Influence Archive
Archives for July 2015
Where will the additional money go?
To be or not to be -- the CEO.
Credit card companies think they have a found an ally in the increasingly competitive world of online payments. Its name is Stripe.
“If I were [Uber], I would think very carefully. [China] is a highly competitive market. It’s already a healthy ecosystem.”
DraftKings will spend $250 million on advertising with Fox Sports.
With its second Android-focused fund, DCM Ventures has the lucrative adult market in its sights.
Also, the news app Flipboard raised $50 million.
While it’s true that the early-stage landscape is changing, VCs are far from extinct.
There have been over 100 mega rounds over $100 million so far this year.
It’s a global mobile market now.
Arora wants to move toward fewer, but bigger, investments in more mature businesses.
No unicorns here. Just a solid company, scaling sustainably. Yawn!