Tom Griffiths has founded four companies, two of which “weren’t much to write home about,” he jokes. The third captured the world’s attention: FanDuel, the fantasy sports company that was routinely in the press — not always for desirable reasons — from nearly the day it launched, to its near merger with rival DraftKings, to its […]
View More FanDuel co-founder Tom Griffiths just closed a seed round for his decidedly noncontroversial new startup, HoneCategory: Harrison Metal
MasterClass, the education platform featuring all-star instructors, will soon teach you how to run for office, too
In 2015, the San Francisco-based education platform MasterClass was founded to provide everyone access to “genius,” whether it be in filmmaking, directing, book writing, cooking, tennis, basketball, comedy, acting, screenwriting, photography — even producing electronic music. Toward that end, MasterClass, which is now selling a $180 all-you-can-eat yearly subscription to 80 percent of its customers, […]
View More MasterClass, the education platform featuring all-star instructors, will soon teach you how to run for office, tooEven raises $40m to transform the working class to the savings class
The working class of the United States doesn’t get many breaks these days. It’s not just a function of low pay and long hours, but also the incredible uncertainty of income and expenses that makes surviving week-to-week so challenging. One in five Americans have a negative net wealth, even in an economy where the unemployment […]
View More Even raises $40m to transform the working class to the savings class“Time to keep going” says Harrison Metal, closing on a new, $68 million fund
Harrison Metal, a 10-year-old, San Francisco-based seed-stage venture fund, has closed its fifth vehicle with $68 million, founder Michael Dearing tweeted out a bit ago. “Ten years ago this month, I started this business,” he wrote. ” I was excited-nervous as could be. Worried I didn’t belong in the venture capital world, I figured I’d keep […]
View More “Time to keep going” says Harrison Metal, closing on a new, $68 million fundLightStep emerges from stealth with a tool for application performance monitoring
LightStep, a company which has developed a new tool for application performance management, has emerged from stealth with a $29 million dollar war chest. The company, founded by ex-Google engineer Ben Sigelman, has developed a group of software t…
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