Personalized wine? This Milwaukee company just raised $8.5 million to prove it’s the future

Wine buying is daunting for most people, whether it’s online or off a menu or in…

Minnie Ingersoll, cofounder of the fast-growing car marketplace Shift, just became a VC in L.A.

Minnie Ingersoll has already had an enviable career. After 12 years at Google, working as product…

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb just abruptly resigned from his post

That was unexpected, including to his FDA colleagues, apparently. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb resigned today from…

Kobalt, the music services company, is raising a big round that could exceed $100 million, says new report

Kobalt, a 19-year-old, London-based music services company that operates as both a music publisher and a…

Precursor Ventures just raised a second fund to zero in on pre-seed-stage startups

Precursor Ventures, a 3.5-year-old, seed-stage investment firm in San Francisco, just closed its second fund with…

NEA is raising its biggest fund ever – – again

New Enterprise Associates, the 41-year-old venture firm with offices in Menlo Park; San Francisco; Boston; New…

Tristan O’Tierney, who helped develop Square’s original payment app, has passed away

Tristan O’Tierney, a cofounder of the payments company Stripe has passed away at age 35. According…

SoFi founder Mike Cagney’s new company, Figure just raised another $65 million

Figure, a 13-month-old, San Francisco-based company that says it uses blockchain technology to provide home equity…

Coterie, a young New York startup, promises to deliver charming party kits at your doorstep (though shhh, we won’t tell your guests)

Party planning can be fun if you have the time for it and happen to know…

For a monthly subscription fee, this startup will send out customized gifts to current and prospective clients at scale

In today’s noisy, fast-paced world, finding a way to let clients and potential customers know that…