuleSoft
US enterprise software company Informatica announced on Tuesday that it was going private in a $5.3 billion deal, the largest leveraged buyout in 2015.Informatica follows a bunch of other go-private...
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How a big-time startup investor battled depression
I’ve been very open about my struggles with depression over the years. A few weeks ago, I participated in a Q&A with Greg Avery at the Denver Business Journal titled Brad Feld Q&A: Bringing...
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Food startup Munchery has hired a bunch of gourmet chefs to answer the most...
Tri Tran got the idea for Munchery back in 2010. He was tasked with cooking for his family — himself, his wife and his two sons — and found himself constantly looking for an answer to the...
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Here's what billion-dollar startups had in common during their early days
There is a lot of coverage of the companies that have reached valuations of over a billion dollars. Many of these companies were not always fast growing businesses.At Shasta Ventures, we focus on...
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The best app for discovering the next big thing just got better
Product Hunt launched a new version of its iPhone app Thursday, and it's worth a download for anyone serious about discovering the next big thing.Since its debut a year ago, Product Hunt has quickly...
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New app Nerd lets you order an on-demand Stanford student, who can help you...
If you text (650) 419-4194, a smart Stanford kid will help you with anything you need.That's the premise behind Nerd. It's an "invisible app," meaning that it works via a text messaging layer without...
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A startup beloved by Wall Street nerds just raised another round of funding
Get ready, FinTech nerds. Estimize, the popular online platform that crowdsources stock analysis from Wall Street experts, is growing.Estimize CEO Leigh Drogen announced at the 2015 Benzinga Fintech...
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Jamie Dimon: Silicon Valley startups are coming to eat Wall Street's lunch
"Silicon Valley is coming,"JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned in his annual letter to shareholders.Dimon says startups are coming for Wall Street, innovating and creating efficiency in areas that...
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The founder of a $50 million startup just sold his company — and he didn't...
In 2007, Lane Becker cofounded an online customer-service startup, Get Satisfaction. In 2011, after turning down acquisition interest, the company raised $10 million at a $50 million valuation,...
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The 17 hottest tech startups in France
France has built a vibrant tech culture in the last few decades, growing from a network of hardware manufacturers in the 1990s to a collection of video game developers, apps and streaming sites...
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How a media company founded by two 23-year-olds wants to take on the Food...
When Mackenzie Barth was studying communications at Northwestern University, she found herself living in an off-campus apartment for the first time, completely lost, with no idea how to cook for...
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These investors will give you $500,000 for a startup idea sketched on a...
Do you have an idea for a startup, but no product, traction, or even a working prototype?That's OK! You could still get up to $500,000 from a new wave of venture capitalists — "pre-seed investors"— who...
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Find the best country for your startup: This site shows you everything from...
So you're thinking about founding your own startup. Where should you locate it?Thanks to a handy new website called Startup Stats, you can now easily compare startup locations by looking at factors...
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Why one CEO made the decision to pay all of his employees at least $70,000 a...
Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price has announced that he plans to raise the base pay of every employee to at least $70,000 per year over the next three years.According to the New York Times, Price told his...
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A former Amazon engineer's startup wants to fix the worst thing about tech...
If there's one thing that techies hate, it's interviewing for a job in tech.You'd think it'd be easier, right? After all, every company is soon to be a software company if you believe the Silicon...
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What one successful startup founder would tell himself if he could go back in...
This is, in no particular order, what I'd tell myself about startups if I could go back in time to when I first got involved.Which is probably the same as what I've learned. This is most definitely not...
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Acorns is an 8-month-old app that makes investing spare change dead simple,...
Acorns, an eight-month-old app that lets you automatically invest spare change when you make purchases with your credit or debit card, just raised $23 million in a Series C round of funding.Yes, you...
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