Laura Behrens Wu

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Riding an API to platform status

10:01 am PDT • March 19, 2022

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Riding an API to platform status

The company’s technology makes it easier for companies to create demonstration videos, called “arcades,” that walk people through how their tools work.

Arcade launches ‘try before you buy’ demo capabilities with $2.5M in new capital

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Version One launches $70M Fund IV and $30M Opportunities Fund II

Early-stage investor Version One, which consists of partners Boris Wertz and Angela Tran, has raised its fourth fund, as well as a second opportunity fund specifically dedicated to making follow-on investments. Fund IV pools $70 million from LPs to invest, and Opportunities Fund II is $30 million, both up from the $45 million Fund III…

6:00 am PDT • June 8, 2021
Version One launches $70M Fund IV and $30M Opportunities Fund II

Early this afternoon Shippo, a shipping software and services company, announced that it has closed a $30 million Series C. The funding round roughly doubles the capital that the firm…

Shippo raises a $30M Series C after posting rapid 2019 growth

Applications to Spearhead’s third cohort open this week.

Spearhead will give $1M to 15 founders to invest freely