2025-07-01
And I never went back. Congrats @rahulvohra and early @Superhuman investors including @btrenchard @davidu @ajayvashee on the @Grammarly acquisition 🎉 Please don't ruin it! [image]
Reuters
Grammarly acquires email startup Superhuman as part of a push to diversify and build an AI productivity suite; Superhuman was valued at $825M in August 2021
Grammarly has acquired email efficiency tool Superhuman as part of the company's push to build an artificial intelligence-powered productivity suite …
2025-01-16
New: Insight Partners has raised $12.5 billion for its newest set of funds. It's the biggest haul by a venture capital firm since Tiger Global's fundraise in 2022. Nature is healing. 🧘🏼♀ ️ https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Bloomberg
Insight Partners raised $12.5B for its 13th flagship fund, down from its initial target of $20B, making it one of the biggest tech-focused funds
Kate Clark / Bloomberg :
2022-12-02
a16z has shuttered Future, but it's by no means giving up on direct media: - still a steady drumbeat of blogs posted to https://a16z.com/ - it's leaning into YouTube as part of its podcast push - a job ad reveals it's launching a new culture podcast https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Insider
Source: a16z's Future is shutting down; Future hasn't published a new article in months, most of its editorial staffers have left, and its newsletter is defunct
SCOOP: Last summer, the debut of a16z's own content site sent shockwaves through the tech media. A year and a half later, it's stopped publishing and most of its editorial staffers have left. w/ @robaeprice https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Insider
Source: a16z's Future is shutting down; Future hasn't published a new article in months, most of its editorial staffers have left, and its newsletter is defunct
2020-05-01
$50 million on $2 billion is the new unicorn status. https://twitter.com/...
Forbes
Design software startup Figma raises $50M Series D led by Andreessen Horowitz at a $2B valuation
Alex Konrad / Forbes :
2020-01-08
It was a bad day for food robots. 🍕 Zume lays off 80% of staff. 🍔 Creator can't close SoftBank round worth hundreds of millions. ☕️ CafeX closes 3 coffee bars, tells employees to take unpaid leave. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
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 :