Called Quibi, short for quick bites, the company is creating content with notable filmmakers Sam Raimi, Guillermo del Toro and Antoine Fuqua.
View More Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman announce the name of their stealthy mobile video startupCategory: Goldman Sachs
Former Uber exec Andrew Chapin takes the wraps off his stealth mental health startup
Basis, a mental wellness app, has raised $3.75 million in funding from Bedrock, Wave Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
View More Former Uber exec Andrew Chapin takes the wraps off his stealth mental health startupAfrica Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise $99M in VC
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Polestar unveils first production EV with aim to overtake Tesla Liquid Telecom goes long on Africa’s startups as future clients Nigerian digital payments startup Paga is gearing up for international expansion […]
View More Africa Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise $99M in VCIndia’s Livspace raises $70M for its one-stop-shop for interior design
Livspace, an India-based startup that helps consumers manage home renovations and interior design, has pulled in a $70 million Series C deal that’s led by Goldman Sachs and TPG Growth. Existing investors Jungle Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Helion Ventures also took part in the round, which takes Livspace total funding to date to over $100 million. […]
View More India’s Livspace raises $70M for its one-stop-shop for interior designAfrica’s Jumo raises $52M led by Goldman to bring its fintech services to Asia
Asia’s fintech scene is poised to get a little larger after Jumo, a company that offers loans to the unbanked in Africa, revealed plans to expand into the continent. To get the ball rolling, Jumo has opened an office in Singapore to lead the way and landed a massive $52 million investment led by banking giant […]
View More Africa’s Jumo raises $52M led by Goldman to bring its fintech services to AsiaLatin America is the next stage in the race for dominance in the ride-hailing market
Nathan Lustig Contributor Nathan Lustig is an entrepreneur and managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed-stage investment fund in Santiago, Chile. More posts by this contributor Latin America’s Groupon Mafia A new era for startup investing in Latin America As the number of competitors in the ride-hailing industry dwindles, geographic expansion is emerging as the […]
View More Latin America is the next stage in the race for dominance in the ride-hailing marketInsight Venture Partners buys content management platform Episerver for $1.1 billion
Episerver, the Irvine, California-based company which provides services for marketers to manage content, was bought by Insight Venture Partners for a cool $1.1 billion from the private equity firm Accel-KKR. The company said it would use the money to fuel its plans for global expansion “Episerver is at the center of a global digital transformation […]
View More Insight Venture Partners buys content management platform Episerver for $1.1 billionStorage provider Cloudian raises $94M
Cloudian, a company that specializes in helping businesses store petabytes of data, today announced that it has raised a $94 million Series E funding round. Investors in this round, which is one of the largest we have seen for a storage vendor, include Digital Alpha, Fidelity Eight Roads, Goldman Sachs, INCJ, JPIC (Japan Post Investment Corporation), NTT […]
View More Storage provider Cloudian raises $94MFrom humble beginnings, 645 Ventures founders find validation in new $40 million fund
Nnamdi Okike, a first generation American whose parents immigrated from Nigeria, and Aaron Holiday, whose mother worked in the collections department of Sears and whose father was a substance abuse counselor in New Orleans, are not typical venture investors. And their firm, 645 Ventures, which just closed on $40.6 million for its second fund, is […]
View More From humble beginnings, 645 Ventures founders find validation in new $40 million fundJapanese fintech startup Paidy lands strategic investment from Visa
A month after announcing its $55 million Series C, Japanese fintech startup Paidy has snagged a strategic investment from payment giant Visa. Paidy didn’t disclose how much Visa put into its business, which has raised over $80 million to date, but it did say that it will work with the credit card giant to develop “new […]
View More Japanese fintech startup Paidy lands strategic investment from VisaSure looks like the SEC is investigating Elon Musk’s ‘funding secured’ tweet
The tweet may have become a meme, but the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission isn’t laughing at Elon Musk’s tweet about taking Tesla private.
The electric car company CEO blurted out on Twitter last week that he plans to buy back Tesla from share…
Reports indicate that Tesla has been subpoenaed over Elon Musk’s tweets
The long week for Tesla is getting even longer as the company has now been subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to multiple reports. First reported by the Fox Business Network and confirmed by The New York Times, federal regulators appear to be interested in Elon Musk’s August 7 tweet regarding his plans for […]
View More Reports indicate that Tesla has been subpoenaed over Elon Musk’s tweets