The direct-to-consumer beauty brand has secured new investment from Sequoia Capital at a valuation of $1.2 billion.
View More Glossier triples valuation, enters unicorn club with $100M roundCategory: forerunner ventures
HotelTonight, 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 fundThis VC went long on HotelTonight and it paid off; here’s how.
Brian O’Malley has enjoyed a lot of success as a venture capitalist, thanks to bets on Bazaarvoice before it went public, and Dollar Shave Club before it was acquired by Unilever, and many other companies that have sold or gone public. It’s one reason that O’Malley, who began his venture career with Battery Ventures and […]
View More This VC went long on HotelTonight and it paid off; here’s how.Digital publisher Serial Box raises $4.5M
Serial Box, a startup bringing back the tradition of serialized fiction, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding. The company actually disclosed the funding last week, when announcing a partnership to produce stories about Marvel characters, but it’s sharing more details about the round — namely, the fact that it was led by Boat Rocker […]
View More Digital publisher Serial Box raises $4.5MAirbnb agrees to acquire last-minute hotel-booking app HotelTonight
Airbnb to purchase HotelTonight, a hotel-booking app last valued at $463 million.
View More Airbnb agrees to acquire last-minute hotel-booking app HotelTonightRitual raises $25M for its subscription-based women’s daily vitamin
Ritual is backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures and Founders Fund.
View More Ritual raises $25M for its subscription-based women’s daily vitaminStartups Weekly: Even Gwyneth Paltrow had a hard time raising VC
This week in startups: Celebrities mingle with VCs at the Upfront Summit, Pinterest preps banks for IPO and Sam Altman has a grand new idea.
View More Startups Weekly: Even Gwyneth Paltrow had a hard time raising VCWellness startup Hims enters the unicorn club with $100M investment
Men and women’s wellness startup Hims has raised $100 million on a $1 billion pre-money valuation.
View More Wellness startup Hims enters the unicorn club with $100M investmentA look at Birdies, the popular slipper shoe startup that just raised $8 million more from investors
Bianca Gates is a first-generation American, her parents having immigrated to the U.S. from Latin America. As such, she says, after waitressing her way through college at UC Irvine, she was expected to get a safe job with a 401(k) plan and to live with her parents until she was married. Things haven’t gone exactly that […]
View More A look at Birdies, the popular slipper shoe startup that just raised $8 million more from investorsDistinguished VCs back wholesale marketplace Faire with $100M at a $535M valuation
Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures, Keith Rabois of Khosla, Alfred Lin of Sequoia and Alex Taussig of Lightspeed are backers of Faire.
View More Distinguished VCs back wholesale marketplace Faire with $100M at a $535M valuationFarfetch 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 acquisitionThe Wing, a co-working space for women, opens its doors in San Francisco
The Wing’s newest co-working space is equipped with a lactation room, a library, a cafe and a conference room named for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
View More The Wing, a co-working space for women, opens its doors in San Francisco