How 3 first-time founders launched their startup in a weekend during lockdown and scored $2.1 million in pre-seed cash the next month
Stream co-founders turned down Y Combinator and started fundraising from angel investors and early-stage VC firms.
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How a trusted investor saved Attentive CEO Brian Long from building a 'disaster'
Attentive, a buzzy marketing startup, has raised a total of $163 million. And VC Scott Friend said that the company might "go on forever."
This mom left her day job while pregnant to help launch a YC-backed startup. Now, her team has an ambitious plan to make K-5 learning 'pods' more affordable for children of all backgrounds
Elizabeth Adams is the chief clinical officer and co-founder of Trustle, which is helping parents solve everyday childcare challenges.
AI startup Joblist has quietly helped over 4 million people search for jobs with its free service, says CEO
A new job search platform has raised $4 million and is launching out of stealth mode earlier than expected to help unemployed Americans find jobs.
This YC-backed power couple launched a Patreon alternative for creators that's helped a horror movie actor boost his earnings by 30% during lockdown
An ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist, an Olympic figure skater, and the star of Dating Zoe have also started using Jemi to connect with their fans.
Former LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner's under-the-radar VC firm led a $3.5 million Seed round for Trala, the violin app that's democratizing access to music education in over 100 countries
CEO Sam Walder said Trala has violin students in over 100 countries, including Iran. The app's been downloaded over a quarter million times.
Meet the 27-year-old Stanford grad who impressed Peter Thiel at a meet-&-greet and inspired the billionaire entrepreneur to invest in his crypto startup the next day
Alexander Liegl is the CEO at Layer1, a startup that raised $50 million in Series A funding from Peter Thiel and Shasta Ventures last year.
2 Bain VCs say the firm is on the hunt for early-stage founders. Here's an exclusive look at Bain's plan to support 'outlier' entrepreneurs and nurture unicorn-track startups
Bain Capital Ventures has doubled down on its Seed and Series A investments, but says it supports companies through their entire life cycle, too.
Former Sequoia partner Aaref Hilaly is joining Bain Capital Ventures as the firm boosts investments during a time of 'tremendous early-stage momentum on the west coast'
Aaref Hilaly founded two software companies with multi-million-dollar exits and was active in one of Sequoia's recent billion-dollar exits.
This startup scored $10 million to build homes like Apple builds phones. Here's how it won over a Founders Fund VC and one of the country's top home construction companies
Cover's co-founders recruited top engineering talent from Apple and Tesla and created a Henry Ford assembly line for building small homes.
SpaceX board member and VC Steve Jurvetson says founders can learn from Elon Musk when pitching investors by having a 20-year vision
Jurvetson said that founders should take a page out of Elon Musk's playbook when they pitch their companies to investors.
These two VCs were hobby Bitcoin miners a decade ago, and now they've raised $110 million for a second fund focused on cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups
Avichal Garg and Curtis Spencer started mining Bitcoin as a hobby in 2010. Now, they're hoping that crypto technology will reshape the internet
Cannabis, space travel, and electric cars: These far-out fields championed by SPACs could trigger the power of hype to spur new eras of innovation, one VC says
Companies that are far from profitability or without a robust consumer base often pave the way for future innovation and success.
A renowned 85-year-old VC is teaming up with a former SoulCycle exec to back startups taking on an underserved trillion-dollar global sector
At 85, a veteran VC who backed Apple teamed up with a former SoulCycle exec and stumbled upon a trillion-dollar gap in the market for people over 60.
'Moonshot' startups to get a boost from new Apollo fund founded by former Y Combinator president Sam Altman and his 2 brothers
The Altman brothers raised a fund to invest in risky projects that are often overlooked by Silicon Valley's VC ecosystem.
These two VCs are joining forces with a Seattle Seahawks captain and former Microsoft and Amazon execs to deploy millions into Seattle-based AI startups
Kellan Carter and Cameron Borumand are launching a new VC firm focused on AI startups. And the AI market could be worth almost $400 billion by 2025.
As the IPO market wavers, direct listings and SPACs may be more attractive routes for startups looking to go public, some VCs say
A few years ago, most startups wouldn't dare go public by a direct listing or a SPAC merger. Now, some VCs are saying that could change.
2020 is on track to see the fewest startup exits since 2011, which could spell trouble for the VC ecosystem
Fewer startups are pulling off an exit and achieving liquidity, and the pandemic could make the situation worse for growth-driven startups.
This legendary Silicon Valley entrepreneur says the laissez-faire startup ecosystem lacks social consciousness and could lead to the destruction of democracy
This Silicon Valley veteran says that venture capitalists, who are in it for the money, are at odds with founders looking to change the world.
A turf war between 2 types of VC firms could reshape the venture business but turn startups into collateral damage
One seasoned VC investor says large firms like Sequoia could pose an existential threat to early-stage and seed-focused funds.