Antitrust law was written for a different era and today’s tech giants move faster than regulators ever can. By the time the government files a case, the market has already shifted again, writes guest author Aron Solomon. In this commentary he...
M&A
Funding to startups specifically focused on education technology remains at depressed levels relative to a few years ago. However, the tallies —...
Transportation has been an underrepresented sector for venture investors in recent quarters, as money increasingly concentrates in hotter niches such...
A total of 20 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in October, adding $44.5 billion in value. This was the highest valuation amount added to...
Several companies with a focus on obesity and weight management have raised sizable venture funding in the past couple of years. We take a look at...
Philippe Botteri, a partner at Accel, launched the firm’s Globalscape report on the main stage at WebSummit in Lisbon, Portugal, highlighting the...
In M&A, reputation, networking and credibility often outweigh pure tech or financial performance, writes startup adviser Itay Sagie, making...
There's nothing more disheartening than experiencing a First Board Meeting Surprise, that sinking sensation of investor-CEO disagreement in that...
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Ripple, a San Francisco-based crypto payments startup, has raised $500 million at a $40 billion valuation, the company announced on Wednesday.
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Over the past couple years, the top tech giants have made comparatively few big-ticket purchases of venture-backed companies. The Big Five have...
Since its 2012 inception, Coinbase has acquired dozens of companies and has been keeping up the pace. We take a look at what caught the publicly...
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