Within 48 hours, the startup world experienced two momentous events: Y Combinator’s largest Demo Day ever, and the early investor exodus of Dispo, a photo-sharing app. Both events, while seemingly […]
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Since the pandemic began, I have been pushing the limits of my imagination to try to picture what cities will look and feel like in the coming years. If your […]
A look at 4 IPO updates and 2 late-stage funding rounds
The late-stage beat has never been more crowded Alex Wilhelm 8 hours Covering YC Demo Day yesterday was good fun, but I missed a few items while watching several hundred […]
Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day: Part 2
We’ve reached the end of Y Combinator’s biggest Demo Day, which saw more than 300 companies pitching back-to-back over eight hours. Earlier, we highlighted some of the companies that caught […]
Y Combinator widens its bet in edtech in latest batch
Y Combinator is slowly growing its stake in education companies, as the sector balloons with newfound demand from remote learners. In its latest batch, the famed accelerator had its highest […]
Sivo, a young “Stripe for debt” led by a veteran operator, seems to have investors clamoring
Kate Hiscox is having a moment. Her company, Sivo, founded eight months ago, has already raised $5 million from investors at a post-money valuation of $100 million, and she is […]
Arist adds $2M to its seed round to grow its SMS-based training service
This morning Arist, a startup that sells software allowing other organizations to offer SMS-based training to staff, announced that it has extended its seed round to $3.9 million after adding […]
Rent the Runway’s first iOS team launches Runway, an easier way to coordinate app releases
A team of mobile app engineers and designers from companies like Rent the Runway, ClassPass, Kickstarter and others, are now launching their own startup, Runway, to address the common pain […]
YC-backed Pangea discusses growth, fundraising ahead of demo day
Pangea, a marketplace startup that wants to connect college freelancers and companies in need of digital help, is seeing its growth rate accelerate as it races toward the impending Y […]
Airbyte raises $5.2M for its open-source data integration platform
Airbyte, an open-source data integration platform, today announced that it has raised a $5.2 million seed funding round led by Accel. Other investors include Y Combinator, 8VC, Segment co-founder Calvin […]