Connie Loizos
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Steve Case is trying to make money with founders outside Silicon Valley; his plan is starting to work
Steve Case, the cofounder of America Online, the investment firm Revolution, and its offshoot seed-stage arm Rise of the Rest, has a new book out called Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprisi
With new cuts, Klarna joins the ranks of companies having to conduct more than one layoff
They say if you’re going to cut, cut deeply so you only have to do it once. Alas, a growing number of companies are realizing that despite layoffs earlier in the year, they need to cut back more
Bookending the blitz, Chamath Palihapitiya begins unwinding two SPACs
Nearly three years ago, a special purpose acquisition vehicle (SPAC) spearheaded by investor Chamath Palihapitiya took the space tourism company Virgin Galactic public. It was the first human spacefli
VC Ann Miura-Ko is looking to help more students answer the question: Is this idea big enough?
One could probably argue that Floodgate, the Bay Area-based seed-stage venture firm, punches above its weight. The roughly 15-year-old firm has just around $500 million in assets under management R
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 to anyone who has t
VCs look the other way as they give $205M more to Verkada, whose tech has been abused repeatedly
Verkada, a six-year-old, maker of building security tools — it sells video security cameras, door-based access control, environmental sensors and alarms, all connected on a cloud-based platform
VC still requires in-person connection, argues Madrona’s Matt McIlwain
In downtown Seattle, offices are only 42% as full as they were before the pandemic, according to data cited late last month by The Seattle Times. It’s a problem, suggests Matt McIlwain, who has
The SEC revealed today that it charged VMware with fraud . . . and then settled for next to nothing
The world of enterprise software is often a little staid. Not today, however. The Securities and Exchange Commission today said it has charged the cloud computing giant VMware for “misleading in
VCs who cast a wider net have double backed to CA, says this ex-Sequoia Capital partner
Investor Chris Olsen knows the West Coast VC scene. He spent six years with Sequoia Capital in California before co-founding Drive Capital in Columbus, Ohio, in 2013 based on the theory that the ̶
Renowned founder Brian Lee and Derek Jeter have a new sports card biz with a digital bent
L.A.-based entrepreneur Brian Lee, who previously co-founded and ran The Honest Company, ShoeDazzle.com and LegalZoom, has launched a new sports card collecting platform that’s likely to make a
Lightspeed Venture Partners has hired podcasting guru Michael Mignano as a partner
Michael Mignano has joined the consumer practice of the sprawling venture firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, after previously co-founding the podcasting platform Anchor and then leading Spotify’s
Juul agrees to pay $438.5M in a record settlement, while a newer vape maker gains steam
Juul has long argued that it’s trying to save lives; meanwhile, its own existence seems precarious at times. Right now is one of those times. As reported earlier today by numerous outlets, the o
Coming out of COVID, investors lose their taste for board meetings
Two weeks ago, longtime venture capitalist Chris Olsen, a general partner and cofounder of Drive Capital in Columbus, Ohio, settled into his seat for a portfolio company’s board meeting. It turn
Flexible, shorter-term apartment startups gain more traction
Startups looking to make it easier for people to rent apartments on a flexible, shorter-term basis are gaining momentum thanks in part to the rise of remote work. Last week, Dealbook reported that a f
Legendary investor Julian Robertson has passed away — but leaves behind many powerful mentees
Julian Robertson’s hedge fund investors didn’t want to listen to him when, in 1999, he questioned the sanity of the prices being paid for shares in nascent internet companies. So months af
The anti-Adam Neumann
According to earlier reports this week, Adam Neumann, the famed, controversial co-founder of WeWork, is in the process of creating a vast network of residential real estate properties that — we&
Bolt founder Ryan Breslow isn’t going away
Ryan Breslow has had a tumultuous 2022. It’s not slowing him down. Few outside of Breslow’s world even knew his name a year ago. Then Bolt, a “one-click” checkout tech company that evo
It might be time for companies in San Francisco to call employees’ bluff
Spend any amount of time in New York, and you’ll feel it. Manhattan and Brooklyn are teeming with activity. It’s electrifying to be there after years spent relatively locked down. The ques
This Yale alum wants to build a telemedicine platform expressly for Alzheimer’s disease
Nikhil Patel is the kind of founder who investors adore. He’s a brainiac who, before studying computer science at Yale, spent three years in high school working as a research associate at the Un
Big funds ‘screwing with Series A market but not seed market’ says veteran VC Mike Hirshland
Mike Hirshland is enjoying 2022. Despite the market’s zigs and zags, he has spent much of his time this past summer in Rhode Island, where relatives from afar have gathered on and off for an ext