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Grove just raised $8 million to make traditional financial planning affordable to pretty much everyone
Financial advisors aren’t cheap to use. They aren’t always seen as trustworthy, either, with many advisors receiving — or perceived as receiving — incentives for recommending c
You aren’t alone; US adults broadly think around 40 percent of the news is misinformation
New findings underscore what you already know. People don’t trust traditional media as they once did. They trust social media even less. And certain groups in particular, including Republicans a
PayPal is shelling out $400 million in cash for this 18-year-old company that helps gig workers get paid
PayPal announced today that it’s paying $400 million in cash for Hyperwallet, an 18-year-old, Bay Area-based company that helps people and small businesses receive payments for products and serv
This new startup wants to be the ‘Netscape for crypto,’ and some investors think it has a shot
Three-month-old Elph wants to make it easier for you to find and use blockchain-based apps. How? Through a portal that’s promising to enable users to click through to see how their crypto holdin
TraceLink just landed $60 million more to eliminate counterfeit prescription drugs
Just processed by the SEC on this bright Friday afternoon: TraceLink, a software-as-a-service platform for tracking pharmaceuticals and trying to weed out counterfeit prescription drugs in the proce
Coinbase is acquiring a securities dealer in order to trade your startup tokens
Every day, tech investors and reporters are pitched on new services that intend to generate digital tokens that its creators expect will trade . . . somewhere. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Coinbase, known
Norwest just scored an interesting new partner: Google and Facebook alum Priti Youssef Choksi
A lot of people who’ve been working in the venture industry — even for many years — haven’t seen a true down cycle. Somewhat ironically, Priti Youssef Choksi, a newly minted VC
YC looks to help more of its companies lock down Series A funding
Y Combinator, the popular startup accelerator program, has never been shy about experimenting. Now, in its latest trial, the outfit is launching what it’s calling a Series A program. The idea is
SV Angel says it won’t be raising another fund from outside investors
SV Angel, the seed-stage investment firm, announced today that it’s getting out of the traditional venture business. At least, said the firm, going forward, its founders, meaning famous angel in
This newly funded startup wants to help women gauge their reproductive health a lot sooner in life
It’s often the case that women don’t think much about their reproductive health until they have to. Sometimes it begins with an aside from a well-meaning gynecologist — or one’
New York VC Steve Schlafman has a new gig with Primary Venture Partners
Steve Schlafman has been an East Coast investor for roughly a decade — scouring deals for the Kraft Group ahead of joining Lerer Hippeau as an early employee, then spending more than four years
Consumer Reports just reversed its stance on the Tesla Model 3, giving the car its endorsement
It sometimes reads like a terrible love story, the relationship between Consumer Reports and electric car company Tesla. Consumer Reports withholds its affection, Tesla addresses its errant ways and n
Former journo Alexia Bonatsos unveils her new venture fund, Dream Machine
Five years ago, Alexia Bonatsos, née Tsotsis, was co-editor of TechCrunch, a job that made her renowned in startup circles and familiar with a wide number of startups and their founders. What she rea
TruStory, a new startup, just raised $3 million to identify ICO scams before they happen
Investing in initial coin offerings, or ICOs, is a minefield. This isn’t just true for people with absolutely no technical background but also for many investors who may be well-versed in tech but s
A new eyewear brand is taking on Luxottica with a single wire, some seed funding and a sustainability story
A U.K.-based startup has come up with a new design for high-end, direct-to-consumer sunglasses that are original, modular and virtually indestructible. But to get their eyewear in the hands of consume
This company wants to put ‘brains’ in electric scooters and bikes to keep riders safer
Superpedestrian, a Cambridge, Ma.-based company, has been known until now for its electric Copenhagen wheel, which a user attaches to his or her bikes and operates through an app. It’s essentia
For Madrona Venture Group, four IPOs in 20 months and a brand-new fund
Madrona Venture Group typically flies under the radar of Silicon Valley reporters, partly because it’s in Seattle. But the 23-year-old, early-stage venture firm has been having a pretty good run
This top Silicon Valley venture firm just made a contrarian move with its newest fund
In Silicon Valley, venture firms with a track record of success find themselves awash in money thanks to the growing number of institutions that want to invest more of their capital in tech. In March,
Boston startups may see some fresh checks as Underscore VC closes on its second fund
There’s a whole lot of data and information that’s stored in the cloud, and it’s critical that consumers and enterprises alike be able to trust that this information is safe and accu
In the next few weeks, you can spend time with any one of these VCs and it will all go to charity
Five years ago, we told you about a venture capital auction wherein dozens of VCs donated their time toward a greater good — helping fund research at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, one of