Exclusive: District raises $14.7 million to help sellers build community-driven marketplaces
Eddie Koai, Patrick Mandia, and I are watching Crazy Lamp Lady on someone’s computer. It’s a town hall…
How a chance encounter in Texas sparked a $1 billion Kleiner Perkins-backed AI startup
Tyson Chen and Apurva Shrivastava were chasing restaurants when they found an HVAC company. The two engineers had…
The one-person unicorn: Myth, miracle, or the future of startups?
Does the one person unicorn exist? Or is it the startup version of a ‘cryptid,’ a mythical creature…
Exclusive: Posh lands $37M Series B to crack the ‘what are we doing tonight?’ problem
Event platform Posh raised a fresh $37 million to solve one of the quintessential “tarpit” startup ideas: turning…
As Silicon Alley turns 30, New York is building its own tech mecca
On a frozen Friday night in Manhattan, a line of eager party-goers snaked around the lobby of an…
As vet bills jump, startup Snout raises $110 million for ‘membership’ model to defray costs
U.S. homes have more pets than children. And it’s pretty lopsided. If the American Pet Products Association is…
Startup Stuffers and its pre-teen founders offer lessons in how to make the most of AI
I can probably guess the last piece of corporate swag you received: It was most likely a t-shirt,…
Term Sheet Next: Erica Wenger on elephants, branding in VC, and her first fund
“The more I thought about it, the more I realized I was against much of the unicorn obsession,”…
AirOps raises $40 million Series B at $225 million valuation to rethink marketing in the age of AI
For marketers, search engine optimizers, and yes, lowly journalists, the sky is falling down. All conventional wisdom on…
Founders are getting huge paydays before their startups are close to an exit—and that’s fine with many VCs
Good morning, it’s Crypto Editor Jeff Roberts pinch-hitting for Allie. Over the course of my career, I’ve written…
Generation Lab raises $11 million, becoming Accel’s first longevity bet
The word “longevity” derives from Latin, and more or less means “long life” or “great age.” Each translation…
‘We’ve never had a fundraising deck’: Here’s where venture capital stands now and where it’s going next
If you want a pulse check on where the venture capital industry is at, consider the software supply…