Startups

Zendesk has been having some issues with its investors lately. Last month, it turned down a $17 billion takeover offer from a consortium of private equity investors, saying the deal undervalued the company. Later in the month, unhappy investors rejected the company’s $4.1 billion acquisitio

Twenty years ago, getting a human genome sequenced was a billion-dollar, international project. Today, you can get your dog's genome sequenced by the end of the month for a few bucks. It speaks to the speed with which genetics has permeated our lives, but despite massive improvements to the tec

Tapping personal savings or invoking the friends and family plan are signature hallmarks of fledgling startup finance. Eventually though, the majority of early-stage founders will leave their bootstrapping days behind and turn to institutional investors for the capital infusion they need to grow. I

Used car e-commerce platform Shift has acquired some of competitor Fair Technologies' technology, allowing Shift to become the Amazon of the used car marketplace, a platform that displays third-party listings from dealers alongside the company's own inventory.  The deal is a nod toward the

Companies invest significant time and energy to integrate networks and applications after an acquisition. However, the acquiring IT, security and intelligence teams rarely have the resources or internal processes to perform investigative diligence on a target before an acquisition. Being able to do

Recruiting a winning engineering team can be intimidating, especially for first-time and non-technical founders. I’ve served at multiple startups and established tech companies worldwide, and have hired more than 100 engineers. Recruiting great engineers involves four main challenges:

If you were to accidentally drop the eye sensor developed by Injectsense, you'd have little chance of finding it. Ariel Cao, the founder and CEO, admits as much. But once it's been implanted into the back of your eye, it can remain there, basically immobile, for as long as 80 years – all

It's likely that if you hadn't previously heard of eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft), they might have made their way onto your radar last year. Between the billions of dollars in capital, SPACs and test flights, there were countless companies touting their newest devel

The home fitness craze has, predictably, died down somewhat since the height of pandemic-fueled buying sprees. Category leader Peloton is smarting from gym reopenings (among lots of other things) in a major way. Still, connected fitness predates COVID-19, and it will (knock on wood) be here after t

Meet Amie, a startup working on a brand new productivity app for both individuals and teams. The company is unveiling its app this week and users can sign up to the waitlist. Amie is a well-designed calendar app that helps you get things done and keep up with your team. Amie was founded by Dennis M

When it comes to data-intensive applications, setting up the infrastructure is expensive and time-consuming. You’re often paying for resources you aren’t using, even in the cloud. That’s where serverless plays best — you only pay for the resources when you’re using the

As an interactive storytelling platform, Dorian is building a new way for writers to make money off of their fiction by turning their tales into choose-your-own-adventure mobile games. As users navigate the free-to-play app, they can spend in-app currency to unlock alternative story routes, directl

There's a new seed fund in town, but with a familiar name. Galion, a collective of tech entrepreneurs who network and learn from each other, is launching an investment arm called Galion.exe. They have already raised €30 million ($33 million at today's exchange rate) and aim to reach a tot

Instant delivery startup Getir announced that it has closed a new $768 million Series E funding round. Following this deal, the company reached a valuation of $11.8 billion. Mubadala Investment Company is leading the round, with Abu Dhabi Growth Fund (ADG), Alpha Wave Global, Sequoia Capital and Ti