(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...
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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...
Snapchat Raises $175 Million From Fidelity at Flat Valuation
Snapchat's users base has grown to 100 million monthly users. But the company raised $175 million...
Funding To Industrial IoT Startups Jumps 83% In 2015
The IIoT trend affects asset-heavy industries from oil and logistics to agribusiness. Deals also...
Hungryroot Raises $3.7 Million for Healthy Eats
Brownies made of black beans and cookies made of chickpeas are among the unusual recipes found on...
Health VR Startup MindMaze Claims Unicorn Status with $100M Raise
MindMaze has a long-term plan to transform medical care using imaging techniques such as virtual...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Valuing High-Tech Companies
It might feel positively retro to apply discounted-cash-flow valuation to hot start-ups and the l...
For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins
With venture-capital investors increasingly nervous, once-hot tech startups are retrenching.Money...
Wall Street's Verdict On This Season's Tech Earnings
The stock market is in turmoil, and the tech industry is far from immune. But some companies are...
(Infographic) South Korea’s Startup Funding Trends 2015
Startups attracted over US$1.7 billion in disclosed funding last year, according to Tech in Asia...
Mobile Payments Startup Payleven Raises Another $10M
Payleven, a mobile payments startup originally incubated in 2012 at Berlin’s Rocket Internet, sa...
WorldRemit Raises $45M to Grow Its Mobile-First Money-Transfer Serv...
U.K.-based fintech startup WorldRemit has raised $45 million from TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC...
$100B Mobile Exits as Investments/valuations Peak in 2015
It’s hard to call the top of an investment market, but the massive numbers around mobile interne...
Here Are The Most Valuable Companies in America Since 1990
Google's parent company Alphabet briefly stole the crown from Apple this week to become the most...
Silicon Valley's $585 Billion Problem
VCs have pumped up the value of the “unicorn” startups. Now tech IPOs are in trouble. Good luck...
You Can Buy a Czech Castle for $13,000
A brokerage listing only historic buildings is racking up sales.The Libejovice chateau looks like...
Insurify Raises $2M, Launches Text-Based Virtual Auto Insurance Agent
Insurify, a startup that makes recommendations for auto insurance coverage, is announcing today a...
Venture Capitalists Chase Rising Cybersecurity Spending
Investors have been pouring money into companies selling “next-generation” security products.Th...
(PDF) Millennials Are Starting to Change the Stock Market
Alistair Owen pours most of his paycheck into what he calls a travel-and-lifestyle fund.“I’m no...
Spelling It Out
The internet giant’s new corporate structure will provide more clarity for investors.THESE days...
(Infographic) The Most Active Investors In Augmented/Virtual Reality
We ranked the top VCs and corporate VC investors in AR/VR and visualized their portfolio companie...
Amazon's Relentless Focus on Long-Term Growth
If there is one thing that Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is famous for, it’s his relentle...
At What Age Does Happiness Peak ?
If it’s no fun getting old, then why do surveys of national well-being show that older people ar...
Game-Software Revenues to Grow from $90B in 2016 to $115B by 2020
Tech advisor Digi-Capital expects the game-software industry to grow 22 percent from $90 billion...
FreedomPop Raises $50M to Take Its Free Mobile SIM Plans Global
FreedomPop, a wireless Internet provider whose SIM cards include free basic mobile service plans,...
(PDF) PwC - M&A in The Global Automotive Supply Industry
Mergers and acquisitions in the global automotive supplier sector are occurring at an unprecedent...
