There’s no shortage of so-called femtech startups raising money right now, and it’s little wonder why.…
Author: Connie Loizos
In San Francisco, a fight over a homeless shelter shines a harsh light on a conflicted population
As of 2017, there were roughly 7,000 people living without homes in San Francisco, a number…
1stdibs, the high-end online marketplace, just nabbed $76 million Series D financing
1stdibs began pushing the antiques business into the 21st century long ago. Apparently, investors think it…
Lightspeed cofounder Chris Schaepe is over over college admissions scandal, after being exposed by blogger
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Chris Schaepe is out at Lightspeed Venture Partners, after telling his partners…
Former NEA partner Jon Sakoda takes the wraps off his new, Cisco-backed venture fund, Decibel
Jon Sakoda needed to decompress, he says. The founder-turned-venture investor had logged a dozen years with…
A new lawsuit involving Stanford and Sequoia Capital highlights fights to come over cell-free DNA testing
This morning, a publicly traded transplant diagnostics company called CareDx, along with Stanford University, sued another…
A look inside crypto firm Galaxy Digital, founded by “sidelined” Wall Street legend Mike Novogratz
Mike Novogratz, a former hedge fund manager who was once captain of Princeton’s college wrestling team,…
Clark, a venture-backed tutoring platform, will now help tutors build their own sites
A couple of years ago, Clark, a New York-based startup, appeared on the scene with tutoring…
Why it’s no surprise that pro rata rights don’t mean what they used to
Yesterday, renowned investor Fred WIlson of Union Square Ventures observed in blog post that fewer founders…
Amify raises its first venture round on promise: to boost revenue for third party sellers on Amazon
Small businesses have a complicated relationship with Amazon . While they fear the company because they…