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This robo-adviser just raised $100 million in its latest funding round
Betterment, a startup that uses technology to automate financial planning, just raised $100 million in a Series E round of funding.Leading the investors is Sweden's Kinnevik. Previous investors...
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Ringly made a bracelet that will light up or vibrate when you get a phone...
Wearable tech startup Ringly is best known for its line of cocktail rings, which wearers can customize to discreetly notify them whenever they get a call, text message, or notification from a supported...
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A 1-year-old startup wants to take Tesla's sales model to another level
Buying a new car may never the same.You can mostly thank Tesla Motors for successfully putting the direct-to-consumer sales model into practice — a sales strategy where the dealership is removed, and...
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Athletes and celebrities are crazy about this $18 charity bracelet that has...
The latest celebrity-approved accessory is a silicon bracelet called the Lokai.Like the iconic yellow Livestrong bands of years past, this one promises to distribute a portion of its profits to charity...
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Mark Cuban blasts the SEC for going after Silicon Valley's billion-dollar...
Unless the SEC sets clear rules and regulations, it should stop targeting Silicon Valley with scare tactics, argues Dallas Mavericks owner and investor Mark Cuban.In a visit to Stanford on Thursday,...
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Why Mark Cuban is pushing his companies to go public early even when the...
While companies like Uber are arguing to stay private for as long as they can, investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is taking the opposite approach. He's arguing to his companies that it's...
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This New York startup is trying to change the way we care for seniors, and it...
Josh Bruno was lucky to be able to spend more time than most with his grandfather, who lived to be 98. But the last five years were a chaotic, tumultuous time, Bruno says.The problem was how to care...
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London delivery company Jinn has raised $7.5 million in funding
Jinn, the on-demand food and goods delivery startup that lets people in London and Manchester order from almost any restaurant, has raised a $7.5 million (£5.2 million) Series A funding round,...
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Cargomatic, an 'Uber for truckers' with high-profile VC investment, laid off...
Cargomatic, a Los-Angeles based logistics startup described as the "Uber for truckers" that has raised more than $10 million in funding, "blindsided" staff by laying off half of its workforce — around...
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INVESTOR: Startups raising too much too soon will explode their 'financial...
A well-known Israeli investor has warned startups that if they raise too much capital in their early days then they will explode their "financial bladder."Speaking at the Forbes Under 30 EMEA Summit...
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The 50 coolest new businesses in America
Dozens of cool, innovative businesses pop up across the US every day, bringing new technologies, entertainment options, and services to their local communities.Throughout the year, we've highlighted...
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Luxe, a startup that valet parks your car when you can’t find a spot, just...
It's already a pain to find parking in crowded cities. It's even worse if it's a city you've never been to. That's why rental-car company Hertz just made a $50 million strategic investment in Luxe, a...
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A startup that wants to take care of storing your stuff just raised money for...
Amidst a funding slow down, a company that takes care of storing your stuff has raised money for the second time in five months.And the entire deal only took nine days to close, says its cofounder and...
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Working at a startup may be weird, but it's one of the few jobs that can make...
Journalist/comedy writer Dan Lyons is on a publicity tour for "Disrupted," his new memoir about working for marketing tech startup HubSpot. He wrote a summary version of his experiences there for the...
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The founder of Bulletproof Coffee plans to live to be 180 years old
Dave Asprey wants to hack death.The Silicon Valley entrepreneur has spent over $300,000 on research trying to do so, using data to optimize his mind and body.Asprey is the founder of the...
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A London startup set up by 3 Oxford grads has raised $25 million for its...
Onfido has raised $25 million (£18 million) for its background checking platform from the investors behind companies like Spotify, Deezer, Happn, and Secret Escapes.The startup, cofounded by three...
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Shuddle, an 'Uber for kids' startup, runs off the road
Shuddle, an "Uber for kids" startup, is shutting down on Friday after running out of money.In an email sent to drivers today, the company said that it worked hard to find the financial resources, but...
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Venture funding for startups just suffered the biggest crash since the...
Venture capital funding for startups dropped 25% in the first quarter of 2016, the steepest decline since the dot-com bust in the early 2000s, according to new data from Dow Jones VentureSource. A...
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An investor has shredded the value of its stake in Dropbox, Cloudera, and...
Investor T. Rowe Price just marked down its holdings in a bunch of hot tech startups, another indication that last year's sky-high billion-dollar valuations for startups are falling back to earth.The...
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