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Former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb has rejoined the venture world — but he hasn’t forgotten Juul
Scott Gottlieb, the former Food and Drug Administration chief, became known during his tenure for his efforts to regulate the tobacco and e-cigarette industries — and for his particular focus on
Boom wants to build a supersonic jet for mainstream passengers; here’s its game plan
While much of the world remains fixated on the competition to build autonomous cars, there’s another race that’s gaining momentum fast. It centers on supersonic jets that can fly faster th
Famed founder Daphne Koller tells it straight: ‘With most drugs, we do not understand why they work’
Daphne Koller doesn’t mind hard work. She joined Stanford University’s computer science department in 1995, spending the next 18 years there in a full-time capacity before co-founding the
Investors just gave NFX $275 million more to fund seed-stage startups focused on ‘network effects’
It’s the worst kept secret in the world of startup funding. Series A rounds today are the equivalent of what used to be called Series B rounds. The checks are bigger, but so are the expectations
Y Combinator promotes Geoff Ralston to president, while Sam Altman shifts to advisor role
Two months ago, when Sam Altman surprised the industry by stepping away from his post as the president of Y Combinator to become the CEO of OpenAI, an artificial intelligence-focused company, TechCrun
Sam Altman’s leap of faith
Earlier this year, founder-investor Sam Altman left his high-profile role as the president of Y Combinator to become the CEO of OpenAI, an AI research outfit that was founded by some of the most promi
Where cannabis investors see the next big wave? In precision dosing
Women and seniors are joining the cannabis movement, and that’s presenting new investing opportunities, according to a panel of cannabis investors we interviewed several days ago at an event org
After burning through $1 billion, Jawbone’s Hosain Rahman has raised $65 million more
Not everyone gets a second chance in Silicon Valley. Entrepreneur Hosain Rahman has been given many more than that. Though his last company, Jawbone, which produced wireless speakers and Bluetooth ear
These companies may smooth startups’ path to the public market — if they don’t kill each other first
This morning, the SEC approved as the U.S.’s 14th stock exchange Long Term Stock Exchange (LTSE), an outfit that was conceived in 2012 by “Lean Startup” author Eric Ries as a place w
Fuel Capital, co-led by TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque, just closed a $75 million fund
Roughly two years ago, as the gig-economy company TaskRabbit was nearing its eventual sale to Ikea, its founder, Leah Busque, headed into the venture world. More specifically, she joined Fuel Capital,
K-Zen Beverage, a nascent cannabis-infused drink brand, has raised $5 million in seed funding
There’s a new cannabis-infused drink company coming together, helped along by the venture firm DCM, which just plugged $5 million in seed funding into the company. Called K-Zen Beverages, the mo
Carta was just valued at $1.7 billion by Andreessen Horowitz, in a deal some see as rich
Carta, a seven-year-old, San Francisco-based startup, is the newest unicorn in tech. The company, which largely helps private company investors, founders, and employees manage their equity and ownersh
Early Uber advisor Bradley Tusk looks back — and forward — as its IPO fast approaches
Bradley Tusk’s story is well-known by now. A political operative who managed Michael Bloomberg’s successful third mayoral campaign, Tusk soon turned a bonus from his powerful boss into an
A quiet London-based payments startup just raised among the biggest Series A rounds ever in Europe
You probably haven’t heard of Checkout, a digital payments processing company that was founded in 2012 in London. Apparently, however, investors have been keeping tabs on the low-flying company
A 30-mph e-bike to compete with cars in cities? Investors just bet $20 million on it
Bird and Lime are scooting along, backed by hundreds of millions in venture capital. But there are still plenty of companies hoping to dominate the still-nascent micromobility market, given its promis
SoftBank Vision Fund says its team will balloon to a whopping 800 people in the next 24 months
SoftBank Vision Fund has its pedal to the metal in more ways than one. On stage at the Milken Institute Global Conference yesterday, the CEO of SoftBank Investment Advisors, Rajeev Misra, reportedly d
Apple’s stock jumps 5% after beating expectations
Apple released earnings for its fiscal second quarter today, reporting revenue of $58 billion, a decline of 5% from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.46, down 10%. I
This startup just raised more than $10 million for its additive manufacturing software, with the help of Autodesk’s former CEO
Most of us don’t know what a geometric modeling kernel or solid modeling kernel is, but every CAD or design application uses one to create shapes. It’s the underlying infrastructure that a
A quick look at how Series A and seed rounds have ballooned in recent years, fueled by top investors
Wing, an eight-year-old, Silicon Valley venture firm co-founded by veteran VCs Peter Wagner and Gaurav Garg, produces interesting research about its own industry every now and then, based on smaller d
The venture firm SOSV has already raised its biggest fund to date, and it isn’t quite closed
SOSV, a multi-stage venture firm that was founded as the personal investing vehicle of entrepreneur Sean O’Sullivan after his company went public in 1994, then re-launched as a traditional ventu