LinkedIn, the social networking platform for the working world that’s now owned by Microsoft, has leveraged…
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MailChimp’s Ben Chestnut on bootstrapping a startup to $700M in revenue
The well-known tech startup routine of coming up with an idea, raising money from VCs in…
Mailchimp expands from email to full marketing platform, says it will make $700M in 2019
Mailchimp, a bootstrapped startup out of Atlanta, Georgia, is known best as a popular tool for…
Uber opens at a disappointing $42 per share
At long last, it's lift-off for Uber.
Factmata gets backed by eyeo, maker of Adblock Plus, and takes over its Trusted News app
“Fake news” — news content that either misleads people with half-truths, or outright lies — has…
Heetch raises $38M to take on Uber in French-speaking countries
With Uber just days away from going public, a small challenger has raised some funds of…
Educational gaming platform Kahoot acquires math app maker DragonBox for $18M
Kahoot, the popular e-learning platform that provides a range of games to teach subjects (it has…
Execs at Mobike, the bike sharing startup, are raising $20M to buy out the European business by end of June
Some big changes are afoot for Mobike, the Chinese bike-sharing company that was acquired by IPO-bound…
Facebook is being sued by a Polish drug prevention group over free speech violation
Facebook’s efforts to shut down harmful and malicious content on its platform have landed it in…
Gett raises $200M at $1.5B valuation for its B2B ride-hailing service, aims for 2020 IPO
As Uber gears up for an IPO, one of its smaller rivals has raised some money…