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‘This Is Insanity’: Start-Ups End Year in a Deal Frenzy
Investors are tripping over one another to give hot start-ups money. DoorDash and Airbnb are going public. The good times are baaack. SAN FRANCISCO — Hopin, a virtual events start-up in London, had seven employees and was valued at $ 38 million at the beginning of the year. Johnny Boufarhat, the company’s chief executive, wasn’t […]
March Gaming Fund debuts with $60 million for game startups
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now March Capital has launched its March Gaming Fund with $ 60 million to invest in game startups. The fund is headed by managing director Gregory Milken, who has been responsible for most of March Capital’s investments in game companies since the fund […]
Ars readers hated this startup’s privacy policy—so the company changed it
Enlarge / This isn’t the relationship you want to see between a company with access to your private data and its affiliates. Camerique / Getty Images When we covered subscription-based search engine startup Neeva in June, most reader focus wasn’t on the search engine itself so much as its privacy policy, which left much to be […]
Coronavirus: Government unveils £1.3bn scheme to help start-ups
The government has announced a £1.25bn package to support innovative new companies that are not eligible for existing coronavirus rescue schemes. It will match up to £250m of private investment and add £550m to an existing loan and grant scheme for smaller firms that focus on research and development. Adding it up, that totals £800m […]
Coronavirus: Start-ups use Zoom app to lay off staff
Tech start-ups worldwide are cutting jobs as the coronavirus pandemic undermines their ability to make money. To make matters worse for staff, they are not being told face to face. Electric scooter-maker Bird axed about 400 posts on Friday, about 30% of its staff. And the Californian company used a Zoom conference call to tell […]
Esports Players League secures $1 million, 500 Startups leads investment
The Esports Players League announced today that it has finished a seed round worth $ 1 million. Venture capital firm 500 Startups lead the round. Esports Players League would not disclose how much 500 Startups contributed, but did not that it’s a “significant portion” of the $ 1 million total. This $ 1 million in […]
How fintech Uncapped is disrupting venture capital by lending to fellow startups at a flat 6% fee
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Bad Times in Tech? Not if You’re a Start-Up Serving Other Start-Ups
SAN FRANCISCO — Things should be dismal in Silicon Valley right now, with technology’s biggest companies under attack from regulators, lawmakers and even President Trump. Not for Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi. The two Stanford dropouts, both 23, are the founders of Brex, one of the hottest young companies today. Their start-up’s mission? To provide […]
E-scooter company Spin will place dozens of start-up’s solar-powered docking stations in two cities this summer
The stations are being billed as a way to reduce sidewalk clutter and attract business. Electric scooters have posed a problem outside many storefronts and heavily trafficked buildings since they began appearing in dozens of cities across the country last year. Unevenly parked and prone to tipping over, the devices clutter entrances, turn off potential […]
This tech CEO has sold 6 startups for a combined $500 million. These are his top tips for selling at the perfect time.
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A company looking to convince startups to ditch VC funding in favor of taking out a loan just raised $1 billion
Axios/Lazaro Gamio Clearbanc has now raised a total of $ 1 billion in capital to fund startups. The company offers startups an alernative to raising funds through a venture capital firm, giving loans (that don’t require an equity stake) with 6% interest that are repaid by taking a portion of the startup’s revenue. Clearbanc, a […]
Amazon is partnering with Netflix and Expedia as it fires back at the startups that accuse it of unfairly profiting from their open source code
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Half of all startups expect to get acquired, but the number of companies that don't have a plan is growing
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The Next Wave of ‘Unicorn’ Start-Ups
Supported by The Next Wave of ‘Unicorn’ Start-Ups Uber and Airbnb were part of an early generation of tech start-ups that quickly reached $ 1 billion in value. The up-and-coming generation is looking very different. ImageCreditCreditIllustration by Tyler Comrie; Photographs by Erin Dybedahl and Hannah Mentz, via Getty Images By Erin Griffith Feb. 10, 2019 […]