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StartupsTech Startups Trade Lofty Valuations For Funding
San Francisco tech startup founders are accepting tougher funding terms — if they can even get any money — as many announce...
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CoronavirusVCs Push Pause On Startup Funding
Silicon Valley deals have reportedly been temporarily halted with a lack of certainty surrounding COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according...
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InvestmentsChinese Tech Investments In US Plummet
eCommerce giant Alibaba — China’s largest tech firm — was among other Chinese investors that skipped past the U.S. in 2019, The...
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InnovationSilicon Valley Investor Aims To Create Tech Hub In Maine
A new research institute in Portland, Maine, is intended to electrify the local economy and provide a hub for multiple career fields...
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Partnerships / Acquisitionsi2c, CashFlows Partner To Assist European Payment Card Issuers
Payments processing and digital banking tech firm i2c has partnered with business payment services provider CashFlows to benefit payment card issuers across...
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InvestmentsHillbilly Elegy’s J.D. Vance Raises $93M To Fund Science, Tech Startups
Bestselling author J.D. Vance, who penned the popular memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” has started a VC fund called Narya Capital, according to a...
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InvestmentsSilicon Valley Braces As VCs Pump The Brakes
Profits are being pushed over progress as Silicon Valley investors start reeling in the billions that startups have come to expect, The...
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IPOSilicon Valley Investors Seek IPO Funding Substitute
Investors and attorneys from Silicon Valley are pressing for an initial public offering (IPO) alternative to help new businesses raise funds, The...
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PersonnelBlueVine Hires PayPal Exec As CCO
Silicon Valley FinTech startup BlueVine has named Brad Brodigan as chief commercial officer to oversee sales and other income-producing functions, the company...
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RidesharingOla Ride-Hailing Startup To Build Silicon Valley Tech Center
Indian ride-hailing startup Ola, which is backed by SoftBank Group, is planning to build a technology center in Silicon Valley — right...
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RegulationSEC Approves New Silicon Valley Stock Exchange
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the creation of the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE). Created by Silicon Valley entrepreneur...
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EconomySilicon Valley Is Losing Its Luster With Millennials
Silicon Valley is losing its luster with young adults, as recent polling shows millennials are gearing up to leave the San Francisco...
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IPOPinterest Aims To Raise $1.3B In IPO At A Valuation Of $11.3B
Pinterest, the image search operator that is gearing up for an initial public offering, is aiming to raise $1.3 billion at a...
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RegulationWarren Pitches Plan To Break Up Big Tech
In an effort that could limit Silicon Valley’s growth, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has put out a plan to break up...
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InternationalTech Executives Support The Trade War With China
Technology executives appear to back the U.S. trade war with China, with CNBC reporting some tech executives have expressed support for the...
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Fintech InvestmentsJPMorgan To Open FinTech Office In Silicon Valley
JPMorgan Chase is doubling down with its FinTech aspirations, gearing up to start development of a new FinTech corporate campus in the...
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RetailThe Esoteric Economics Of Feeling The Burn
The Burn is upon us. This weekend, the hippest, coolest, most connected and most creative will converge on Nevada’s Black Rock desert...
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StartupsChina VCs Pouring Billions Into Silicon Valley Startups
Chinese venture capitalists have been throwing money at Silicon Valley startups to the tune of $2.4 billion from the start of the...
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InvestmentsAndreessen Horowitz Is First VC To Raise Large Crypto Fund
Andreessen Horowitz is now the first venture capital firm to raise a large fund focused on cryptocurrencies. The Silicon Valley investment firm...
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Real EstateUS Median Home Value Increases 8.7 Percent
A new report shows that national home values are rising at their fastest pace in 12 years, rising 8.7 percent to a...
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InvestmentsThe Silicon Valley Coin Wants To Make Everyone A VC (Sort Of)
Investing? In Uber, in Airbnb, in the big guns and the up-and-coming pistols of tech? That’s the arena in which those with...
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EuropeEU Countries Push For Tech Funding To Compete With US And China
To make sure they can compete with the United States and China, France and Germany want an EU-wide initiative that will fund...
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IPOBill Gurley: Silicon Valley Has Warmed To IPOs
With tech IPOs on the rise, Benchmark partner Bill Gurley has declared that “it’s cool to go public again.” “For a good...
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StartupsSoftBank Driving Investments In Silicon Valley Startups
Silicon Valley startups have been raising more money in recent months, and they have SoftBank of Japan largely to thank. According to...
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StartupsSilicon Valley Gearing Up For Tech IPO Bonanza
Silicon Valley is preparing for a slew of new initial public offerings, as some of the well known and most highly-valued technology...
