The number of startups building buy now, pay later (BNPL) services is long. Just this year we’ve seen French BNPL startup Alma raise a $130 million equity round, BillEase raise […]
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Back to news homeWhy Square is shelling out $29B to snag BNPL player Afterpay
Square can buy it now and pay a lot, or buy it later and pay more Alex Wilhelm 9 hours Shares of Square are up this morning after the company […]
Let’s talk about gaslighting and fundraising
“Most of the startups I give advice to about how to raise venture capital shouldn’t be raising venture capital,” an investor recently told me. While the idea that every startup […]
A theory about the current IPO market
As expected, shares of Poshmark exploded this morning, blasting over 130% higher in afternoon trading from the company’s above-range IPO price of $42. The enormous and noisy debut of Poshmark […]
Poshmark prices IPO above range as public markets continue to YOLO startups
Here we are again. Again. Yes, it’s another morning in which we have to discuss a venture-backed technology company going public at a price above its IPO range. This time […]
The IPO market looks hot as Airbnb and C3.ai raise price targets
Plus: Wish and Upstart price their debuts Alex Wilhelm 8 hours So much for a December slowdown— this morning, Airbnb and C3.ai raised their IPO price ranges and we got […]
Extra Crunch roundup: A fistful of IPOs, Affirm’s Peloton problem, Zoom Apps and more
DoorDash, Affirm, Roblox, Airbnb, C3.ai and Wish all filed to go public in recent days, which means some venture capitalists are having the best week of their lives. Tech companies […]
Affirm files to go public
Affirm, a consumer finance business founded by PayPal mafia member Max Levchin, filed to go public this afternoon. The company’s financial results show that Affirm, which doles out personalized loans […]