The Theranos fiasco shows how much startup advisory boards matter
The epic fall from grace of Elizabeth Holmes holds lessons for everybody from CEOs to investors, commercial partners, the media — social or otherwise — and the Silicon Valley hype machine that is always hungry for a new breakout star and unicorn company.
For pharmaceutical companies, es
Which software consultants do startups love to work with?
Outsourcing engineering has become more common in recent years, so we’re starting a new initiative to profile the software consultants who startups love to work with the most. Founders and other startup leaders, just fill out this quick survey with a few more details to help us find the right
B2B marketing tactics that can help move the needle
Your target customers may discover your website through ads, search, word of mouth or offline channels like direct mail or events, but when they arrive, 99% of them usually skim your home page and bounce.
The fastest-growing companies show each visitor the most relevant content to immediately signa
IsoPlexis, a company uncovering a ‘new layer’ of cell data, aims for $125M in market debut
Shares of IsoPlexis, a company creating tools to zoom in on the flurry of protein activity surrounding a single cell, began trading on Friday. The company aims to raise about $125 million with the IPO, which will be used to build the commercial team and advance the company's plans to play a big
5 common growth marketing mistakes startups make
Having spent time in the trenches with many startups, I've been lucky to see why many growth marketing engines don't work correctly. I say I'm lucky because the issues I've seen have taught me an immense amount about what makes a well-oiled, polished growth marketing engine fire on
Graneet thinks construction companies should switch from Excel to its tool
Meet Graneet, a French startup that just raised a $2.8 million seed round (€2.4 million) led by Point Nine and Foundamental. Graneet is a vertical software-as-a-service startup focused on the construction industry and the myriad small and medium companies in this industry specifically.
It wants t
Tiger Global in talks to lead over $100M investment in India’s Slice
A number of high-profile investors are chasing to invest in Slice, a fintech startup that is attempting to expand the market for credit cards in India.
Tiger Global is in advanced stages of talks to lead a round of over $100 million in the Bangalore-based startup, sources familiar with the matter t
Upmesh wants to build a community-driven discovery app for Southeast Asian live commerce
The founders of Upmesh were building a game on top of Twitch's API when they realized something about another group of livestreamers. Even though selling through Facebook Live has been gaining popularity in Southeast Asia for years, many vendors are still going through their comments afterward
SoftBank-backed Korean edtech startup Riiid acquires Langoo, expands in Japan
Riiid, a South Korea-headquartered AI-powered edtech company, acquired its Japanese distribution partner Langoo to expand its Japan footprint.
The acquisition comes after the company’s latest $175 million Series D round from SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 in May. Riiid has said it will contin
Pluton Biosciences looks to nature for cutting-edge biotech solutions, raising $6.6M seed
Many of the problems we face today in biology and agriculture have been faced before — but not by humans. Somewhere in nature there is a microscopic creature that accomplishes naturally and efficiently what chemists and bioengineers are struggling to do at all — and Pluton Biosciences claims to
Global startups raise $158B in Q3, an all-time record
Following a record-breaking second quarter, venture capitalists around the world stayed busy in Q3, investing astronomical sums into global startups.
Since the back half of 2020 kicked off and the venture capital and startup worlds discovered that COVID and its related economic impacts were largely
Why generic marketing approaches don’t work on software developers
“Most of the technical content published misses the mark with developers. I think we can all do a better job,” author and developer marketing expert Adam DuVander says.
That was the very realization that led DuVander to share what he had learned about marketing to developers in two ways
RoboTire raises $7.5M to automate tire replacement
RoboTire crossed our radar in February of last year, just before much of the world was brought to a complete standstill courtesy of the pandemic. Things were still fairly early stages for the Detroit-based startup, which was founded by former Spark Robotics CEO Victor Darolfi.
The company has clear
Welcome debuts a smarter city guide app on iOS, backed by $3.5M led by Accel
When you’re exploring a city — whether one you’re visiting on your travels or your own — there are a number of tools that can help you find out where to go, what to see and what to do, like Google Maps, Yelp, TripAdvisor and others. But a startup called Welcome thinks that t