The SoftBank Vision Fund is in talks to invest directly in Uber’s autonomous vehicle business, reports The Wall Street Journal.
View More Uber said to be raising $1B at a $10B valuation for its self-driving car unitCategory: Venture Capital
Meet the 19 startups in AngelPad’s 12th batch
Including a meal kit for authentic gourmet ramen, a millennial-focused platform for buying affordable fine-art and a benefits platform for gig workers.
View More Meet the 19 startups in AngelPad’s 12th batchCXA, a health-focused digital insurance startup, raises $25M
CXA Group, a Singapore-based startup that helps make insurance more accessible and affordable, has raised $25 million for expansion in Asia and later into Europe and North America. The startup takes a unique route to insurance. Rather than going to consumers directly, it taps corporations to offer their employees health flexible options. That’s to say […]
View More CXA, a health-focused digital insurance startup, raises $25MTruepill, the ‘AWS for pharmacies,’ gets $10M from Initialized Capital
Meet the B2B business powering today’s D2C healthcare brands.
View More Truepill, the ‘AWS for pharmacies,’ gets $10M from Initialized Capital137 Ventures raises $210M to give liquidity to startup employees
This is the Palantir, Airbnb and Flexport backer’s fourth growth-stage venture capital fund.
View More 137 Ventures raises $210M to give liquidity to startup employeesOpenAI shifts from nonprofit to ‘capped-profit’ to attract capital
OpenAI may not be so open going forward. The former nonprofit announced today that it is restructuring as a “capped-profit” company that cuts returns from investments past a certain point. But some worry that this move — or rather the way they made it — may result in making the innovative company no different from the other AI startups out there.
View More OpenAI shifts from nonprofit to ‘capped-profit’ to attract capitalReport: Google’s Waymo seeks outside investment and a sky-high valuation
Waymo would raise capital at a valuation “at least several times that of Cruise.”
View More Report: Google’s Waymo seeks outside investment and a sky-high valuationAndreessen Horowitz is making the move to San Francisco at long last
One of the last top-tier venture firms to resist coming to San Francisco has apparently decided that it’s time to make the move. According to a source familiar with the thinking of Andreessen Horowitz, the firm is opening up a San Francisco office later this year. The WSJ had reported on Friday that the firm […]
View More Andreessen Horowitz is making the move to San Francisco at long lastCanvas Ventures hires former Social Capital GP Mike Ghaffary
Mike Ghaffary left Social Capital in August, shortly before the firm announced it would no longer raise outside capital.
View More Canvas Ventures hires former Social Capital GP Mike GhaffaryWith these numbers, it’s no surprise SoftBank is investing in Latin America
After SoftBank announced its plans to launch a $5 billion innovation fund in Latin America, we reached out to the good folks at the Latin American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA) for some context.
View More With these numbers, it’s no surprise SoftBank is investing in Latin AmericaDid Sam Altman make YC better or worse?
Y Combinator revealed yesterday that its president, Sam Altman, is stepping down from his role to become the accelerator program’s chairman. This change, said YC, will allow Altman to “spend more time focusing on OpenAI,” the San Francisco-based nonprofit that was cofounded by Altman and Elon Musk three years ago to get ahead of the […]
View More Did Sam Altman make YC better or worse?Small VC funds continue to raise, despite pressure from above
Recently, we bore out with data what has been felt for several years in most U.S. tech scenes: a rising venture market raises funds of all sizes. But it’s a trend that most favors entrenched firms.
View More Small VC funds continue to raise, despite pressure from above