This is the Palantir, Airbnb and Flexport backer’s fourth growth-stage venture capital fund.
View More 137 Ventures raises $210M to give liquidity to startup employeesCategory: finance
OpenAI shifts from nonprofit to ‘capped-profit’ to attract capital
OpenAI may not be so open going forward. The former nonprofit announced today that it is restructuring as a “capped-profit” company that cuts returns from investments past a certain point. But some worry that this move — or rather the way they made it — may result in making the innovative company no different from the other AI startups out there.
View More OpenAI shifts from nonprofit to ‘capped-profit’ to attract capitalBitcoin gets slower, smaller and more like Ethereum
Editor’s Note: Our writer Galen Moore (who previously wrote an analysis of STOs) attended the MIT Bitcoin Expo this weekend. These are his field notes on his interviews with a bunch of the leading thinkers in the Bitcoin community, along with links to the full audio if you want to go deeper. ~ Danny Crichton The MIT Bitcoin […]
View More Bitcoin gets slower, smaller and more like EthereumAmun raises $4M to give stock-like buying options for crypto investors
Crypto represent a ‘border-less’ that anyone can own, but actually getting hold it isn’t easy for everyone. Amun, a company that wants to make buying crypto as easy as stock, has pulled in $4 million in funding to offer more established channels for crypto ownership. The startup currently offers punters an ETP (exchange-traded product) on […]
View More Amun raises $4M to give stock-like buying options for crypto investorsStartups 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 plansChanges at YC, $1.5B more for ride hailing, and Airbnb buys HotelTonight
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View More Changes at YC, $1.5B more for ride hailing, and Airbnb buys HotelTonightNetflix star and tidying expert Marie Kando is looking to raise $40M
Marie Kando wants to expand her ‘Tidying Up’ empire with help from venture capitalists.
View More Netflix star and tidying expert Marie Kando is looking to raise $40MVCs have growing appetite for “AgriFood”
Venture investors are pouring billions of dollars into feeding their hunger for food and agriculture startups. Whether that trend line is due to enthusiasm for the sector or just broader heavy investing in the VC space is much less clear. According to a recent report published by AgFunder – a VC and investing marketplace focused […]
View More VCs have growing appetite for “AgriFood”Huawei sues America as SoftBank spends more money
Today, a bunch of analysis on stories we have been covering the last few weeks. You’re reading the Extra Crunch Daily. Like this newsletter? Subscribe for free to follow all of our discussions and debates. SoftBank wants to spend more billions Three inter-related stories today on SoftBank and its Vision Fund. First, an analysis from my Bangkok-based […]
View More Huawei sues America as SoftBank spends more moneyeToro bringing crypto trading and wallet to the US
eToro, the social investing and trading platform, announced that it will finally be launching its platform in the US. The platform, which already operates in more than 140 countries, will be available in 30 states and two territories with plans to expand elsewhere in the US after receiving the necessary regulatory sign-offs. The US platform […]
View More eToro bringing crypto trading and wallet to the USThe Khashoggi murder isn’t stopping SoftBank’s Vision Fund
Money talks in the startup community, especially when SoftBank comes knocking with the megabucks of its Vision Fund. Despite the public outcry around the firm’s dependence on money from Saudi Arabia in the wake of that country’s assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, deal flow for Softbank’s Vision Fund appears to be back to […]
View More The Khashoggi murder isn’t stopping SoftBank’s Vision FundOmidyar Network spins out its fintech investment arm as Flourish, with up to $300 million
After 12 years spent investing in impact-oriented financial services startups around the globe, the Omidyar Network, which serves as the family investment office for eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, is spinning off its financial inclusion investment arm as Flourish Ventures. Equipped with up to $300 million in capital for operations and investments, the new Flourish will […]
View More Omidyar Network spins out its fintech investment arm as Flourish, with up to $300 million