Blueground, the startup providing turnkey flexible rental apartments, has raised $20 million in a round led by Athens-based VentureFriends, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, Dubai’s Jab
Here’s a great deal: Uber and Gilt City are teaming up to offer a packages of unlimited uberPOOL rides in New York City. The deal is being called a “commute card” and can only be use
Choosing this year’s Disrupt NY Startup Battlefield winners will be a tough job. There is an exceptionally strong and unique group of young companies competing in Startup Battlefield next week w
Another day, another series of Silicon Valley e-commerce explosions: Gilt Groupe just sold for a fraction of its valuation (and its capital raised) and One Kings Lane is reportedly the next to die. Pr
Hudson's Bay Company, the owner of department chain stores like Saks Fifth Avenue, said today it was acquiring Gilt Groupe for $250 million.
The sale still represents a tough end to the story of Gi
Gilt.com, the New York-based fashion discount site, is in talks to be acquired for $250 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. The prospective buyer is Hudson’s Bay, which owns Saks Fifth Av
Some downsizing is on the cards for Gilt Groupe, the fashion flash-sales site that has been valued at $1.1 billion. TechCrunch has learned that the company is cutting 45 jobs as it tries to turn p
“I’ve probably revised this investor pitch deck 200 times,” a founder told me recently. She’d met with more than 50 potential investors before closing a seed round last month. This might sound
At 39 years old, Andrey Cherny has advised presidents, consulted with Fortune 100 companies, worked as a state prosecutor, served as a Naval reserve officer, founded a think tank and policy journal, a
Aol today confirmed a couple of big changes at the top of the company, as first reported yesterday by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-27/aol-chief-operating-officer-mins
As Susan Feldman waited outside the Southwest Airlines arrivals terminal at Los Angeles International Airport in October 2008, she had a nervous feeling in her stomach, which she compares to blind dat
<a href="http://www.jetsetter.com/">Jetsetter</a>, the exclusive travel community for globetrotters, seems to be on a roll. In recent days, the company has announced a dozen some new corporate partner
Unemployment continues to be an issue here in the States, but the tech industry could prove a very valuable resource when it comes to building out the American work force. That said, I sat down with G
The nominations have been tabulated and the votes are in. Over 300,000 nominations were calculated across 20 categories. Along with our partners <a href="http://gigaom.com/" target="_blank">GigaOm</a>
Flash sales giant <a href="http://www.gilt.com/">Gilt Groupe</a> is <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/giltcom-announces-global-e-commerce-offering-133433478.html">announcing</a> major e
Flash sales giant Gilt Groupe has been steadily expanding its flash sales platform into a full-fledged e-commerce and curated content platform that reaches all major retail verticals including fashion
<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/gilt-groupe-picture.png" class="shot2">Well this is interesting. Gilt Groupe is <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gilt-groupe
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Recently I sat down with a well-connected Silicon Valley CEO who just raised a ton of money, and who knew of other startups r
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<a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/chris-dixon">Chris Dixon</a> wraps his Founder Stories interview with <a href=
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Heading into <a href="http://disrupt.beta.techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch Disrupt, New York</a>, we pulled a couple excerpts f
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