Earlier this week, we caught up with Steve Sarracino the founder of the growth-equity firm Activant…
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This QR code startup just raised $5 million led by Coatue to make one-click shopping ubiquitous
Amazon revolutionized one-click shopping, and it has a nearly $2 trillion market cap to show for…
These Forge cofounders just raised $5 million to work on a new, still-stealth investing startup
Sohail Prasad and Samvit Ramadurgam are cofounders who met during Y Combinator’s 2012 summer batch and…
Mobile commerce startup Via rounds up $15 million in Series A funding
Mobile commerce is where it’s at, and rising investment in so-called conversational commerce startups underscores the…
SOSV, the global venture firm, just closed a $100 million fund to back its maturing startups
Sean O’Sullivan, the founder of the global venture outfit SOSV, has slowly but steadily built up…
Investor Michael Brown, the new chair of the powerful lobbying group NVCA, shares its agenda
Michael Brown, a longtime general partner with Battery Ventures, was just elected to the role of…
A men’s brand, Faculty, launches with nail polish — and seed funding from Estee Lauder
“It’s not a nail polish company.” It’s almost the first thing out of the mouth of…
Pledge 1% is asking VCs to help unlock billions in corporate philanthropy
The corporate philanthropy organization Pledge 1% has, since its launch in 2014, asked founders to donate…
Are we overestimating the ransomware threat?
On Monday afternoon, the U.S. Justice Department said it has seized much of the cryptocurrency ransom…
Um, where is the SEC when it comes to SPACs and conflicts of interest?
Earlier today, TechCrunch’s Kirsten Korosec reported that the autonomous vehicle startup Aurora is close to finalizing…