Startups

Uniswap Labs, the company behind the popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has launched a venture capital arm to invest in web3 projects. Uniswap Labs Ventures, the new division, will invest in companies across various stages and areas within web3, from infrastructure to developer tools an

There's been talk of a slowdown in venture funding recently, with technewss looking at it from different angles, including the fintech sector, a PitchBook report and even earlier on how startups should prepare in case it happens. If that slowdown comes, however, it could happen slowly, given t

Kickstarter announced today it will now automatically hide from public view comments reported by creators until its Trust and Safety team has reviewed them and made a decision as to whether the comment should remain or be deleted, in an effort to curb the number of abusive comments visible on the p

It’s only been three months since I wrote about Mayht‘s cool solar-powered speaker prototypes and interviewed its founding team. It looks like the Dutch startup also caught the eyes of smart speaker company Sonos, because they just went ahead and acquired the company for approximately $

It's almost go-time for all you early-stage startup founders! That's right, on April 14 hundreds of determined entrepreneurs around the world will gather in San Francisco for the best little founder summit we like to call technewss Early Stage. Spend your day focused on learning the bottom

Fortnite-maker Epic Games announced today that it has raised $2 billion in funding from Sony and Kirkbi, the parent company of the Lego Group, with both companies investing $1 billion each. This latest funding round gives Epic a money equity valuation of $31.5 billion. Epic says the new funding wil

Last Friday, Discovery, Inc. and AT&T Inc. announced that they officially closed their deal with WarnerMedia. Under terms of the agreement, AT&T received $40.4 billion in cash and WarnerMedia's retention of certain debt at close. Today, on Monday, April 11, the company will begin tradin

Branch, a New York-based office furniture company, spent the past two years focused on outfitting everyone's work-from-home digs with its core products. Now it is ready to launch some new products, including some for those returning to their office away from home. The company was launched in 20

Supply chain disruptions — triggered by factors including demand surges, high transportation costs and pandemic-related lockdowns — are expected to continue well into next year, experts predict. Companies are experiencing the brunt of the impact, with 36% of small businesses responding

It’s hard to think of a product category that is less sexy than window air conditioning units. Windmill begs to differ, bringing a breath of fresh air to an industry that’s been steadfastly clunking away in the corner. The company raised $10 million to make the ubiquitous AC easier to i

Perforce Software has been building developer tools since 1995, a long time in the tech world. The company was acquired by Clearlake Capital in 2018, and over the last several years has been modernizing and expanding its reach through acquisition. Today, the company announced it intends to acquire

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

The technewss Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined relationship between the tech sector and global politics. Much has been written in this space about the Defense Department's efforts to tap Silicon Valley's innovation — and the steep hill tech firms have to cli

If you haven't seen Adam McKay's “Don't Look Up” starring Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, you should. The film speaks to an existential, albeit preventative, threat to our world, and well, no one seems to care. While an allegory, this political piece r