Startup layoffs are back, and the damage is starting to add up. Back in early 2020, an online layoff tracker — Layoffs.FYI — was built to collect and tabulate startup […]
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Back to news home3 questions concerning Instacart’s upcoming IPO
Grocery delivery unicorn Instacart filed privately to go public yesterday, a long-awaited event for the well-known private company. During its startup days, Instacart raised huge amounts of capital and grew rapidly. […]
What Glossier got wrong
Evan J. Zimmerman Contributor Evan J. Zimmerman is the founder and CEO of Drift, a genomics software company, and chairman of Jovono, a venture capital firm. More posts by this […]
Startups are evolving to manage growth alongside profitability
Amit Anand Contributor Amit Anand is a founding partner of Jungle Ventures and an early pioneer and leader in the development of Southeast Asia’s venture capital industry. More posts by […]
3 views: Is the metaverse for work or play?
The widespread success of platforms ranging from Second Life to Roblox shows that people are open to virtual worlds where they can socialize, play games, exchange information, and share some […]
Wag’s recovery is a bet on you going back to work
Remember Wag? The dog-walking app made huge waves back in 2018 when it raised $300 million from SoftBank’s Vision Fund. Competing with rival Rover, Wag’s service fell out of our […]
VCs are racing to pay more to get smaller pieces of less profitable companies
It’s data season, with groups like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), CB Insights, PitchBook and Crunchbase News putting out data sets that we’re having fun exploring. This morning, we’re adding one […]
Make the most of iOS 15’s updates to the App Store
Ilia Kukharev Contributor Ilia Kukharev is the head of ASO at AppFollow and has been engaged in the localization of websites, mobile applications and ASO optimization for over a decade. […]
Taking consumer subscription software to the great outdoors
Eric Crowley Contributor Eric Crowley is executive director in the San Francisco office of global investment bank GP Bullhound. The pandemic has been extremely painful for many. But as lockdowns […]
Nothing founder Carl Pei on Ear (1) and building a hardware startup from scratch
The mobile industry vet discusses pricing, features and venture backing Brian Heater @bheater / 2 weeks On July 27, hardware maker Nothing will debut its first product, wireless earbuds dubbed […]