What Downturn ? 11 Companies Became Unicorns in Q1
With no IPOs taking place in the first quarter of 2016, much attention is now focused on unicorns...
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VCs Raised Billions in Q1 Even as They Made Fewest Investments in 3...
At first blush, a review of venture capital dealmaking during the first quarter of 2016 suggests...
(Infographic) The Cannabis Gold Rush : 50+ Startups Across Delivery...
As the marijuana legalization debate rages, deals to cannabis startups are hitting new highs. Inv...
5 Strange Facts About Billionaires
Things you don’t know about some of the richest people in the world.This year, the world’s bill...
Where is The Most Expensive Real Estate in The World ?
OK, so it's not a question many of us will need to ask ourselves, but bear with me: if you had $1...
(Video) Adtile Raises $2M to Rethink Mobile Ads
Mobile ad startup Adtile is announcing that it has raised an additional $2 million in funding. Th...
Startup Investors Hit the Brakes
Quarterly decline in venture-capital funding is largest since dot-com bust.Venture-capital invest...
(Infographic) College ROI Report : Best Value Colleges
A college education is a huge investment of both time and money — so it's helpful to know which...
(PDF) PwC - How FinTech is Shaping Financial Services
We estimate within the next 3-5 years, cumulative investment in FinTech globally could well excee...
Beauty Obsession Drives China Selfie App's $3 Billion Valuation
China’s love affair with physical beauty is helping to fuel a selfie-editing app’s valuation of...
(Infographic) AR/VR Investment Hits $1.7 Billion In Last 12 Months
Digi-Capital’s latest quarterly Augmented/Virtual Reality Report and Deals Database analyzed $1....
Venture Capital Power Rankings : VCs Rate VCs
We asked VCs who they thought the best VCs were. Here are the results of the first-ever VC peer r...
The Race for AI : Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple In A Rush To Grab...
Over 60% of the AI companies acquired in the last 3 years had VC backing. There have been 4 major...
Startup Funding Deals Fall to Lowest Level in 4 Years
Venture capitalists are making fewer bets and focusing their investing on more mature companies,...
Goldman Sachs Leads a $30M Round for Persado’s AI-Based, Automated...
Sometime today you’re going to read a marketing message that was probably written by Persado‘s...
(PDF) Bain&Company : Asia-Pacific Private Equity Report 2016
Asia-Pacific private equity: Record results, gathering clouds.Looking back over the past year, it...
Lola, A Travel Concierge Startup, Closes Its $19.7M Series A
The Boston-based company will launch a mobile app that aspires to be an on-demand personal travel...
(M&A) Salesforce Buys Hot Deep Learning Startup MetaMind
Salesforce has acquired MetaMind, a deep learning startup backed by Salesforce cofounder and chie...
(PDF) Is Fintech Just Hype?
Infographic: VCs in real estate. On-demand delivery of prescriptions. As everyone knows, fintech...
There Were No Tech IPOs in Q1
Private equity also got shut out.There are still a few days left in the first quarter of 2015, bu...
LifeBeam Scores $16M to Help You Track Your Workout
Wearable technology developer LifeBeam announced today that it scored a $16 million investment le...
Sales Research Startup Mattermark Raises $7.3M, Now Valued at $42M
Mattermark, which has evolved rapidly from a database to help investors rank startups to a sales...
(PDF) Bain&Company - Global Private Equity Report 2016
With its complex interplay of fund-raising, investments, exits and returns carried out on a globa...
(Video) Internet of Rings : Smart Doorbell Startup, Ring Raises $61.2M
Smart doorbell startup Ring has raised a further $61.2 million in a series C round led by Kleiner...
(M&A) GM Acquires Self-Driving Car Startup Cruise Automationfor $1B+
General Motors (GM) continues its self-driving car push today with the news that it has acquired...
Soothe Raises $35M to Bring You Massages On Demand
The massage industry is getting a rubdown. Soothe has raised $35 million to bring on-demand massa...
(Infographic) Here Are Israel’s 15 Biggest Startup Exits
Google’s high-profile acquisition of mapping startup Waze in 2013 put Israel’s startup ecosyste...
(Infographic) The Most Active VCs In HR Tech And Their Investments
a16z, 500 Startups, and NEA are the three most active investors in HR tech startups.HR tech inves...
Zara Owner Cuts Store Expansion Plans in Favor of Online
Inditex SA, the world’s largest clothing retailer, reined in store expansion plans as the Zara o...
MedyMatch Raises $2M to Bring AI to Medical Imaging
MedyMatch Technology bills itself as an artificial intelligence healthcare startup. It’s applyin...
AR/VR Investment Hits $1.1 Billion Already in 2016
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality investment reached $1.1 billion in the first 2 months of th...
Will Electric Cars Cause The Next Oil Crisis ?
Some inventions are an immediate success. When Apple released the iPhone in 2007, customers lined...
