IT総合 Finix raises $30 million as fintech’s spotlight picks its sides
Finix announced today that it has raised $30 million in new venture capital, bringing its total known raised to $133 mil...
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IT総合 IT総合 Founders, whales and the sea change in the entrepreneurial energy
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behi...
IT総合 Haus, a VC-backed apertif startup, is up for sale after Series A falls through
Haus launched in 2019 as an answer to a generation’s craving for a more transparent alcohol brand, raising millions in v...
IT総合 Venture investors to founders: Turn down for what?
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, ...
IT総合 Investors prepare for a founder downturn. Or influx. Wait, what?
Gumroad’s Sahil Lavingia broke into the venture world as one of the early testers of the rolling fund, an AngelList prod...
IT総合 A troubling startup layoff trend has emerged
We don’t need to tell you about the layoffs that are defining the tech landscape right now, concentrated particularly in...
IT総合 Robinhood’s hangover, YC’s reduction and Uber’s return to form
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behi...
IT総合 Is it the bootstrapper’s time to jump on the venture treadmill?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behi...
IT総合 Ro’s co-founder is leaving the company, last valued at $7 billion
Ro’s co-founder and chief growth officer Rob Schutz is stepping back from his current role and will stay involved with t...
IT総合 Y Combinator narrows current cohort size by 40%, citing downturn and funding environment
Y Combinator says it has intentionally shrunk the number of startups within its accelerator for the Summer 2022 batch. A...
IT総合 Robinhood cuts 23% of staff, CEO Vlad Tenev says, ‘This is on me’
It’s been a volatile year for retail investment behemoth Robinhood. The fintech company is laying off 23% of its w...
IT総合 Previ wants to subtract personal expenses from your paycheck with a cashback twist
Why disrupt the bank account when you can go straight to the true source of all consumer spending: an individual’s paych...
IT総合 Public tech’s espresso shot is quite literally the Cloud
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behi...
IT総合 Tech’s riskiest founders are getting a $650 million bet from Redpoint Ventures
For venture investors, noise is ironically important. Wading through constant streams of capital-seeking founders and st...
IT総合 The bootstrapped are coming, the bootstrapped are coming
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, ...
IT総合 Will once-bootstrapped startups turn to venture during a watershed moment?
Bootstrapped startups, or companies that use their own revenue or existing cash flow to fund growth instead of relying o...
IT総合 Equal Ventures has a new pair of funds, filings show
Equal Ventures, a venture firm that debuted in 2020 with a $56 million first fund, has raised a pair of new investment v...
IT総合 Crypto and securities, back of the postcard version
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behi...
IT総合 Career Karma conducts layoffs as tech jobs face a massive stress test
Learning navigation platform Career Karma has laid off 60 people across its United States and global teams, CEO and co-f...
IT総合 A niche facet of startup employee pay, explained
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behi...
IT総合 Pogo lands millions to become the ‘Honey for the real world’
If Pogo had its way, you’d get paid every time you stroll down Market Street in San Francisco. Or check your e-mail. O...
IT総合 Great Resignation meets Great Reset meets (Great R…un down those valuations please)
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IT総合 Instacart’s co-founder Apoorva Mehta checks out
A year ago, Instacart co-founder Apoorva Mehta left his role as chief executive of the grocery delivery unicorn and took...
IT総合 SAP top exec retires as Q2 2022 earnings come out
As Q2 earnings send enterprise giant SAP’s stock down, President of SAP North America DJ Paoni is leaving the enterprise...
IT総合 Thanks to Amazon, One Medical and Whole Foods are on the same dang shelf
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behi...
IT総合 Andreessen Horowitz ditches physical HQ in return for global outposts
For a long-time, distributed work for VCs looked like a split-HQ between two cities in different parts of the world. N...
IT総合 Robotics scene continues to be bullish, but layoffs are looming
This startup season is filled with goals of profitability, promises of higher margins and whispers about pivoting toward...
IT総合 Stripe’s new and lower internal valuation, explained
Stripe has been in the news this past week for lowering its own valuation to around $74 billion from $95 billion, a 28% ...
IT総合 OK, don’t fear: the long shots are still getting venture funding
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behi...
IT総合 Digital health unicorns need a checkup
Some of digital health’s best-capitalized startups are struggling.
A string of healthcare unicorns have announced layoff...