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There is no such thing as free money. For education startups, the National Science Foundation has provided what may be the closest thing: upwards of $20 million every year to support their research and development efforts. Thereâ€...
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Following the death of five people at a Halloween party hosted at a California Airbnb rental, and a scathing Vice report outlining Airbnb’s failure to prevent nation-wide scams, the company says it will begin verifying all seven...
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If there was a blueprint of an ideal startup founder, modeled after success stories like Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs, the emerging picture would be someone fearless and unafraid of societal norms. Founders are people who break ...
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Cannabis website Leafly is taking steps to limit spending, according to an internal memo obtained by Business Insider. Leafly is pausing most hiring, cutting all non-essential travel for employees, and reining in its yearly holida...
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Austin Ventures had become too big to fail, but it was failing, nonetheless. The Texas capital’s eponymous venture fund was largely regarded as the city’s premier venture firm — the equivalent of Silicon Valley’...
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There’s nothing a doting pet parent dreads more than an unexpected trip to the vet. From the massive bill, long wait times, and, of course, the emotional toll on the beloved fur child, vet visits are perhaps below human dent...
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The Financial Times newspaper has created a game that lets you try out being CEO of a tech startup. As founder and CEO, your mission is to “balance profit and purpose,” using limited resources to keep investors and sta...
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After one month on the job, WeWork’s co-CEOs could walk away from the struggling startup with multi-million-dollar severance packages, according to a Bloomberg report from Gillian Tan, Ellen Huet, and Sridhar Natarajan on We...
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Seattle-based machine learning startup OctoML raised $3.9 million in seed financing led by Madrona Venture Group. The startup is advised by Carlos Guestrin, the computer scientist who sold his machine learning company to Apple and...
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Truebill, a financial management app that tracks spending, subscription charges, and credit scores, announced it raised $15 million in Series B funding on Wednesday. Truebill cofounder and CEO Haroon Mokhtarzada wanted to improve ...