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Startups Weekly: A much-needed unicorn IPO update

sudshr47 March 23, 2019 Startups

In this week’s newsletter: Details on Pinterest, Lyft, Uber and Zoom’s upcoming IPOs, plus Glossier and Rent The Runway’s big rounds.

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To fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo Day

sudshr47 March 21, 2019 Startups

Meet the startups that raised venture capital, or got acquired, before Demo Day.

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Bill Gates-backed Vicarious Surgical adds a virtual reality twist to robots in the operating room

sudshr47 February 13, 2019

In an operating room in rural Idaho, doctors prep a patient for surgery. They make a tiny, thumb-sized incision into the patient and insert a small robot while across the country a surgeon puts on a virtual reality headset, grabs their controllers, and prepares to operate. While this scene may seem like science fiction now, […]

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DoorDash poaches Uber Eats engineering boss

sudshr47 January 23, 2019 Startups

DoorDash has hired Ryan Sokol, a former Uber employee credited with leading and scaling its food delivery arm Uber Eats, as its vice president of engineering.

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DoorDash is officially live in all 50 states

sudshr47 January 16, 2019

You can now order meals via DoorDash in Alaska, Montana and South Dakota.

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Distinguished VCs back wholesale marketplace Faire with $100M at a $535M valuation

sudshr47 December 14, 2018 Startups

Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures, Keith Rabois of Khosla, Alfred Lin of Sequoia and Alex Taussig of Lightspeed are backers of Faire.

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BlackBerry is buying Cylance for $1.4 billion to continue its push into cybersecurity

sudshr47 November 16, 2018

BlackBerry was best known for keyboard-totting smartphones, but their demise in recent years has seen the Canadia firm pivot towards enterprise services and in particular cybersecurity. That strategy takes a big step further forward today after BlackBerry announced the acquisition of AI-based cybersecurity company Cylance for a cool $1.4 billion. Business Insider reported that a […]

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RideCell expands funding round to $60 million

sudshr47 November 13, 2018

RideCell, a transportation software startup, has doubled its previously announced Series B funding round to $60 million, a sign that investors believe demand for cloud-based mobility platforms will grow as more companies try to scale up car-sharing, ride-hailing and even, robotaxi businesses. The company, which has developed a platform designed to help car-sharing, ride-sharing, and autonomous […]

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Former Formation 8 GP Shirish Sathaye joins Cervin Ventures

sudshr47 October 5, 2018

Shirish Sathaye has joined the enterprise-focused VC Cervin Ventures as a general partner. He remains a partner in Formation 8’s second fund.

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Khosla GP Ben Ling is raising his own VC fund and it’s called Bling Capital

sudshr47 October 1, 2018

Former Facebook exec Ben Ling has filed to raise $60 million for Bling Capital’s debut fund.

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Impossible Foods is going to every White Castle

sudshr47 September 12, 2018

Five months after launching a pilot program with the iconic White Castle fast food chain, Impossible Foods is taking its meatless burger substitute to every one of the company’s restaurants. Impossible Foods goes to White Castle With the rollout, White Castle becomes the largest fast food chain to include the Impossible Burger on its menu […]

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JUST’s plant-based eggs are coming to a grocery store near you

sudshr47 September 6, 2018

Vegans, rejoice! JUST’s sustainable egg alternative is set to arrive in stores this fall. The vegan foods company, formerly known as Hampton Creek, will sell the egg-free and dairy-free “egg” in certain grocery store chains across the U.S. JUST co-founder and CEO Josh Tetrick, whose company was valued at $1.1 billion last year, says fans […]