A founder who sold his last startup for ~$50 million is using book and movie deals to boost his new YouTube-centric media company

New York news portal Quartz is being sold to a Japanese media company in a deal worth up to $110 million, as the latter seeks to expand its international footprint. Uzabase, a… The post Media Startup Quartz .....»»

The SEC says the company made misleading claims to investors from October 2015 through January 2017. Plank carried out scheduled stock sales in November 2015 and April 2016, according to regulatory filings......»»

Chip designer SiMa Technologies Inc. has raised $80 million in new funding. The San Jose company is working on system-on-a-chip that's designed to boost the ability of edge computing systems to use machine learning. The two-and-a-half-year-old .....»»

Gian Fulgoni, who co-founded internet market intelligence company comScore, sold his three-bedroom Gold Coast mansion for $1.85 .....»»

The Chicago-based restaurant booking and relationship-management company Tock is being acquired by Squarespace in a cash-and-stock deal worth more than $400 million. Nick Kokonas, founder of.....»»

Connected-health startup BrightInsight Inc. raised $101 million in its third funding in the past 18 months, a round led by Livongo Health Inc. co-founder Hemant Taneja and his venture firm, General Catalyst. The San Jose company, which spun out.....»»

A group of investors raised $5 million for Lolli. The company is a browser extension that rewards online shoppers with free bitcoin when they make a purchase. Pedro Fiúza/NurPhoto via Getty Images Investors including Alexis Ohanian, Cody.....»»

Cole Morgan's fundraising startup Snap! Raise has helped users raise more than $350 million. The former Washington State and Central Washington quarterback still sees new opportunities for the company......»»

A company controlled by Matrix Essentials co-founder Sydell Miller sold a vacant home lot in Palm Beach for $42 million. The 1.71-acre property at 1440 S. Ocean Blvd. was sold by 1440 Holdings LLC, affiliated with Miller through her Ohio at.....»»

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"It's not over leggings that got wet. It's over loss. It's over lies," MLM expert Robert Fitzpatrick told Insider. LuLaRoe founder DeAnne Brady Stidham. LuLaRoe/Youtube Multi-level marketer LuLaRoe just settled a major pyra.....»»

Sidney Kimmel, who's worth $1.3 billion, has produced movies including "Crazy Rich Asians" and "The Kite Runner." The apartment features a 53-foot terrace with sweeping views of Central Park. RISE Media/The Corcoran Group Billionaire movie prod.....»»

A company managed by W. Allan Jones, the founder and CEO of payday lender Check Into Cash, sold a Palm Beach mansion along the Intracoastal Waterway for $26.74 million. Jones Lakeland LLC, managed by Cleveland, Tennessee resident Jones, sold t.....»»

Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital’s co-founder and managing partner, is set to join GrowFlow’s board of directors after his firm led an $8.4-million Series B funding round for the Los Angeles-based software-as-a-service startup. read more.....»»

Alex Wong/Getty Images A software startup that scraped billions of images from major web services — including Facebook, Google, and YouTube &mdas.....»»

San Francisco-based logistics data analytics startup ClearMetal announced it has raised $15 million in a fresh round of funding led by Eclipse Ventures, bringing the total investment in the company .....»»

A Nashville entrepreneur who sold his video game startup four years ago has received a fresh injection of capital to fund his latest venture. Blueprint Holding Co Inc., the parent company of Blueprint Title Co. closed on a $8.5 million round of fun.....»»

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A New York-based company sold the property and the hotel's deed in two separate deals......»»

Getty Images Michael Taylor is the cofounder and COO at Ladder.io, a growth technology and services company. As a technical marketer with $25 million spent across channels, Michael ha.....»»