Startups

Elon Musk has put an end to weeks of speculation with the announcement that Twitter has accepted his offer to buy the platform for $54.20 per share, valuing the social media platform at about $44 billion. While Musk's drawn-out pursuit of Twitter has come to an end, for him at least, the next c

Many grocery delivery startups begin small, in one city, building up locations to cater to a certain neighborhood. Food Rocket has taken an unconventional route, striking a funding deal with Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. that puts its 15-minute grocery delivery service in more than 14,000 Circle K

Like every other podcaster in the known universe, my show went all-virtual in mid-2020. It was a weird transition for someone who'd insisted on doing every interview in person for the six years prior. There was a learning curve and some growing pains — all of which mostly means the audio

Copper, a digital banking service aimed at teens, has raised $29 million in Series A funding in a “preemptive” round led by Fiat Ventures. The investment comes just over seven months after the startup revealed it had raised $9 million in a seed round, and included participation from Panoramic V

"speakable-summary" dir="ltr">Lead generation is a critical cornerstone in the world of sales — in a seemingly infinite sea of potential customers, you need to know who wants to buy, or who might buy, what you are selling so that you can focus your pitches (and your time and energy) in a more

Left Lane’s first fund weighed in at $630 million. Today, the team is back with $1.4 billion to deploy into growth capital for consumer and internet tech companies across the globe from its offices in New York and London. I spoke with Harley Miller, CEO and managing partner of Left Lane, who

Cannabis companies face unprecedented headwinds. Yet these companies are building businesses in a tough market plagued by myriad challenges, from banking prohibitions to ever-changing regulations. One such startup, Lucid Green, has a solution to a growing labeling problem, and raised a $10 million

A bit more than a year after private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners acquired a majority stake in Lengow, the company is expanding its product offering with the acquisition of Netrivals. The financial terms of the transaction haven't been disclosed. Lengow is a software-as-a-service company

I'll tell you a (not so well-kept) secret that's probably not a surprise to any of my former bosses: I wanted to become a founder because it sounded a lot more fun than getting a job and having a boss. I'd previously worked at a fast-growing startup and seen founders up close, but to sa

From the outside looking in, the world of startups can feel informal: You meet your co-founder at a happy hour, your lead investor over Twitter DMs and focus more on launching a minimum viable product than buttoning up onboarding processes. But that’s not where the story stops. When founders

As unlikely as it may have once seemed, reports indicate Elon Musk may actually end up the owner of a newly private Twitter after all. Both The Washington Post and The New York Times are reporting that Twitter’s board is seriously considering Musk’s offer to buy the company, with the co

A new startup called Skich wants to help mobile users find games to play that better match their interests. To do so, it’s created a game recommendation app that carefully toes the line in order to not bump up against Apple’s App Store rule that prohibits other apps from acting as App S

Welcome to my weekly fintech-focused column. I'll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm, Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all things startups! And if you want to have this hit your inbox directly once it offici

Reliance Industries “cannot implement” its $3.4 billion deal to acquire core parts of retail chain Future Group after the latter’s secured creditors rejected the offer earlier this week, India's most valuable firm said in a stock exchange filing on Saturday. “The Future Group compan