2022-01-21
Always read @EricNewcomer as a general rule, but even more so when he profiles General Catalyst's Hemant Taneja https://www.newcomer.co/...
Newcomer
Profile of Hemant Taneja, who became the sole managing partner of General Catalyst in 2021, as the firm raises a seed, venture, and growth fund totaling $4.6B
2020-01-08
Scoop: Zume, the robot pizza startup, is laying off roughly 400 of its ~500 employees https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... @BIPrime
Crunchbase News
Report: pizza-making robot startup Zume, which raised $375M from SoftBank Vision Fund in 2018, plans to lay off up to 400 staff, or about 80% of its employees
Natasha Mascarenhas / Crunchbase News :
2020-01-04
First funding deal of 2020 is a $175 million Series C in Loft, a Brazilian real estate startup. @a16z partner @arampell told me it was the firm's first investment in a Brazilian startup https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... @BIPrime
TechCrunch
Loft, a São Paulo-based real estate marketplace for Latin America, raises $175M Series C co-led by a16z and Vulcan Capital
Anna Escher / TechCrunch :
2020-01-03
First funding deal of 2020 is a $175 million Series C in Loft, a Brazilian real estate startup. @a16z partner @arampell told me it was the firm's first investment in a Brazilian startup https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... @BIPrime
TechCrunch
Loft, a São Paulo-based real estate marketplace for Latin America, raises $175M Series C co-led by a16z and Vulcan Capital
Loft may have better product market fit in Brazil than Opendoor does in the U.S.. And now the São Paulo-based property tech company has growth funding to prove it.