The Marin Community Foundation sold 13.4M+ Figma shares for $440M+ in the IPO; source: the foundation had received the shares from Figma co-founder Evan Wallace
As Figma went public this week to much fanfare—and an almost instantaneous 250% stock pop—quite a few folks from Silicon Valley made money. X: @ajs X: Alyson Shontell / @ajs : Figma IPO's surprise win...
How Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington built Yik Yak, an anonymous messaging app with valuation now approaching $400M
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider : Tweets: @sriramk and @ajs Tweets: Sriram Krishnan / @sriramk : Love this deep piece on YikYak for the bit on how @bonatsos found them. Just old fashioned AppStore...
New King of Tech Startups: Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Raises $1.1 Billion at $45 Billion Valuation
We just completed the latest round of funding last week … Matt Hamblen / CITEworld : The rise of China's smartphone makers Wall Street Journal : Xiaomi Becomes World's Most Valuable Tech Startup Jonat...