San Antonio sportscaster Dan Cook once famously noted “it ain’t over till the fat lady sings” as a caution against calling outcomes as certain when they are in fact still up in the air. It is particularly popular amongst politicians, especially those down in the...
Wired reports that machines have yet to beat the human mind — at least when it comes to venture capital. The Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), which is a network of technology that operates much on the same principle as bitcoin, has been a bust, so far....
Uber has garnered $3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia’s investment arm, known as the Public Investment Fund, according to The Wall Street Journal. The $3.5 billion tally remains part of a $5 billion investment from the Saudis and others, representing the largest single investment in a...
Online lending is not a happy place at the moment, and at least one VC firm is gathering dry tinder in prep for creating, perhaps, a batch of future unicorns. Plus, what might lie beyond the pond?
WinView, a two-screen TV synchronization platform, announced the close of its Series A funding round with $3.4 million in equity financing on Tuesday (May 31). With the latest investment, WinView’s total funding to date has now reached $6.5 million. The company confirmed that its new capital...
Atlanta-based Ionic Security has just bagged $45 million in VC funding in a round that included Amazon, Goldman Sachs and Hayman Captial as new investors and existing investors GV, Icon Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Meritech Capital Partners and Tech Operators. The firm was initially...
It has been an interesting roller coaster ride for the team over at Snapchat for the last six months or so, particularly where its funding and valuation are concerned. As autumn was coming into focus last year, Snapchat was everyone’s favorite cautionary tale about enthusiasm...
The IPO market is getting back to normal. Or not. Maybe it’s all in how you look at it. As Bloomberg reported on Thursday (May 26), some companies are tapping the public route, months after first moving to embrace that volatile direction. The newswire did note that...
The unicorns welcome a new member to the herd. As reported by TechCrunch, the rumors have been confirmed that TransferWise, the money transfer firm based in the United Kingdom, raised another funding round, bringing the valuation of the company to the much-vaunted $1 billion level. The...
