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: Spark Capital
Connecting African software developers with top tech companies nets Andela $100 million
Andela, the company that connects Africa’s top software developers with technology companies from the U.S. and around the world, has raised $100 million in a new round of funding. The new financing from Generation Investment Management (the investment fund co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore) puts the valuation of the company at somewhere between […]
View More Connecting African software developers with top tech companies nets Andela $100 millionSlack’s product chief is out ahead of direct listing
Slack’s chief product officer April Underwood is stepping down to focus on investing full time.
View More Slack’s product chief is out ahead of direct listingPostmates lines up another $100M ahead of IPO
Postmates has landed a $100M investment to compete with SoftBank-backed competitor DooDash ahead of an IPO expected later this year.
View More Postmates lines up another $100M ahead of IPOBadi gets $30M for AI-aided room rentals
Should you let AI help you pick your roommates? Barcelona-based urban room rental startup Badi thinks so, and it’s just closed a $30M Series B funding round less than a year after a $10M Series A — suggesting algorithm-aided matchmaking is resonating with its target Millennial(ish) ‘Generation Rent’ demographic, as they hunt for their next flatmate. […]
View More Badi gets $30M for AI-aided room rentalsCap table management tool Carta valued at $800M with new funding
Carta, formerly known as eShares, has raised $80 million from Meritech and Tribe Capital.
View More Cap table management tool Carta valued at $800M with new fundingFintech startup Plaid raises $250M at a $2.65B valuation
Mary Meeker, the author of the Internet Trends report, has led the round for Plaid via Kleiner Perkin’s growth fund.
View More Fintech startup Plaid raises $250M at a $2.65B valuationTravelPerk grabs $44M to take its pain-free SaaS for business travel global
Only six months ago Barcelona-based TravelPerk bagged a $21M Series B, off the back of strong momentum for a software as a service platform designed to take a Slack-like chunk out of the administrative tedium of arranging and expensing work trips. Today the founders’ smiles are firmly back in place: TravelPerk has announced a $44M Series […]
View More TravelPerk grabs $44M to take its pain-free SaaS for business travel globalTiger Global is in talks to invest in cryptocurrency unicorn Coinbase at $8B valuation
Coinbase may raise up to $500 million at an $8 billion valuation. The cryptocurrency trading platform has also announced two new high-level hires.
View More Tiger Global is in talks to invest in cryptocurrency unicorn Coinbase at $8B valuationVCs say Silicon Valley isn’t the gold mine it used to be
In the days leading up to TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018, The Economist published the cover story, ‘Why Startups Are Leaving Silicon Valley.’ The author outlined reasons why the Valley has “peaked.” Venture capital investors are deploying capital outside the Bay Area more than ever before. High-profile entrepreneurs and investors, Peter Thiel, for example, have left. Rising […]
View More VCs say Silicon Valley isn’t the gold mine it used to beCoinbase hires Fannie Mae exec Brian Brooks as chief legal officer
Coinbase has made yet another addition to its C-suite. The cryptocurrency trading platform has hired Brian Brooks, the former executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Fannie Mae, as its chief legal officer. The hiring is part of the company’s effort to expand its legal, compliance and government affairs teams. Mike Lempres, who […]
View More Coinbase hires Fannie Mae exec Brian Brooks as chief legal officerCoinbase’s Brian Armstrong: ‘I’d love to run a public company’
Brian Armstrong, the CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase, wants to take his company public — maybe on the blockchain. Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018, Armstrong dished on his ambitions for the future of Coinbase. “We are self-sustaining,” Armstrong said. “You know, we’ve been profitable for quite a while. We don’t have any plans […]
View More Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong: ‘I’d love to run a public company’