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 […]
View More Lola.com raises $37M to take on SAP and others in the world of business travelCategory: Accel
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.
View More To fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo DayHotelTonight, Slack stakeholder Accel stays on top with $2.5B fund
Sources confirm Accel has nabbed $2.5 billion — its largest pool of capital yet — for three new funds.
View More HotelTonight, Slack stakeholder Accel stays on top with $2.5B fundStartups Weekly: What’s up with YC? Plus, mobility layoffs and Airbnb’s grand plans
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.
View More Startups Weekly: What’s up with YC? Plus, mobility layoffs and Airbnb’s grand plansThe Silicon Valley exodus continues
Y Combinator, a longtime resident of Silicon Valley, is planning to move its HQ to San Francisco.
View More The Silicon Valley exodus continuesSpotify says it paid $340M to buy Gimlet and Anchor
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 […]
View More Spotify says it paid $340M to buy Gimlet and AnchorHow students are founding, funding and joining startups
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 […]
View More How students are founding, funding and joining startupsHumio raises $9M Series A for its real-time log analysis service
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 […]
View More Humio raises $9M Series A for its real-time log analysis serviceFor $5,800 per year, Chief helps women reach the C-suite
A new network for powerful women launches today with $3 million in venture capital funding.
View More For $5,800 per year, Chief helps women reach the C-suitePia d’Iribarne joins Stride.VC as third partner
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 […]
View More Pia d’Iribarne joins Stride.VC as third partnerE-scooter startup Bird is raising another $300M
The scooter “unicorn” is said to be fundraising on a flat pre-money valuation of $2 billion.
View More E-scooter startup Bird is raising another $300MFarfetch bets on sneakers with $250M Stadium Goods acquisition
Luxury fashion marketplace Farfetch will tap into the sneaker resale economy with its latest transaction.
View More Farfetch bets on sneakers with $250M Stadium Goods acquisition