New layoffs at Twitter hit trust and safety workers even as advertisers worry about toxic speech
Elon Musk recently laid off more Twitter employees responsible for the platform’s trust and safety efforts, roles that are…
As Instacart goes public, it’s no victory lap for founder Apoorva Mehta
For most startup founders, the day of an IPO is a victory lap, a crowning achievement at the end…
‘No one can blame you for backing Sequoia’: It’s a rough time to be raising as a solo venture capitalist in Europe
In America, lone-wolf venture capitalists are a “dime a dozen.” Typically, venture capital funds are managed by a group…
Amazon considers new subscription plans for its healthcare and grocery services, and a potential One Medical integration with Prime
Amazon is considering new subscription programs in grocery and healthcare, which could give its Prime membership program a boost….
‘The scholar, the pragmatist, and the rainmaker:’ How three Bloomberg Beta VCs bet on AI before it became a buzzword
Roy Bahat’s LinkedIn profile reads like a laundry list of failures. In 2003, he proposed an ambitious plan in…
Some startup founders say VC influence is ‘debilitating.’ Here’s why they are turning down outside funding and bootstrapping instead.
Jon Nordmark is no stranger to venture capital: his dot-com-era startup, eBags, raised $35 million in venture capital before…
TikTok’s new app store signals its goal to be an e-commerce platform that relies less on established players like Shopify
TikTok Shop, the social media app’s e-commerce platform, was officially launched in the United States on Tuesday. TikTok also…
Google cuts more jobs in its recruiting division
Google is cutting more jobs. According to people familiar with the situation, the company announced on Wednesday that it…
Young startups are feeling the pinch as seed funding succumbs to the VC winter
For the past 16 months, seed-stage startup funding has been a rare bright spot in an otherwise bleak venture…
Customer data, transactions, financials: Still reeling from the market implosion, VCs are demanding to see numbers to back up founder pitches
When Miguel Guerrero, founder of ad-tech startup Otis AI, started raising funds for his company’s Series A earlier this…