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Meet Juul, the $15 Billion E-Cig Startup with an Identity Crisis

In a recent fundraising round, e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. raised $650 million, which values the rapidly-growing, yet still-controver.....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytJul 11th, 2018

Juul"s 1,500 employees to split $2 billion bonus in Altria deal

Employees of Juul Labs Inc. are getting a $2 billion bonus as part of a deal with Altria Group Inc. to take a stake in the startup, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the details are private......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralDec 20th, 2018

Juul"s 1,500 employees to split $2 billion bonus in Altria deal

Employees of Juul Labs Inc. are getting a $2 billion bonus as part of a deal with Altria Group Inc. to take a stake in the startup, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the details are private......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralDec 20th, 2018

The owner of Coachella was once dubbed "America"s most reclusive billionaire." Meet Philip Anschutz, who"s worth $15.3 billion.

Philip Anschutz, who built his fortune across multiple industries, was named Colorado's richest person by Forbes.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 16th, 2024

Elon Musk"s AI Startup xAI Reportedly Seeks $4B To Challenge ChatGPT-Parent OpenAI — Valuation Could Hit $18B

Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI Corp., is in discussions to raise up to $4 billion in funding, potentially valuing the company at $18 billion, leveraging Musk's track record and high-quality data from his social network, X, to train AI models. read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaApr 11th, 2024

: German property giants announce $22 billion merger to ‘tackle’ housing crisis

Europe’s largest residential property group Vonovia has agreed to buy rival Deutsche Wohnen for €18 billion, in a deal that will reshape Germany’s real-estate sector......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 25th, 2021

Meet Zhang Yiming, the secretive Chinese billionaire behind TikTok worth $44 billion who just stepped down as ByteDance CEO

Zhang Yiming makes his own TikToks - and requires his senior employees to as well. Here's a look at what we know about the secretive billionaire. ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming makes his own TikToks - and requires his senior employees to as well. .....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytMay 19th, 2021

Miami University, Cincinnati startup partner to pilot pair of new mental wellness initiatives

A Cincinnati-based edtech startup is partnering with the region’s second-largest college on a statewide effort to address a growing mental wellness crisis among students and staff worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 19th, 2021

Amount raises $100M at $1B valuation, becoming Chicago’s newest unicorn

A fintech startup that spun out of Chicago-based Avant has raised a mega-round of funding, valuing it at $1 billion and making it Chicago's latest "unicorn" company. Amount announced Tuesday that it raised $100 million in a Series D round led b.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 18th, 2021

Meet GetMyBoat, the "Airbnb for boats" that"s been skyrocketing in popularity thanks to the pandemic

Boat sales and rentals skyrocketed during the pandemic, welcome news for a San Francisco startup riding the wave. GetMyBoat. GetMyBoat GetMyBoat, the self-proclaimed "Airbnb of Boats," h.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMay 12th, 2021

Startup mortgage lender Better to go public via merger with SPAC Aurora Acquisition in $7 billion deal

Startup mortgage lender Better HoldCo is going public via a merger with special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) Auroa Acquisition Corp. in a deal with an equity.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 11th, 2021

How India"s Covid-19 crisis is hurting this Santa Rosa electric tractor startup

With supply chains broken, this electric tractor startup is sitting on a $1 million in back orders......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 7th, 2021

A millennial CEO still paying off his own student debt has dedicated his career to solving the student-loan crisis

A decade after borrowing $80,000 to finish school after a death in the family, Greg Poulin owes over $57,000. He wants his startup Goodly to help. Greg Poulin. Greg Poulin Greg Poulin borrowed $80,000 to complete his education after.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMay 5th, 2021

Indian food-delivery startup Zomato files for a $1.1 billion IPO as the country battles a catastrophic wave of COVID-19 infections

The company is planning to list as India combats a crippling COVID-19 wave with at least 300.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 29th, 2021

Ant, Uber-Backed Indian Food Delivery Startup Zomato Sets For $1.1B US IPO

Jack Ma’s Ant Group and Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER)-backed Indian food delivery start-up, Zomato, has proposed to raise $1.1 billion (INR82.5 billion) from an initial public off read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaApr 28th, 2021

CEO Of $2 Billion Startup Fired For "Microdosing" On LSD At Work

CEO Of $2 Billion Startup Fired For "Microdosing" On LSD At Work Psychedelic drugs have been a hot topic in the financial press this week. Between the hallucinatory experienc.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeApr 28th, 2021

The CEO of a $2 billion startup reportedly said he was fired after taking LSD during work

The CEO of a $2 billion startup reportedly said he was fired after taking LSD during work.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytApr 27th, 2021

Atlanta unicorn Greenlight Financial Technology raises $260M, plans to hire 300

The funding brings the financial technology startup’s valuation to $2.3 billion, padding its unicorn status, which Greenlight reached in September of last year......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 27th, 2021

Florida"s Democratic Party is having an identity crisis: 2020 losses were the culmination of strategic missteps, cultural blindness, and internal divides

For decades the Party has been losing its footing. After a shellacking in 2020, .....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytApr 24th, 2021

AI startup UiPath jumps 26% during its public debut, pushing valuation to $37 billion

The rally in UiPath indicates the growing demand for such services as more business.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 21st, 2021

Discord Ends Talks With Microsoft, Will Focus On IPO

Discord Ends Talks With Microsoft, Will Focus On IPO One month after we learned that Microsoft was in advanced talk to acquire chat startup Discord for $10 billion, .....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytApr 20th, 2021