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InvestmentsTelegram Set To Break ICO Record At $850M
As it seeks to build a payment platform using the blockchain, Telegram Group Inc. is tripling the price of coins in its...
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FacebookPeter Thiel Could Log Off Facebook And Silicon Valley
Is Peter Thiel resigning from the Facebook board? Sources say he is considering it, as he moves his residence and investment firms...
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LegalSilicon Valley Startup CEO Charged With Wire Fraud
The founder and CEO of a failed startup has pleaded guilty for defrauding former employees. According to the U.S. Justice Department, Isaac...
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StartupsPrimary Data Enters Failed Startup Hall Of Fame
Another startup bites the dust. Despite raising $100 million in equity, Primary Data, a four-year-old data virtualization startup, is in the process...
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BitcoinCoinbase Reportedly Tops $1B In Revenue
While many companies are clamoring for investors, Coinbase is having the opposite problem: It has so many people lining up to invest,...
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DeliveryDoorDash Sponsors Silicon Valley Virtual Restaurants
DoorDash has decided to broaden its main consumer benefit — the ability to skip the restaurant dining room and have the food...
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InvestmentsAre ‘Unicorns’ Much Less Valuable Than We Think?
The valuations that have come out of Silicon Valley in the last few decades have been nothing if not eye-catching: $62.5 billion...
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RetailCool, Comfort And Ecology — The Allbirds Secret To Retail Success
Claiming to have the “world’s most comfortable shoe” is a big statement. There are a lot of sneaker manufacturers out there ready...
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Credit UnionsWhy Credit Unions Should Take Comfort in Risk
As the saying goes, no risk no reward. For the credit union market, the message is clear in terms of innovation: Put...
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Credit UnionsNEW REPORT: The Credit Union’s Biggest Risk — Not Taking Risks
Credit unions are risk-averse institutions by nature. But if credit unions don’t take a gamble on new financial innovations, they are inadvertently...
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Tech CenterTech Center: Milwaukee Moves Up Tech Food Chain
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, known for its breweries and scenic views, has long been heralded as the place to go to relax and have...
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RegulationAre Founder’s Visas A Thing Of The Past?
An Obama-era program aimed at making it easier for foreign entrepreneurs to launch U.S.-based startups seems to be on the chopping block...
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RetailData Enabler Alooma Aggregates Data So Retailers Can Actually Use It
Analyzing data is tough, but a lot of products and services have solved for that. When Alooma CEO and cofounder Yoni Broyde...
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Digital PaymentsQuisk, Network International Set To Launch New Digital Payment Solution In Middle East
Quisk Inc., a global provider of digital payment services and solutions located in Silicon Valley, announced that it will soon launch a...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsYahoo Takeover A Done Deal; Marissa Mayer Bows Out
And then, just like that, it was over. As has been widely anticipated and widely reported, Yahoo’s been consumed by Verizon, which...
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RidesharingUber Fires 20 After Sexual Harassment Investigation
Is Uber safe? Uber employees, not just riders, may be asking this today as the ridesharing startup just fired more than 20...
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InvestmentsChina’s Silicon Valley Investments Spark Concern
Pentagon officials have issued a warning about the rapidly increasing investments in U.S. companies that Chinese companies have made “under-the-radar.” According to...
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Fintech InvestmentsIs The Silicon Valley Startup Scene On Its Way Out?
For years, Silicon Valley has rested pretty knowing it was the king of startups for tech and various other industries. However, research...
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RidesharingCan Bill Gurley Reign In A Rowdy Uber?
Though considered a rare figure, Bill Gurley, who heads a venture capital firm that has a 20 percent stake in Uber, may...
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Mobile CommerceUber Seeing Employees Look To Leave Over Culture Fit Issues
Uber employees may be losing faith in the startup’s executives, with The Financial Times reporting that recruiters in the Bay Area, as well as executives at...
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VISAVisa Brings Its “Tech Epicenter” To Silicon Valley
Visa is serious about tech — and it’s putting its money where its mouth is with the opening of a massive new...
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InternationalBelarus: Silicon Valley Of Eastern Europe
The former Soviet Union republic may be known for manufacturing tractors, but the region has its eye on becoming Eastern Europe’s Silicon...
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Trump Says Wide Range Of Issues Discussed At Tech Summit
A day after President-Elect Donald Trump met with technology leaders from Silicon Valley, his office released a synopsis of what went down...
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Post-ElectionSilicon Valley Execs To Meet With Trump
This should be an interesting one to watch. In New York City, on Wednesday (Dec. 14) of this week, prominent Silicon Valley...
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Silicon Valley, Trump Inching Toward Working Together Amid Concern
Can’t we all just “get along?” For months, during the election, there was a contentious push-and-pull between President-Elect Donald Trump and Silicon Valley....
