In a US Senate Commerce Committee hearing, CEOs of Intel and Micron urged Congress to pass $52B in subsidies to boost US semiconductor manufacturing
and Chip Makers Themselves Cromwell Schubarth / San Francisco Business Journal : Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says chips are the new oil — U.S. needs to produce more of its own Mark Sullivan / Fast Company...
The Pill Club, an online birth control prescription and delivery service, raises $41.9M as an extension to its $51M Series B from Jan. 2019, led by Base 10
Every day at The Pill Club, we focus on making women's healthcare … Mallory Hackett / MobiHealthNews : Birth control-focused startup The Pill Club scores $41.9M Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Bus...
Online learning provider Coursera files its S-1, reports 2020 net losses widened to $66.8M, up 46% YoY, on revenue growth of $293.5M, up 59% YoY
This is the initial public offering of shares of common stock of Coursera … TechCrunch : A first look at Coursera's S-1 filing Tony Wan / EdSurge : Coursera's IPO Filing Shows Growing Revenue and Loss...
Globality, whose AI-based sourcing software connects companies with service providers, raises $138M Series E from Sienna Capital and SoftBank's Vision Fund
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Home insurance tech startup Hippo says it has raised $350M in new financing from Japan-based MS&AD Insurance, following its $150M Series E in July
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Uber's crisis was a failure of oversight and shows founders should be constrained by lieutenants, mentors, and a forceful board of directors
Lost Today, hoping to be Found! Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Even after forcing Travis Kalanick out as Uber CEO, investors sing his praises Mike Isaac / New York Times : Trav...
VMware says it is acquiring Wavefront, a cloud monitoring company that had previously raised $63.5M
Virtualization technology firm VMware (VMW) … Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal : VMware scoops up Palo Alto cloud analytics startup a few months after its ‘down round’ Mark Haranas...
Quantum computing startup Rigetti announces it raised $24M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz in March 2016 and $40M Series B led by Vy Capital in Nov. 2016
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Opendoor raises $210M led by Norwest Venture Partners to expand to new cities next year, sources say at a valuation of at least $1B
Thursday, December 1 Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Khosla partner's home-buying startup raises $210M Hannah Roberts / Business Insider : A Silicon Valley startup that flips ho...
Payments provider Stripe raises $150M Series D at a $9B valuation led by General Catalyst and CapitalG, bringing total amount raised by Stripe to about $440M
Monday, November 28 Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Y Combinator alum's valuation soars to $9.2B with latest funding Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair : This Start-Up's Valuation Just D...