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Thrive Capital believed to be leading new multibillion-dollar investment in Stripe
Thrive Capital has reportedly committed $1 billion in fresh capital to payments giant Stripe as part of a new investment in the works that would value the fintech company at between $55 billion and $6
With a focus on patients with chronic illness, Nourish hopes to help Americans eat better
Nourish connects users with a registered dietitian (RD) via telehealth and helps them get their consultations covered by health insurance.
ClickHouse launches ClickHouse Cloud, extends its Series B
Since its launch as an open-source project by Yandex in 2016, ClickHouse has become one of the leading databases for online analytical processing (OLAP), allowing businesses to quickly generate ad hoc
Airplane lands $32M in new cash to make it easier for companies to build internal dev tools
Software-as-a-service dev platform Airplane today closed a $32 million Series B funding round led by Thrive Capital with participation from Benchmark, bringing the startup’s total raised to $40.
TruckSmarter comes out of stealth with a free load board for truckers
Technological innovation has caused a rise in e-commerce that is crying out for more truck drivers to deliver our smartphones and Pelotons and pineapples. But the trucking industry, the backbone of al
There’s always another nightmarish crypto hack around the corner
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week, we looked at the near-term future for crypto gaming as VCs zero in on where to place consumer bets. This week, we’re looking at hardware wallets and th
Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus launches Bitcoin payments startup backed by a16z and Paradigm
After his departure from Facebook in November, many crypto industry insiders speculated where long-time executive David Marcus would land. Today, the former Messenger boss and Paypal executive offered
CommandBar lands $19M to inject in-app searches with smarts
Thanks to the explosion of low- and no-code development tools, building web apps from scratch has become easier — and cheaper — than it once was. But sophisticated search and navigation fu
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New York’s Thrive Capital closes its eighth fund with a whopping $3 billion
Thrive Capital, the venture firm founded in 2009 by a then 25-year-old Joshua Kushner, says it has closed its eighth fund with approximately $3 billion in capital commitments, $500 million of which it
Lattice raises $175M at a $3B valuation for its people management platform
Lattice, a platform that helps with workforce people management — the ability to carry out performance reviews, employee feedback and praise; tools to set and track goals and other long-term car
Meet Imprint, the fintech that just raised $38M from the likes of Kleiner Perkins, Stripe and Affirm
Imprint, a one-year-old startup that offers branded payments and rewards products, today announced a $38 million Series A funding round co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Stripe. It’s not every day tha
Gorillas grabs ‘close to’ $1BN, Series C values the on-demand grocery delivery biz at $2.1BN
Berlin-based on-demand grocery delivery and dark store operator Gorillas has grabbed “close to” $1 billion in Series C funds, in the latest sign of the searing investor interest driving ac
CommandBar raises $4.8M to make web-based apps searchable
James Evans and his co-founders at CommandBar were working on a different software product when they hit a wall while trying to find certain functionalities within the software.
Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital leads $20M investment in Brazilian healthcare startup Pipo Saude
The company's business boomed amid the pandemic. In January 2020, it had two corporate clients. By December of the same year, it had around 70.
Ex-Plaid employees raise $30M for Stytch, an API-first passwordless authentication platform
There are far fewer annoying things than managing one’s passwords. There are a bunch of companies out there to help you attempt to do that. And there’s also a number of companies that want to go a
Can payday loans be made obsolete? With $15M more, Clair wants to find out
The world seems to move faster every year, and yet, nothing feels slower than the speed by which paychecks get distributed. In the United States, work conducted the day after a pay period will take tw
This startup wants to use technology to help solve Austin’s housing shortage problem
The sheer volume of people migrating to Austin from all over the country, but particularly from the San Francisco Bay Area, has been making headlines for a while now. One result of this continued migr
In new round, Dutchie, focused on smoother cannabis retail, sees its valuation soar by eight times
Dutchie, a nearly four-year-old, Bend, Oregon company that charges cannabis dispensaries a monthly fee to create and run their websites, process their orders and track what needs to be prepped for pic
Ex-General Catalyst and General Atlantic VC announces $68M debut fund
As of 2019, the majority of venture firms — 65% — still did not have a single female partner or GP at their firm, according to All Raise. So naturally, anytime we hear of a new female-led fund, ou