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Supersized seed rounds: The earliest stage of the startup market is getting out of control

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 05:00

Money — Some seed rounds are getting bigger due to an investor gold rush by larger multi-stage firms.
PM Images/Getty Images

Startups, Tech, venture-capital, seed-investing, limited-synd

A Goldman Sachs financial advisor shares 3 strategies for founders preparing to cash in on IPO wealth

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 13:51

Kerry Blum, Goldman Sachs — Kerry Blum, the global head of the equity-structuring group within private-wealth management at Goldman Sachs.
Courtesy of Goldman Sachs

finance, edit-series, editorial-sponsorship, es-fidelity-sps-2024, goldman-sachs, IPO, Startups

View CEO Rao Mulpuri, who saw the glassmaker go from investor darling to declaring bankruptcy, has resigned

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 11:47

GIF of Rao Mulpuri shattering with numbers behind him — View CEO Rao Mulpuri.
Ethan Miller/Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/Insider

finance, Tech, Startups, softbank, view-inc, Bankruptcy, cantor-fitzgerald

When will ServiceTitan finally go public? Now, executives are waiting until after the election, sources say.

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:00

ServiceTitan founders — ServiceTitan cofounders Vahe Kuzoyan (left) and Ara Mahdessian.
ServiceTitan

Tech, Startups, finance, limited-synd, Startups, IPO

Legal tech is undergoing an AI revolution. Here are the 15 startups that have raised the most funding from VCs like a16z and Menlo Ventures.

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 05:00

Steno's Dan Anderson; Hebbia's George Sivulka; Clio's Jack Newton — Steno's Dan Anderson; Hebbia's George Sivulka; Clio's Jack Newton
Steno, Hebbia, Clio

AI, Startups, Tech, Law, limited-synd, AI, Startups

An ex-Googler explains how she achieved financial independence in her 20s and created a runway to quit and start her own company

Wed, 08/28/2024 - 04:00

sherry jiang — Sherry Jiang left Google in 2021 to work on a startup idea full-time.
Courtesy of Sherry Jiang

Investing, limited-synd, Investing, investor, financial-independence, fintechs, Startups

Visual AI startup NEX raises $3.5 million seed round led by Foundation Capital

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 05:00

NEX team, including Foundational Capital investment team — NEX team, including Foundational Capital investment team
Darius Lam

AI, Startups, Tech, AI, Startups, VC, Tech

Move over Hinge and Tinder, there's a new crop of dating apps. Meet the founders behind 11 startups sparking romance.

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 15:24

Dating app founders: Elle Wilson, Nandini Mullaji, and Anushka Joshi — Founders like Elle Wilson (Met Through Friends), Nandini Mullaji (Sitch), and Anushka Joshi (Friend of a Friend) are disrupting dating with new startups.
Courtesy of Elle Wilson; Nandini Mullaji; Anushka Joshi

Media, Tech, Startups, limited-synd, dating-apps, Startups, Creators

2 investment areas in AI that people will be 'very bullish' on in the future, according to a VC

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 14:12

Lux Capital cofounder and managing partner Josh Wolfe — Lux Capital venture capitalist Josh Wolfe said biology and robotics will be big investing areas for AI.
SOPA Images/Getty Images

Tech, Startups, lux-capital, josh-wolfe, AI, Investing, Biotech

For young, promising venture capitalists, the path to partner has suddenly become much steeper

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 05:00

A paper plan with a downward stock trail — As funding to startups stagnates, tech investors are putting fewer points on the board, making it harder to get promoted.
Ian Ross Pettigrew/Getty, Tyler Le/BI

Startups, Tech, tyler-le, bi-illustration, Startups, venture-capital, Promotion

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