Andrew Mason: Groupon’s Future To Come From Moments of ‘Sheer Stupidity’
Hey, look! Groupon's stock prospectus is out! There are plenty of numbers and mind-numbing details in it that we won't bore you with. Instead we'll just focus on the crazypants guru talk Andrew Mason...
View ArticleCorporate VC Funding Plummets by 30 Percent—Except for Internet Investing
(cbinsights.com) News flash: it is not 1999 anymore, and it appears that corporate venture capitalists have adjusted accordingly. CB Insights released its Q1 Corporate Venture Capital Report yesterday,...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Report Won’t be the Death of Bitcoin
Goldman report adds fuel to the firestorm storm of confusion and speculation surrounding bitcoin's value. [Antana, CC BY-SA 2.0] TechCrunch has gotten hold of an internal report by Goldman Sachs...
View ArticleImgur Gets $40 Million Investment From Andreessen Horowitz
Imgur has gone it alone until venture captital titan Andreessen Horowitz came through with good reasons -- forty million of 'em -- to play ball. (Photo via Getty) One of tech’s most prolific venture...
View ArticleTech Funding In 2014 Is The Highest It’s Been In A Decade
(photo via FamZoo, CC BY-SA 2.0) 2014 has been explosive year for tech funding. According to a report published this morning by venture capital database CB Insights, VC-backed deals in the first...
View ArticleAfter $2.67B GrubHub IPO, VCs Are Hungry For Food Delivery Apps
(photo via Lucius Kwok)) Since GrubHub Seamless went public with a valuation of $2.67 billion, venture capitalists are racing to find the next hit food delivery app for their portfolios. According to...
View Article‘Special Thanks’: How Companies Use Kickstarter As The New Series A
(photo via Sergey Galyonkin, CC BY-SA 2.0) Facebook’s recent acquisition of Oculus revealed some cracks in Kickstarter’s armor. It highlighted a number of issues arising from the way backers view their...
View ArticleCompany With $5 Million In Funding Turns To Kickstarter For Even More Cash
(image via FINsix) FINsix, the company behind Dart — billed as "the world's smallest, lightest laptop adapter" — launched a Kickstarter campaign last Monday. Their goal was $200,000, and they raised...
View ArticleOlder Tech Giants Have Arrived For The ‘Internet Of Things’ Arms Race
This chopping board is the marriage of chopping carrots and embedded network systems that we've been waiting for all these years. (via The Orange Chef Co.) When people hear “Internet of Things,” their...
View ArticleDespite Tech Bubble Paranoia, NYC Analysts Insist We’re Safe
The tech scene as imagined by David Einhorn. (photo via Jeff Kubina) A new CB Insights report shows that big corporations are pouring into the tech investment scene. While many might fear this means...
View ArticleThis VC Wants to Create an NYC Base Camp For Israeli Startups
Eyal Bino wants Israeli startups to stop thinking in quick millions, and start chasing long-term billions. (Photo via Accelerant Ventures) The tech scene in Tel Aviv is booming, and many Israeli tech...
View Article‘Mic’ Drop: PolicyMic Changes Its Name, Revamps Layout
PolicyMic has abbreviated its name into something completely ungoogleable. (Image via PolicyMic) Millennials are often accused of being irresponsible and non-committal. We can't commit to a...
View ArticleLerer Ventures Will Seed Dozens of NYC Startups With New $62M Fund
Eric Hippeau, partner at LHV. (Photo via Pivot) Every day, we hear more from investors and founders about the growth of the New York startup ecosystem — hell, it seems like there's a new Demo Day every...
View ArticleBitcoin Startups Are Raking in Record Amounts of VC Cash
(Image via BTC Keychain) At first, bitcoin was just the purview of cryptography nerds and libertarian redditors. Since then, digital currencies have been used to fund everything from World Cup betting...
View ArticleProjects on Kickstarter Four Times More Likely to Get VC Funding Than...
Meet the new VCs. (Photo by Espen Sundve) Crowdfunding began as a cool way for your college roommate to raise money to finally record his first album, but has quickly gone on to be a bigger part of how...
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