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Deep tech VCs on what they view as some of the most impactful young startups right now
During this week’s Democratic debate, there was a lot of talk, unsurprisingly, about ensuring the future of this country’s children and grandchildren. Climate change was of particular inte
Investors like Sundar Pichai; they just pushed Alphabet into the trillion-dollar club for the first time
Alphabet this afternoon became the fourth tech giant to join the highly exclusive trillion-dollar club, one whose original member, Apple, saw its market cap soar past $1 trillion for the first time in
Collaborative Fund just hired a former top Goldman Sachs investor to do later-stage deals
Collaborative Fund emerged on the scene nearly 10 years ago to fund seed-stage and, as time passed, early-stage startups, many of them in New York, where the firm is based. Apparently, the firm has am
Another women-led venture firm gains momentum, with Uber exec Rachel Holt as co-founder
Last November, Axios reported that New Enterprise Associates partner Dayna Grayson was leaving the storied venture firm after roughly six years to launch her own shop in Washington, D.C., called Const
Another former Kleiner partner launches a fund; this time it’s Lynne Chou O’Keefe with Define Ventures
Kleiner Perkins is known for many things. Among them, increasingly, is the growing number of people who’ve logged time at the venture firm, then struck out on their own to hang their own shingle
Identifying opportunities in today’s saturated cybersecurity market
Yoav Leitersdorf is the founder of YL Ventures, a 12-year-old, Mill Valley, California.-based seed-stage venture firm that invests narrowly in Israeli cybersecurity startups and closed its fourth fund
Alphabet’s controversial chief legal officer David Drummond is leaving, saying he has decided to retire
The changing of the guard at Alphabet continues. Roughly one month after Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced they’d be stepping down as the CEO and president of the search gian
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author J.D. Vance has raised $93 million for his own Midwestern venture fund
Underserved areas are becoming hot, hot, hot, from the standpoint of venture capitalists and their own backers. In October, Steve Case’s Revolution announced that a second Rise of the Rest Seed
Roofstock, which makes it easier to buy a home as an investment property, just raised $50 million in new funding
There are plenty of startups that say they’re making it easier to buy a home. There are fewer startups that are promising to make it easier to buy a home as an income-producing property. Among t
Not over it: California officials just sued billionaire Vinod Khosla in a now 12-year-long battle over access to a popular beach
One thing is certain: Vinod Khosla will be remembered in California — if not for his work, then for his now 12-year-old battle to keep private a stretch of beach in front of an 89-acre property
The Guild, which turns apartments into short-term rentals, has nabbed $25 million in Series B funding
The Guild, a nearly four-year-old, Austin, Texas-based startup that turns apartments into comfortable short-term accommodations for business and other travelers, has landed $25 million in Series B fun
A venture firm that invests ‘from Park City to Kansas City’ just closed its third fund
Sometimes, in venture capital, it pays to specialize. The latest indicator is a Kansas City, Mo.-based venture firm that’s focused on seed-stage startups that are based anywhere from “Park
This startup just raised $7 million, led by Google, to authenticate people based on their typing style
TypingDNA, a four-year-old, 18-person startup that was founded in Bucharest, Romania and more recently moved its headquarters to Brooklyn, New York, has closed on $7 million in Series A funding for so
While other tech giants fund housing initiatives, Amazon is opening a homeless shelter — inside its HQ
As big tech gets bigger, industry leaders have begun making more noise about helping homeless populations, particularly in those regions where high salaries have driven up the cost of living to height
Report: ClassPass is hunting for unicorn status in a new funding round
The nearly seven-year-old, New York-based fitness subscription app ClassPass is reportedly trying to raise $285 million in a new funding round that would push its valuation to more than $1 billion. Th
VCs from Accel and SoftBank talk Europe’s startup scene, what they expect in 2020, and the future of SoftBank
If you haven’t noticed, Europe’s startup scene is in full bloom, with more than $30 billion deployed in startups across the continent over the last 12 months and more than 20 countries now
Bill Gates played Secret Santa to a Michigander, sending 81 pounds of goodies tailored just for her
Since roughly 2012, billionaire Bill Gates has been participating in Reddit’s annual Secret Santa gift exchange, which matches Reddit users with internet strangers who give them presents. He seems t
Fyre Festival meets Mr. Bone Saw
Social media influencers have been known to promote events around the world for the right price — decisions that sometimes prove to be mistakes. Bella Hadid, who promoted the failed Fyre Festiva
A highly subjective list of some of this year’s notable young startups
I’m not a venture capitalist. I don’t play one on TV, either (though I might if anyone asked!). Still, after many years of covering startups, including as an editor with TechCrunch, in a d
Flickr owner SmugMug emails subscribers with an urgent request: help us find more paying users
When in April of last year, the photo-hosting service SmugMug acquired the photo-hosting service Flickr from Verizon’s digital media subsidiary, SmugMug CEO Don MacAskill said he was committed t