Chime shares jumped 37% in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday, closing at $37.11 and giving the company a market cap of $13.5B
@mcuban.bsky.social [image] X: Adam Nash / @adamnash : Congrats to the team & investors in @Chime on their IPO today. 🎉 Some of the best product ideas are simple. Chime did not come up with the idea o...
LoanSnap, whose AI system analyzes users' finances and recommends a loan to improve their financial health, raises $30M Series B led by True Ventures
Rebecca Szkutak / Forbes : Tweets: @adamnash and @richardbranson Tweets: Adam Nash / @adamnash : Congrats to @karl & the @LoanSnap team on their new $30M Series B led by @TrueVentures. Proud to be an...
Bernie Sanders introduces a bill that would tax stock options at vesting, not at exercise, for those making $130K+ and vesting $100K+ worth of stock per year
would tax options at vest, rather than at exercise. Many employees would be unable to pay — forcing them either to give up options or take out loans. https://www.wsj.com/... Liz Wessel / @lizwessel : ...
VCs raised $55B in 2018, similar to what was raised in 1999, but most of the increased funding went into growth rounds, which are effectively private IPOs
Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table : Tweets: @trengriffin , @eliefinegold , @sgblank , @msuster , and @adamnash Tweets: Tren Griffin / @trengriffin : “The traditional VC market has only grown 14% ...
The number of early-stage VC rounds worldwide dropped from about 13.3K in 2014 to about 5.9K this year, with mobile app and SaaS startups hit hardest
Amid record amounts of capital raised by VCs worldwide, and a sharp rise in the number of private “unicorns” valued at $1 billion-plus … Tweets: @adamnash , @trengriffin , @gsands , @lutherlowe , @rrh...
Sources: OpenDoor quietly raised $80M in October valuing the company at about $580M
Startup Pays Cash to Buy Homes, Flip Them — OpenDoor's approach appeals to sellers who need to move quickly — When Luke Dalien and his family needed to quickly sell their Phoenix-area house, they ...