Tweets by 8VC's Joe Lonsdale about “woke” tech diversity prompt swift criticism from tech investors as he attempts to recontextualize his earlier statements
Last week, in response to someone who tweeted that VCs were racist, venture capitalist and entrepreneur Joe Lonsdale … Tweets: @thevaluesvc , @ceonyc , @triketora , @brianbrackeen , @jtlonsdale , @jtl...
In a postmortem, Indie.vc founder shares the reasons why the alternative VC financing experiment failed
Bryce Roberts : Tweets: @indievc , @operaqueenie , @sirjrg , @jhoronjeff , @krdonnelly , @mattallen , @gilxhernandez , @danielvlopes , @gbennett41 , @adamhjk , @cwhogg , @miles_k , @ceonyc , and @mik...
A look at r/WallStreetBets, a 2M-member subreddit that helped push GameStop's stock to record highs and is now facing allegations of harassment
Over the past several weeks, GameStop stock has traded … Philip Stafford / Financial Times : GameStop and BlackBerry shares soar on amateur traders' fervour YouTube : The Big Short SQUEEZE from $5 to ...
Twenty-three current and former Coinbase employees allege mistreatment and racial discrimination, as some say the cryptocurrency startup ignored complaints
whose CEO said “keep politics out of the workplace”—has a hostile and racist workplace. https://www.nytimes.com/... Wynter Mitchell Rohrbaugh / @wyntermitchell : Y'all gon learn the hard way to not tr...
Q&A with Casey Newton on incentives for media and reporters in the age of social media, why some people in tech hate tech press, evolution of Facebook, and more
The Verge's Silicon Valley editor discusses tech media, recent issues with Facebook, and more … Part of the tech world is fed up with tech journalists. Tweets: @dlberes , @caseynewton , @kantrowitz , ...
Chinese tech unicorns are raising funds by issuing convertible securities, which allow companies to raise capital with less dilution to existing shareholders
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @liz_in_shanghai and @ceonyc Tweets: Liza Lin / @liz_in_shanghai : Ride-hailing giant Didi is in talks with investors about a sale of bonds that later could be exchanged...
Mattermark to shut down after being acquired by FullContact, source says for under $500K in cash plus stock; common stockholders will get nothing in the deal
Mattermark, the site for startup and company data, is shutting down its own business after selling in a disappointing outcome to FullContact. Tweets: @ceonyc , @eriktorenberg , @eghosao , @rafat , @ze...