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Lola.com raises $37M to take on SAP and others in the world of business travel

sudshr47 March 26, 2019

Business customers continue to be a huge target for the travel industry, and today a startup has raised a tidy sum to help it double down on the $1.7 trillion opportunity. Lola.com — a platform for business users to book and manage trips — has raised $37 million to continue building out its technology and […]

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To fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo Day

sudshr47 March 21, 2019 Startups

Meet the startups that raised venture capital, or got acquired, before Demo Day.

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HotelTonight, Slack stakeholder Accel stays on top with $2.5B fund

sudshr47 March 14, 2019

Sources confirm Accel has nabbed $2.5 billion — its largest pool of capital yet — for three new funds.

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Startups Weekly: What’s up with YC? Plus, mobility layoffs and Airbnb’s grand plans

sudshr47 March 9, 2019 Startups

In this week’s startups newsletter: Y Combinator president Sam Altman is stepping down, Marie Kondo is raising VC and Munchery has finally filed for bankruptcy.

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The Silicon Valley exodus continues

sudshr47 March 5, 2019 Startups

Y Combinator, a longtime resident of Silicon Valley, is planning to move its HQ to San Francisco.

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Spotify says it paid $340M to buy Gimlet and Anchor

sudshr47 February 15, 2019

Spotify doubled down on podcasts last week with a double deal to buy podcast networks Gimlet and Anchor. Those acquisitions were initially undisclosed, but Spotify has quietly confirmed that it spent €300 million, just shy of $340 million, to capture the companies. That’s according to an SEC filing — hat tip Recode’s Peter Kafka — which deals the […]

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How students are founding, funding and joining startups

sudshr47 February 6, 2019

Shawn Xu Contributor Share on Twitter Shawn Xu is a managing partner at The Dorm Room Fund. There has never been a better time to start, join, or fund a startup as a student. Young founders who want to start companies while still in school have an increasing number of resources to tap into that […]

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Humio raises $9M Series A for its real-time log analysis service

sudshr47 January 24, 2019 Startups

Humio, a startup that provides a real-time log analysis service for on-premises and cloud infrastructures, today announced that it has raised a $9 million Series A round led by Accel. It previously raised its seed round from WestHill and Trifork. The company, which has offices in San Francisco, the U.K. and Denmark, tells me that […]

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For $5,800 per year, Chief helps women reach the C-suite

sudshr47 January 15, 2019 Startups

A new network for powerful women launches today with $3 million in venture capital funding.

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Pia d’Iribarne joins Stride.VC as third partner

sudshr47 January 15, 2019 Startups

It turns out Stride.VC isn’t going to focus exclusively on the U.K. after all. Pia d’Iribarne is leaving Accel to join Stride.VC as a partner. Stride.VC was originally co-founded by former Accel partner Fred Destin along with Harry Stebbings, producer of “The Twenty Minute VC” podcast. Back in October, when TechCrunch’s Steve O’Hear covered the […]