Prolific fintech VC and QED Investors co-founder Frank Rotman says he will become partner emeritus by the end of 2025 and focus on launching his own startups
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PartnerOne acquires HeadSpin, whose founder is serving a jail sentence for fraud; email: employees' stock options were canceled as the options were “underwater”
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Memo: TechCrunch plans to wind down TC+, its paid subscription product launched in 2019 as ExtraCrunch, and lays off ~8 staffers, amid industry-wide cutbacks
The Yahoo-owned publisher first launched TC+ in 2019 — Technology publisher TechCrunch laid off around eight staff members Monday … Threads: @thekenyeung , @markstenberg3 , @martinsfp , and @frederi...
Credit Karma co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer Nichole Mustard is leaving the company after 16 years, Credit's third high-profile executive departure in 2023
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With YC's increasingly heated public attacks against a lesser-known accelerator's founder and some investors, the VC appears curiously on the defensive lately
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Source: API marketplace Rapid laid off 82% of its staff in under two weeks, reducing its headcount from 230 to 42; the startup had a $1B valuation in March 2022
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Redfin plans to lay off ~470 staff, or 8% of its workforce, and Compass is laying off ~450 staff, or ~10%, as housing demand softens amid rising interest rates
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Sources: Better.com is preparing for layoffs that could affect as much as 40% to 50% of staff, as more senior executives depart including its finance VP
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In an email, Better.com's board says CEO Vishal Garg is “taking time off effective immediately” and it hired a firm to “do a leadership and cultural assessment”
Market summary: 📊 — India ended flat on Friday, finishing the week overall in the green. Jody Serrano / Gizmodo : Better.com CEO Who Fired 900 Employees on Zoom and Behaved Like Trash Is ‘Taking Tim...
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg apologizes for how he handled firing ~900 employees, 9% of his workforce, over Zoom, as a report says Better.com is delaying its SPAC
Three Executives Quit Joshua Bote / SFGATE : Startup valued at $7B lays off hundreds on Zoom before holidays Niket Nishant / The Economic Times : Better.com CEO apologises after laying off 900 employe...