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The flood of cash into tech startups means pay is going through the roof
Tech startups around the world are awash with cash right now, thanks to hedge funds, traditional investment firms, and billionaires piling in alongside VCs to back businesses.Europe is no different,...
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Goldman Sachs just poured millions into a startup that wants to make selling...
Selling your car is annoying, especially if you want to sell to a person and not be ripped off by a dealer. It's about trust and money, and it's hard to have a transaction that doesn't make you...
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'Arguing there's no tech bubble because it’s not 1999 is like saying Kim...
In the 1990s, a tech bubble emerged — and then burst — in the public market. Now, there could be one in the private market, too. In a new piece for Vanity Fair, Nick Bilton reports on what could burst...
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The 12 hottest startups in Switzerland
Switzerland probably isn't the first country you think of when it comes to startups in Europe. The country's high cost of living has probably put off some tech startups, but there's a surprisingly...
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Red-hot security startup Tanium just doubled its value to $3.5 billion in 5...
The recent barrage of high profile hacks has created a bubble in security startups, as investors pour money into companies that promise to help stop the next attack. But the cofounder of one of those...
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Purple, a startup backed by Uber's cofounder, wants to make sure you never...
The gas station is an institution that has remained largely unchanged and unchallenged for the past 50 years, but if Bruno Uzzan gets his way, it will eventually become a thing of the past.Purple,...
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BMW invests millions in a startup that will park your car for you
The worst thing about driving in a city is not the traffic. It's finding a place to park your car that's safe and doesn't empty your wallet.It's a challenge of owning a car, and the luxury-car maker...
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Why this startup wants employees to remix Taylor Swift, do one-armed...
Wednesdays are especially quirky at the education startup Udacity.Over the past few years, the company has had meditation sessions, K-pop dance routines, and puppy tricks punctuate its weekly,...
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Here's the real reason billion-dollar startups are called unicorns
If you follow tech, you know that Silicon Valley cannot stop talking about unicorns -- shorthand for the growing herd of startups valued at $1 billion or more.Dow Jones counts 77 of them in the U.S....
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The 12 hottest startups in Switzerland
Switzerland probably isn't the first country you think of when it comes to startups in Europe. The country's high cost of living has probably put off some tech startups, but there's a surprisingly...
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How non-technical startup founders can find their technical 'other half'
Ellen Rubin's first startup, built in the height of the dot-com era, failed miserably. Then she hit success after success after success — without writing a line of code herself.The three-time startup...
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REPORT: Ridesharing startup BlaBlaCar has raised $160 million and is now...
Ride-sharing startup BlaBlaCar has raised $160 million (£104 million) from Insight Venture Partners, TechCrunch reports.The Series D round of funding apparently values the business at $1.2 billion...
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We figured out how much money new European unicorn BlaBlaCar could be making
French ridesharing startup BlaBlaCar has reportedly raised $160 million (£104 million) in new funding, which brings its valuation to $1.2 billion (£780 million). How could a hitchhiking app be worth so...
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Lady Gaga's former manager and Uber investor Troy Carter hand picks the next...
Troy Carter knows how to pick talent, but his own spark is turning that talent into a cultural phenomenon.Carter managed Lady Gaga from early into her career to worldwide stardom until he was fired in...
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Europe's first 'growth hacking' academy has opened in Amsterdam
As of today, university students in the Netherlands will be able to apply for a new educational program centered around 'growth hacking', a lean marketing technique often employed by tech...
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Leap, the luxury San Francisco commuter bus, is bankrupt and selling its...
Leap Transit, the startup that served fresh-pressed juice to commuters on its luxury buses, has filed for bankruptcy. The rest of its buses are now up for sale, starting at $5 each.Signs that Leap was...
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Food delivery startup HelloFresh just hit unicorn status after raising €75...
German food delivery startup HelloFresh has raised €75 million (£54 million) in funding from Scottish investment firm Baille Gifford, Bloomberg reports.The latest injection of funding has lifted the...
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A Spanish startup that wants to reinvent online forms has raised £9.7 million...
Typeform is looking to reinvent online forms, an area that has barely changed at all since the invention of the web.In order to do this, the company has raised a $15 million (£9.7m, €13.3m) Series A...
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The first investors in Uber just broke from tradition to make their largest...
First Round Capital has made small bets on companies that have paid off in big ways. It led Uber's seed round of founding. It's got money in Warby Parker, Uber, and Square. However, the average...
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Photo sharing app EyeEm is launching a clever new system that can figure out...
German photo-sharing app EyeEm is launching an advanced new photo search tool that will allow companies to search for thousands of different objects and categories contained within images through the...
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