October 02, 2015
Prosper Passes The $5B Loan Mark
Prosper Marketplace has announced another major milestone. The peer-to-peer lending marketplace has surpassed the $5 billion mark, which refers to the amount of loans that have originated through Prosper since...
October 01, 2015
Adyen Snags New Funding And A $2.3B Valuation
Payments firm Adyen has landed another round of financing, bringing its value up to $2.3 billion. The funds come care of Iconiq Capital, the fund that a prominent collection of...
October 01, 2015
Another FinTech Unicorn Gets Silicon Valley Investment
Seems like unicorns get less rare every day. So, another day, another unicorn. This time, the unicorn resides in the land of financial technology. On Wednesday (Sept. 30), VentureBeat reported...
September 30, 2015
Online Lender Avant Grabs A Seat In The Unicorn Club
Online lender Avant has just announced a rather large new funding round: $325 million. That big pick-up has led to a large valuation spike, and the firm is now likely a confirmed...
September 30, 2015
The Newest Cybersecurity Unicorn That Raised $300M
It’s no surprise that in today’s age of growing cybercrime, venture capitalists and corporate customers are flocking to cybersecurity investments. Endpoint security and systems management company Tanium is among the...
September 29, 2015
Meet The Valley’s Newest Unicorn: Thumbtack
A new unicorn is born! The world rejoices. The newest entrant in the startups valued at over $1 billion club is Thumbtack, a firm that manages marketing and job listings...
September 24, 2015
Are Soaring Startup Valuations Scaring Off Investors?
Albert Einstein once quipped that compound interest was the most powerful force in the universe. If he lived to see the volatile ecosystem surrounding tech startups and angel investors, Einstein...
September 24, 2015
Google Throws Its Weight Behind Cybersecurity Startup
Internet security company Zscaler announced yesterday (Sept. 23) that it closed a $25 million continuation of its oversubscribed Series D funding round from Google Capital, bringing the company’s total funding...
September 16, 2015
FinTech (And Compass’) Big Data Direction
[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Big data is the wave of the future – and is big business. International Data Corporation projects that the market for advanced and predictive analytics (APA) software...