Sources: Sequoia India, hit by governance scandals at companies in its portfolio, faces fresh challenges including a defamation suit by a former general counsel
June 13-18 Andy Mukherjee / Bloomberg : How to Torch Your Unicorn — Zilingo Pte was until recently a rising star in the world … Tweets: Sriram Mani / @followthemani : In April, Sequoia India's partn...
Thirty startups attained $10B+ valuations globally in 2021 so far, compared to 15 new decacorns in 2020 and five in 2019
More new startups valued at $10 billion or above have been minted in 2021—far more than in any prior year, and double the number created in 2020 … Tweets: @davemcclure and @robmonster Tweets: Dave McC...
A primer on SushiSwap, which in less than two days will attempt to drain liquidity from DeFi's largest exchange Uniswap with untested code and $1.3B at stake
Camila Russo / The Defiant : Tweets: @defiantnews , @defi_dad , @decryptmedia , @lalleclausen , @jpurd17 , @arrington , and @mdudas Tweets: @defiantnews : 🍣 vs 🦄: DeFi's first-ever hostile takeover S...
Peloton closes down 11% on its first day of trading, after raising $1.16B at a valuation of ~$8.1B
a company that sells $2,000 bikes that also makes you pay additional fees every month on top of the initial purchase choosing to go public while much of the market anticipates a coming recession did p...
Several secondary buyers say unicorn shareholders are now much more interested in selling common stock
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Tweets: @msuster , @jaycuthrell , @briantopping , @rgwd67 , @abrams and @panzer Tweets: Mark Suster / @msuster : Further in “could have seen this coming a mile away” peop...
LivingSocial's growth-at-all-costs strategy serves as a lesson for today's unicorns as the firm struggles to retain staff and pivots away from daily deals
LivingSocial, Once a Unicorn, Is Losing Its Magic — WASHINGTON — The first thing you see when walking into the headquarters … Tweets: @nytimes , @jtepper2 , @p1bc , @startupljackson , @trengriffin ,...
LivingSocial's growth-at-all-costs strategy serves as a lesson for today's unicorns as the firm struggles to retain staff and pivots away from daily deals
LivingSocial, Once a Unicorn, Is Losing Its Magic — WASHINGTON — The first thing you see when walking into the headquarters … Tweets: @trengriffin , @jtepper2 , @p1bc , @nytimes , @startupljackson ,...
Google's acquisitions in the first nine months of 2015 totaled $250M, the lowest since 2009
Google slammed the brakes on its acquisition machine, with the lowest deal-making since 2009 — Google has idled its mergers and acquisition machine, with the company reporting the lowest deal activi...