Zenefits
With Bambee, Allan Jones wants to give small businesses HR services their employees can trust
Allan Jones’s first startup was Fourth and Grand, a Trunk Club-like service backed by the venture studio and accelerator, Science, out of Santa Monica. While the business didn’t work out,
Founders can raise funding before launching a product
It’s possible to raise VC funding even if you haven’t built a real product, according to Charles Hudson, founder and managing partner at seed-stage firm Precursor Ventures. It’s just very, very
IPO mistakes, fintech results and the Zenefits ‘mafia’
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Rippling nabs $145M at a $1.35B valuation to build out its all-in-one platform for employee data
Big news today the world of IT startups targeting businesses. Rippling, the startup founded by Parker Conrad to take on the ambitious challenge of building a platform to manage all aspects of employee
AgentSync raises $4.4M for its insurtech compliance service
Today AgentSync announced that it has closed a $4.4 million seed round, co-led by Elad Gil and Caffeinated Capital. Other well-known names from the Silicon Valley scene took part in its funding round,
Pipo Saude raises $4.6 million to bring healthcare benefits management services to Brazil
Pipo Saude, a Brazilian provider of healthcare services for businesses and their employees, has raised $4.6 million in a new round of funding to expand its footprint in Brazil. “The company̵
Rippling starts billboard battle with Gusto
Remember when Zenefits imploded, and kicked out CEO Parker Conrad. Well, Conrad launched a new employee onboarding startup called Rippling, and now he’s going after another HR company called Gus
ZeroDown, valued at $150M, plans to take on Zillow
ZeroDown launches a home search engine.
APIs are the next big SaaS wave
While the software revolution started out slowly, over the past few years it’s exploded and the fastest-growing segment to-date has been the shift towards software as a service or SaaS...
Fresh out of Y Combinator, Tandem lands millions from Andreessen Horowitz
Tandem is amongst the most sought after companies of Y Combinator's summer batch.
How should B2B startups think about growth? Not like B2C
Over the years, we’ve seen a lot of B2B companies apply ineffective demand generation strategies to their startup. If you’re a B2B founder trying to grow your business, this guide is for you...
Verified Expert Growth Marketing Agency: Right Side Up
Right Side Up is not your typical growth marketing agency. As a former entrepreneur and in-house growth marketer for startups like Eventbrite, founder Tyler Elliston says he created RSU as a way to he
ZeroDown is constructing a new path to home ownership
Part real estate fund, part tech startup, ZeroDown wants to make it easier to buy a home in the Bay Area.
Rippling raises $45M at $270M to be the biz app identity layer
Parker Conrad’s last startup, Zenefits, drowned in busy work. Now with Rippling, he wants to boil that ocean. Instead of trying to nail one thing then expand, “very counter to conventional wisdom,
To fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo Day
Meet the startups that raised venture capital, or got acquired, before Demo Day.
Khosla GP launches Bling Capital to help seed-stage startups build products
Ben Ling, a Khosla general partner until next month, is closing in on $60 million for his debut fund.
Pitching a $99 tax advisory service for the masses, Visor has raised $9 million
The only sure things in this life, according to Ben Franklin, are death and taxes. And a new startup called Visor has just raised $9 million in financing to make one of them as painless as possible.
As elections loom, companies weigh the benefits of civic time off
With the mid-term elections looming, the pressure across all parties and organizations to get people to the polls is more prevalent than ever before. Yet, as the number of eligible voters increases, w
Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global is teaming up with Zenefits
Thrive has partnered with Zenefits to expand the reach of its wellness content.
These are the most successful companies to emerge from Y Combinator
A look at the 20 most successful companies to come out of Y Combinator.