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Startups
Starbucks Innovates By Pouring $100M Into Other Food Startups
crunchbase.com - Natasha Mascarenhas
Most of us have it – that internal struggle between a desire to support your local coffee shop/start-ups and a love for the trustworthy, convenient …
Tech Industry
The Big Five Now Worth About $4 Trillion...
crunchbase.com - Alex Wilhelm
Morning Markets: The five largest American tech companies are once again worth $4 trillion. Let’s remember when we last crossed this threshold. Before …
Venture Capital
Deals Down Under: A Recap Of Australia’s Venture Capital...
crunchbase.com - Natasha Mascarenhas
Earlier this month we reported on a pretty sizeable fund being launched in Australia by Salesforce Ventures. Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily During …
Entrepreneurship
Founders Aren’t Giving Up On Backstage Capital
crunchbase.com - Natasha Mascarenhas
A crop of underrepresented founders are entering Backstage Capital‘s accelerator program, but according to reports by Axios and other outlets, …
YCombinator
A Quick Snapshot Of Y Combinator's Demo Day...
crunchbase.com - Savannah Dowling
Yesterday was day two of Y Combinator‘s winter cohort demo event, and I have some thoughts. If you’re unfamiliar with the YC Demo Day process, the …
eHealth
Doctolib Raises $170M For Online Appointments, Hits $1.13B Valuation
crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo
French doctor booking app Doctolib has raised a US$170.4 million (€150 million) Series E that propels it to unicorn status.The round, led by New …
Microsoft
Skedulo Raises $28M Series B Led By Microsoft's M12 Venture...
crunchbase.com - Alex Wilhelm
This morning Skedulo announced a $28 million Series B led by Microsoft’s venture arm, M12. It’s the second Series B out today that Microsoft took …
Profit
Lyft’s Oversubscribed IPO And The Path To Profitability
crunchbase.com - Alex Wilhelm
Morning Markets: Lyft’s IPO is looking hot, so strap in for a risk-on market.Lyft is carrying more than merely its own weight by being the first, …
Microsoft
WorkBoard Raises A $23M Series B After Tripling Last Year
crunchbase.com - Alex Wilhelm
This morning WorkBoard announced that it raised a $23 million Series B round of capital. GGV led the event, with Microsoft’s M12 participating …
Speed Of Light
Enterprise SRE Startup Blameless Emerges From Stealth With $20M+ from Accel, Lightspeed
crunchbase.com - Jason D. Rowley
In the software business, uptime is money, and lags risk lost revenue. Imagine yourself shopping online. Cruising down the ol’ information …
Software Companies
Ex-Mayfield Partner Launches New $40M Seed...
crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo
After 20 years as a partner at Mayfield Fund, Robin Vasan has branched out with a new $40 million fund, Silicon Valley-based Mango Capital, focused …
Startups
The U.S. Digital Service May Get A Budget, And Culture, Boost
crunchbase.com - Savannah Dowling
The U.S. Digital Service, also known as the White House Startup, faces a challenge: it needs to hire tech employees. But it’s not as simple as …
Biotechnology
Corporate Biotech Venture Funding Rises Again
crunchbase.com - Joanna Glasner
Biotech venture funding has been on a tear for the past couple years, and corporate investors in the space are doing their part to boost the …
L'Oréal
Glossier Said To Have Raised $100M At $1.2B Valuation
crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo
Another day, another unicorn.Direct-to-consumer beauty company Glossier has raised a $100 million Series D led by Sequoia Capital that takes the …
Airbnb
Airbnb Eyes Oyo, Indian Hotel Startup
crunchbase.com - Natasha Mascarenhas
We told you Airbnb had some cash, and time, to burn before its IPO.Coming off of an acquisition of last-minute booking company HotelTonight, Airbnb …
Ridesharing
Ride-hailing, Fracking, Capital Hunger, And Future...
crunchbase.com - Alex Wilhelm
Morning Markets: I’m a bit jet lagged, but walk with me. We’re talking endless fundraising and growing losses. The world’s ride-hailing companies need …
Atlassian
Atlassian Snaps Up Texas-Based AgileCraft For $166M
crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo
Australian software giant Atlassian announced plans to buy Austin-based AgileCraft today for $166 million.The deal is a mix of cash and stock, though …
Venture Capital
It’s Not So Obvious That This VC Firm Is Focused On...
crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo
Obvious Ventures was founded in 2014 by Medium CEO and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, along with Vishal Vasishth and James Joaquin. Its mission? To …
A Chat About The PagerDuty S-1
crunchbase.com - Alex Wilhelm
Morning Markets: Ahoy, SaaS IPO, how do you do?Late last week, PagerDuty filed to go public. The company’s now-public S-1 filing is a somewhat normal …
Richard Branson
OneWeb Launches Satellites (And Lands $1.25B in Capital)
crunchbase.com - Natasha Mascarenhas
Arlington, V.A-based OneWeb wants to bring the internet to space with a goal of helping connect underserved populations.Just weeks after its first …
Ridesharing
Lyft Sets IPO Terms At Up To $23B...
crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo
Ride-hailing company Lyft is revving forward toward its IPO. As expected, the company announced this morning the launch of its roadshow for the …
Profit
Last Week In Venture: Weed Bots, Scoot Maps, And The New Sweetness
crunchbase.com - Jason D. Rowley
Hello and welcome back to Last Week In Venture, Crunchbase News’s weekly rundown of venture rounds that may have flown under your radar.On the tech …
Unicorns
To Get Big Faster, Younger Unicorns Start Buying Startups...
crunchbase.com - Jason D. Rowley
In the name of getting big quick, it seems like some of the most valuable private tech companies are turning to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as a …
Check Out Equity, A Podcast We Do With TechCrunch
crunchbase.com - Alex Wilhelm
Morning Markets: Good morning. Please read my words promoting my face noises.Good morning and happy Friday everyone, it’s going to be a hell of a …
Venture Capital
Famed VC Firm Accel Raises $2.5B For New...
crunchbase.com - Jason D. Rowley
Accel, one of the few VC firms founded before the first dot-com bubble, filed paperwork with the SEC early Friday morning indicating it’s raised over …
Bird Squeezes The Brakes, Cuts Staff To Control Costs
crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo
With all the megaround funding deals for electric scooters that we’ve covered lately, it was inevitable that some sobering news would eventually …
Venture Capital
Leonardo DiCaprio Joins VC Firm Princeville Capital As Investor
crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo
Actor and Academy Award winner Leonardo DiCaprio has long been known for his environmental activism. Now, he’s putting his money where his mouth is …
Nextgen
The High Price Of Next-Gen Mobility Apps
crunchbase.com - Alex Wilhelm
Morning Markets: Getting people around is expensive.Subscribe to the Crunchbase DailyIf you want to get people around in a car, bike, or scooter, it’s …
Autonomous Cars
Uber Seeks $1B For Self-Driving Car Unit
crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo
Is Uber’s cash-burning autonomous vehicle unit about to get a large – as in $1 billion or more –capital injection? It’s highly possible, according to …