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Controversial investor Shervin Pishevar resurfaces as “vice chairman” of Yeezy
Shervin Pishevar, an investor who left Silicon Valley for Miami after being accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women in 2017, has resurfaced in a role that will seem familiar…
NUE Life Health raises $3.3M for its psychedelics-meets-tech mental wellness platform
NUE Life Health, a telemedicine startup in the U.S., is developing what it describes as a “next-generation mental wellness solution” employing treatments such as psychedelic-assisted therapies, combined with a graph…
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Getting a piece of Uber
How Menlo Ventures landed a stake in Uber worth billions.
High-speed futuristic transportation company Virgin Hyperloop One is changing up its leadership. CEO Rob Lloyd has left after three years at the helm and Jay Walder, who ran bike-sharing operator…
Hyperloop One co-founder and early Uber investor Shervin Pishevar has announced his resignation from Sherpa Capital, the venture capital firm he co-founded, following sexual misconduct allegations. “I have decided on…
In the world of VC, harassment claims aren’t necessarily a deal killer
A storm fueled by greater awareness about sexual assault and harassment has been gaining momentum in the U.S. ever since a former Uber engineer named Susan Fowler hit “publish” on…
Two Democratic senators donate funds from Shervin Pishevar to charities for women
Two Senate Democrats will donate funds they received from Shervin Pishevar to charitable organizations after the venture capitalist was accused of sexual harassment and assault by multiple women. According to…
Shervin Pishevar responds to allegations of sexual misconduct, calling it a ‘smear campaign’
Early yesterday evening, a story broke on Bloomberg alleging Uber investor and Hyperloop One co-founder Shervin Pishevar had used his position of power to make unwanted sexual advances to at…
VC Shervin Pishevar sues GOP opposition research firm for ‘smear campaign’
Sherpa Capital co-founder Shervin Pishevar has filed a lawsuit against Definers Public Affairs, a Republican opposition research firm that he believes is being paid to spread rumors about him.
Crunch Report | Apple Might Be Getting Rid of the Home Button
Apple might be getting rid of the home button, Uber confirms that Dara Khosrowshahi is the new CEO, an Uber investor forgets he isn’t a Roman and Alexa and Cortana…
Benchmark-Kalanick Uber board suit sent to arbitration
Today, a Delaware court ruled in the favor of former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, who asked that a case brought against him by early Uber investor Benchmark be moved to…
Pishevar calls Benchmark-Kalanick lawsuit ‘grandest business and moral battles of our generation’
Early Uber investor and former board member Shervin Pishevar can’t seem to stop weighing in on Benchmark’s lawsuit with former CEO Travis Kalanick.
Some Uber investors are demanding that the company inspect its records to find evidence of Benchmark Capital leaking confidential information to employees and others. On the heels of yesterday’s motion…
Early Uber investor and former board member Shervin Pishevar is speaking out against Benchmark again. This time, he penned a letter to Uber’s board, demanding that Benchmark Capital drop its…
#Calexit is Silicon Valley’s plan to pack up its toys and leave
California’s reliably-blue votes gave Hillary Clinton a boost on election night, but they weren’t enough to carry her to the presidency. Now, Californians angered by Donald Trump’s win have proposed…
Shervin Pishevar: The first Hyperloop will likely be built overseas
Shervin Pishevar, well-known venture capitalist and co-founder in the two-year-old L.A.-based futuristic transportation company Hyperloop One came to TechCrunch Disrupt today to chat about shooting across the world people and…
A look inside Hyperloop One’s wildly fast future
What’s really going on at Hyperloop One – the futuristic transportation system proposing to shoot humans from point A to B at 750 miles-per-hour? The startup changed its name from…
Hyperloop One is today announcing the opening of its first manufacturing plant. Called Hyperloop One Metalworks, the 105,000 square-foot building in North Las Vegas will be the new professional home…
Hyperloop One files $250 million countersuit accusing BamBrogan of a “malicious smear campaign”
Hyperloop One filed a countersuit against co-founder and former CTO Brogan BamBrogan today, claiming he was part of a group of four employees engaged in misconduct and abusive behavior. The transportation startup…
L.A. judge dismisses Hyperloop One co-founder Brogan BamBrogan’s restraining order against Afshin Pishevar
A Los Angeles judge has dismissed former Hyperloop One CTO and co-founder Brogan BamBrogan’s restraining order against the company’s former head of legal Afshin Pishevar. BamBrogan and several other former…
Ousted Hyperloop One co-founder Brogan BamBrogan is suing Shervin Pishevar, claims harrassment
Recently departed Hyperloop One co-founder Brogan BamBrogan has filed a restraining order against the company’s former head of legal Afshin Pishevar and a lawsuit against both Afshin and his brother…
Hyperloop One co-founder and CTO Brogan BamBrogan steps down
Hyperloop One co-founder and CTO Brogan BamBrogan is out at the company and former SVP of engineering Josh Geigel will be taking over BamBrogan’s role as CTO. The move, though…
Blavity’s Morgan DeBaun is speaking at Disrupt SF 2016
Blavity is the bee’s knees — the cream of the crop media platform and community for black millennials in the digital age. Founded by Morgan DeBaun and Aaron Samuels, Blavity…
Sherpa Capital raises $470 million in new capital and launches two new funds
Sherpa Capital, the private capital fund run by Scott Stanford and Shervin Pishevar, has closed on $470 million and launched two new funds: Sherpa Ventures II, an early stage venture fund and…
Hyperloop One co-founder and legendary investor Shervin Pishevar is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt SF
Shervin Pishevar, investor to the stars and the founder of Sherpa Capital and Hyperloop One – Elon Musk’s wild idea to shoot folks in a vacuum tube from San Francisco…
Hyperloop Technologies becomes Hyperloop One, pulls in $80 million and announces global partners
The news comes just days after rival hyperloop builder Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) announced a licensing deal to power its own prototype with magnetic levitation technology. Both Hyperloop One (formerly…
Shervin Pishevar and Scott Stanford’s SherpaVentures Is Raising $175M For A Second Fund
SherpaVentures, the venture fund run by Shervin Pishevar and Scott Stanford, is raising a new $175 million fund, according to a filing with the SEC. This is the second fund…
Early Uber Investors Shervin Pishevar And Scott Stanford Raising $250M For SherpaEverest Fund
Early Uber investors Scott Stanford and Shervin Pishevar are looking to raise another big fund, presumably to do follow-on investments in growth companies they had previously invested in. According to…
Scott Stanford, Shervin Pishevar And Tina Sharkey Will Join Us At Disrupt SF 2014
A year and a half ago, Menlo Ventures partner Shervin Pishevar and Goldman Sachs banker Scott Stanford decided to quit their day jobs and start a new venture fund. That…
Shervin Pishevar And Scott Stanford’s SherpaVentures Closes $150 Million For Its First Fund
SherpaVentures, the venture firm founded by former Menlo Ventures partner Shervin Pishevar and former Goldman Sachs banker Scott Stanford, is finally ready to be less vague about what it’s doing.…
