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"Blank check" mergers have lost their sparkle for startup leaders

Startup founders are increasingly skeptical of going the SPAC route, due to the poor performance of companies that previously went public through such mergers......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 24th, 2021

Peapod founders launch startup that helps you know what"s in your food

A new startup from the founders of grocery delivery pioneer Peapod wants to arm you with more information about what's in your food. Sifter, founded by brothers Andrew and Thomas Parkinson, is a grocery shopping platform that lets you search for pro.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 19th, 2021

Cannabis entrepreneur, startup founder coach Sara Batterby dies unexpectedly

Sara Batterby worked with dozens of founders to help them navigate investment systems and find the resources they needed with her Capital Masterclass......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 13th, 2021

Sequoia tells startup founders to step on the gas now that the coronavirus crisis is passing

Sequoia Capital is predicting big growth opportunities ahead......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 18th, 2021

The cofounders of bankrupt poop-testing startup uBiome have been charged with fraud

The cofounders face criminal and civil charges for giving a false impression to investors of how well the poop-testing company was doing. UBiome founders and former co-.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMar 18th, 2021

SEC charges uBiome co-founders with $60 million fraud

"The company's purported success depended on deceit," an SEC official said in a statement on its charges against San Francisco microbiome startup uBiome......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 18th, 2021

Alcoholic recovery startup Reframe raises $1.4M from Atlanta investors

The Reframe co-founders hope to grow their 3,000 users to 100,000 by the end of the year......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 8th, 2021

Google launched a $2 million funding programme for Black founders in Europe: "There is a lot of work to do."

Black people remain woefully underrepresented in VC and startup circles. AudioMob cofounders Christian Facey (left) and Wilfrid Obeng previously took part.....»»

Category: worldSource: nytMar 8th, 2021

You could soon charge an electric car in the time it takes to fill a tank of gas thanks to a startup partnering with Uber

Ample hopes to ease the range-bound anxiety of driving an electric car by making charging stations as fast and readily available as gas stations. Founders .....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytMar 3rd, 2021

Why the leaders of an HR tech startup bet on failed founders

"It's actually fairly simple to succeed," Prasanna Sankar, co-founder and CTO of Rippling, told Insider. Failure is where the real lessons emerge. Insider Neha Sharma, Rippling's head of people. Courtesy of Rippling .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 23rd, 2021

Startup Spotlight: TiP working to pilot political activism platform with members of City Council

The founders, former roommates at Temple, first got the idea for TiP during the 2016 presidential election......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 21st, 2021

Startup Spotlight: Swiv on a mission to build a better toothbrush for everyone

Helping children with special needs brush their teeth can be a nightmare for some parents, the co-founders said. Swiv is designed to help......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 15th, 2021

Flexible office firm IWG just bought a majority stake in The Wing, months after the women-focused co-working startup announced mass layoffs

IWG looks "forward to partnering with The Wing to empower current and future generations of female entrepreneurs," CEO Mark Dixon said. The Wing founders Lauren Kassan and Audrey Gelman launched.....»»

Category: worldSource: nytFeb 12th, 2021

With tastytrade acquisition, a rare $1B exit for Chicago—and women founders

When Chicago fintech startup tastytrade agreed to be acquired by IG Group for $1 billion last week, it resulted in a rarity: a female-founded tech startup to achieve a $1 billion acquisition......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJan 27th, 2021

Gary Cohn, former Goldman Sachs exec and Trump economic advisor, is joining IBM as vice chairman

At Goldman, Cohn helped ingratiate the bank into the fast-growing corners of Silicon Valley, forging early relationships with startup founders Former Director of the U.S. National Economic Council Gary Cohn in .....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytJan 5th, 2021

10 Atlanta startups that launched or pivoted to help during the pandemic

2020 was a year of problems. Luckily, problem solving is what startup founders do best.   As companies grappled with moving their employees to remote work and people worried about how to connect with one another while staying s.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 30th, 2020

D.C.-area founders and funders make their predictions for the startup scene in 2021

“We should expect to see the fruits of some drastic pivots from area companies adjusting to a remote world,” said Dawn Myers, director of Vinetta Project’s D.C. chapter......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 30th, 2020

"Kind of like our own hackathon": Pangea"s HQ is now the co-founders" house

Pangea.app, the startup behind a platform to connect companies with college students for freelance work, has a new headquarters: a house in Providence where co-founders Adam Alpert and John Tambunting, along with lead designer Tae Sam Lee Zamora, all .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 22nd, 2020

12 successful startup founders who can also claim the title of mom

Stefan Wieland There are plenty of women who have scaled successful startups and hold the titles of founder or CEO.  But these women are also called "mom," by their children at home.   Fro.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 8th, 2020

How a German drone taxi startup used crowdsourced ideas, an unexpected partner, and its outsider status to carve out a new multi-trillion-dollar opportunity in the transportation industry

Business InsiderVolocopter When Florian Reuter joined German drone taxi startup Volocopter in 2015 as CEO, co-founders Stephan Wolf and Alexander Zosel had impressive tech, but no clear path to market. "When we started out there was .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 16th, 2020