This San Francisco company is joining the parade of 2019 tech IPOs, with $3.5 billion valuation
San Francisco-based Cloudflare is apparently joining the city's parade of tech companies lining up to go public in 2019. The content delivery company is planning to list an initial public offering sometime in the first half of next year, which co.....»»
Cloudflare preps for IPO with potential valuation up to $3.5 billion
San Francisco-based Cloudflare is apparently joining the city's parade of tech companies lining up to go public in 2019. The content delivery company is planning to list an initial public offering sometime in the first half of next year, which co.....»»
Bay Area software startup Harness hits $1.7B valuation with $115M funding
Another San Francisco tech company has signaled its entry into the 2021 unicorn club. Harness, which offers a platform for software delivery, announced Thursday that it has raised a $115 million Series C round, bringing its valuation to $1.7 billion......»»
Quizlet raises $30M, joins billion-dollar valuation club
Education tech firm Quizlet is the latest member of the billion-dollar valuation club. The San Francisco company, founded in 2005 by a sophomore in high school, raised a $30 million series C this week with a valuation of $1 billion. That’s nearly .....»»
S.F. education tech startup levels up to $2B valuation
Udemy, an online learning platform based in San Francisco, has scored big with a $50 million Series E funding round by ongoing partner Benesse Holdings, boosting the company's valuation to $2 billion. The company was previously valued at $710 mi.....»»
Best Places to Work winner Twilio talks "The Twilio Magic"
Denver tech company SendGrid was acquired by San Francisco firm Twilio for $2 billion in 2019. Here's what makes it one of DBJ's Best Places to Work......»»
Tencent Music Plans IPO; Valuation Could Exceed $25 Billion
Tencent Music, China’s largest music-streaming company, is preparing what would be one of the largest tech IPOs ever following the successful debut of its European counterpart Spotify......»»
Report: Slack eyeing early 2019 IPO
Slack is reportedly eyeing an IPO in early 2019 and the mega-unicorn with a valuation of $7 billion would launch off of the back of a red-hot year for tech IPOs in 2018. The communication and collaboration messaging tool reportedly has not hired .....»»
This design startup might be San Francisco"s latest unicorn
It is looking like San Francisco design software startup Figma will be the next unicorn after talks of raising $50 million at a $2 billion valuation were reported by Forbes Friday afternoon. The huge jump in valuation from $440 million in 2019 t.....»»
San Francisco cloud company raises $175 million Series E round
Automation software company HashiCorp raised $175 million in funding, giving it a $5.1 billion valuation, the company said Monday. With this Series E round, San Francisco-based Hashi plans to “focus investments in the people and programs that supp.....»»
Gucci was the fastest-growing brand of 2019 with a valuation topping $15 billion — here are 11 of the most iconic names owned by its parent company, French luxury giant Kering.
Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images Kering is one of the largest and m.....»»
CMU"s exec director for machine learning, health joins tech company board
Augmedix Inc., a San Francisco-based technology company, announced this week that a Carnegie Mellon University employee would be joining its board of directors. Joe Marks, the executive director of the Center for Machine Learning and Health at CMU,.....»»
Jim Cramer calls Tesla a "tech company," says 2020 is its "breakout year"
"Tesla's not really a car company, it's a tech company on wheels. That's what keeps confusing people," "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer said after the stock raced past the $100 billion valuation mark......»»
Visa Acquires Payment Tech Provider Plaid For Twice Its Valuation
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is acquiring a financial technology company for $5.3 billion, the company announced on Monday. 0 read more.....»»
Here are all the companies Airbnb has acquired to help it grow into a $31 billion business
Mike Segar/Reuters Since its launch in 2008, Airbnb has gone from a startup renting air matresses to a multi-billion dollar global travel company. After a wave of lukewarm receptions for tech IPOs last year, Airbnb announced its .....»»
Impossible Foods could double valuation to $4 billion as it weighs new funding
Impossible Foods' billion-dollar valuation could get even meatier if the food tech company orders up another round of funding. The Redwood City-based food tech company is reportedly in talks with investors for a round that would raise between $30.....»»
Lite-On Tech to transfer SSD business unit
EMS provider Lite-On Technology's shareholders have consented to transferring the company's SSD business unit to Solid State Storage Technology, its wholly owned subsidiary, at NT$4.482 billion (US$146 million) on December 12, 2019......»»
San Francisco real-estate tech company to expand in Denver, add 635 jobs
The company chose the Mile High City over Salt Lake City, joining a long list of Bay Area firms that have expanded into Colorado......»»
L.A. fin-tech startup Dave hits unicorn status with new banking product
Dave Inc. has deposited $50 million from Norwest Venture Partners, bringing the Los Angeles fin-tech startup's total funding to more than $186 million and its valuation to $1 billion. The move comes just a few months after the company raised $110.....»»
Read the pitch deck that Uber founder Garrett Camp created for the ride-hailing giant back in 2008 – before the company became the $120 billion giant it is today (UBER)
It's a big year for Uber. The first name in ride-hailing had a ton of hype around it for the first half of 2019 thanks to its IPO. And though the $8 billion valuation fell well short of specul.....»»
IPO Report: CrowdStrike IPO: 5 things to know about the cybersecurity unicorn
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. filed for its long-awaited initial public offering Tuesday, joining a surge of 2019 tech IPOs by companies that have commanded huge valuations from private investors that has largely lacked cybersecurity offerings......»»