Laura Behrens Wu

Riding an API to platform status

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

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

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 in

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

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 has raised to-da

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

Applications to Spearhead's third cohort open this week.

A look at 42 women in tech who crushed it in 2017

What a challenging, exhilarating year it has been for women everywhere, starting from the women’s March on Washington to former Uber engineer Susan Fowler’s eye-opening and now famous blog post to