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The investment sharpens the competition between Alibaba and Amazon in India.
Where will the additional money go?
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!
FanDuel made $57 million in funding last year, but still isn’t profitable.
Also, WeWork confirmed its monster $434 million round.
“As a female founder, I am writing to share three recommendations with you which, if implemented, may dramatically and immediately start to improve diversity for the technology startup world.”
The Los Angeles-based company has about 25 content partners.
A big name in Silicon Valley to bolster a big name in Hollywood.
Is the ear the next tech frontier?
That new uni would be an Uber competitor in Southeast Asia that raised $200 million.
Also of note: Shopping for your home using VR.
Bringing popular video content closer to where it’s consumed.
Can you tweet me a beer, please?
The Venice, Calif-based company expects sales of at least $140 million this year.
The funding news from Silicon Valley this week.
Handling the day-to-day business of human resources is still a fast-moving business for cloud software vendors.
One sign that ad blocking may be moving from a niche activity to the mainstream: Investors think that ad block blockers could be a good business.
The money will go into equity investment, research and development, job creation and training.
The media industry vet moves to the helicopter-for-hire business.
Tidemark’s ties to Workday go way back.
Ad tech is struggling, but money is still pretty easy to come by.
Cheddar, cheddar.
The startup is aiming to build a QVC for a new generation.
It’s part of a plan to step up its overseas expansion and as it struggles to turn around U.S. carrier Sprint.
Helping companies save money propels this startup into the Unicorn Club.