London-based luxury resale platform Sign of the Times, has recently received new investment from industry leaders, including BrandAlley and Sweaty Betty founder Tamara Hill-Norton. This investment round will enable Sign of the Times to expand its operations in the second-hand market. The partnership with BrandAlley will involve a...
Goldman Sachs is reportedly expected to announce weak quarterly earnings on Tuesday (Oct. 17) as a result of a slowdown in deal making and its withdrawal from the consumer business. The investment bank’s third-quarter earnings per share (EPS) are estimated to decline by 36% compared...
Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital is focusing its investment strategy toward artificial intelligence (AI) applications following the success of its investment in OpenAI. Roelof Botha, partner at Sequoia Capital, said that while Sequoia Capital has been a long-time investor in OpenAI, the firm is not actively...
Blockchain Capital, a venture capital (VC) firm dedicated to driving the global transition to decentralized, blockchain-based systems, has announced the closing of two new funds. The firm’s sixth early-stage fund and its first opportunity fund have raised a total of $580 million, the VC firm...
November 29, 2019
In the land of startups, speed matters. Scale matters. Funding matters. But the other nuts and bolts of running a business require attention, too. That includes insurance, which of course protects against the unexpected and unplanned events that occur while running a business. Vouch Insurance, which offers insurance to high-growth technology firms through an online platform, said last […]
September 06, 2019
IPOs are a bit like dating -- firms want to be as attractive as possible to investors getting in at the public debut. Money-losing WeWork is reportedly mulling slashing its...
January 28, 2019
In November 2018, Mobeewave announced that it had closed a big Series B round. Led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay Capital, the $16.5 million round was described by Benjamin du Haÿs,...
December 20, 2018
Capital tied to equity can be expensive, time-consuming and sometimes deflating. Funding negotiations and deals are complex. A business might end up trading chunks of itself to fund day-to-day marketing....
January 23, 2024
Clerk, a developer tools company providing a React-friendly authentication solution, has secured $30 million in Series B financing to expand its services into authorization. The funding round was led by CRV, with participation from Stripe and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Madrona, Clerk said in a Tuesday (Jan. 23) press release. Clerk’s authentication solution has gained significant traction, serving over 1,300 paying […]
October 12, 2023
London-based luxury resale platform Sign of the Times, has recently received new investment from industry leaders, including BrandAlley and Sweaty Betty founder Tamara Hill-Norton. This investment round will enable Sign of the Times...
October 12, 2023
Goldman Sachs is reportedly expected to announce weak quarterly earnings on Tuesday (Oct. 17) as a result of a slowdown in deal making and its withdrawal from the consumer business....
October 02, 2023
Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital is focusing its investment strategy toward artificial intelligence (AI) applications following the success of its investment in OpenAI. Roelof Botha, partner at Sequoia Capital, said that...
