Katie Roof
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Venture Firm Benchmark Invests in Payments Startup as Sector Heats Up
Payments-management software maker Modern Treasury said it has found new investors, its latest round of funding comes on the heels of business-payments company Bill.com going public last week. → Read More
SoftBank Vision Fund Won’t Alter Its Investment Strategy, CFO Says
Despite missteps and public contrition by its chief executive, Masayoshi Son, SoftBank Group’s Vision Fund will do little to change its investment strategy, the fund’s finance chief said. → Read More
Large IPOs Set Record Pace in First Half
The number of companies valued at $10 billion or more that have gone public in the first half of this year is more than at any other time since the dot-com boom of 2000, data show. → Read More
Large IPOs Set Record Pace in First Half
The number of companies valued at $10 billion or more that have gone public in the first half of this year is more than at any other time since the dot-com boom of 2000, data show. → Read More
Messaging Startup Slack Is Expected to File Listing Prospectus This Week
Messaging platform Slack Technologies is taking the next step toward going public, with plans to reveal its prospectus as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter. → Read More
Fashion Marketplace Poshmark Preps to Go Public This Fall
Poshmark has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley to manage the IPO, according to people familiar with the matter. → Read More
Uber Is Close to Buying Dubai Ride-Sharing Company
Uber Technologies is close to buying Careem, the Dubai-based ride-hailing business for about $3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. → Read More
Startup Plans More Virtual-Reality Experiences With Fresh Funds
Some investors are betting that the future of virtual reality will be less about the at-home experience and more about immersive game playing at public places such as cafes and parks. → Read More
Maker of ‘Pokémon Go’ Refuels With $3.9 Billion Valuation
Niantic, the publisher of the popular “Pokémon Go” mobile app, is in the process of raising a new round of capital that would value the company at $3.9 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. → Read More
SoftBank Deal Values Food Startup Zume at $2.25 Billion
Zume is in the process of raising a major new round of capital through SoftBank Vision Fund in a deal expected to give the pizza delivery and food-logistics startup a valuation of about $2.25 billion. → Read More
Bessemer Venture Partners Raises $1.85 Billion Fund
One of Silicon Valley’s oldest venture firms has reached a new milestone. → Read More
Slack Takes Wraps Off $7.1 Billion Valuation Deal
The company said Tuesday the $427 million round was led by Dragoneer investment Group and General Atlantic, with participation from T. Rowe Price Associates Inc., Wellington Management, Baillie Gifford, Sands Capital and existing investors → Read More
VC Mike Rothenberg, Under Fraud Settlement, Is Barred From Industry
The once-prolific early-stage virtual-reality investor has been barred for five years as an investment adviser as part of settling federal charges that he misappropriated millions of dollars from Rothenberg Ventures to fund lavish entertainment expenses and his own business interests. → Read More
Rising Venture-Capital Firms’ Strategies for Success
Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners have invested in several of The Wall Street Journal’s Tech Companies to Watch. Here’s what they look for. → Read More
Cisco Is Starting Up a New Venture Fund Led by NEA Veteran
One of Silicon Valley’s most prolific corporate acquirers of startups is creating a fund with hundreds of millions of dollars to focus on early-stage investments, including seed opportunities, people familiar with the matter say. → Read More
Equity podcast: Stocks swing after earnings for Tesla, Apple, Spotify, Snap
It was another big week for earnings on “Equity,” TechCrunch’s podcast about venture capital and the tech business. But this week, it wasn’t all good news. Spotify stumbled after its first quarterly report since joining the stock market. Tesla shares were down after Elon Musk’s unusual earnings call. Snap hit a record low after failing to gain traction with […] → Read More
Pandora shares up 8% after surprise earnings beat
Pandora’s quarterly earnings report was music to investor’s ears. The digital radio platform reported a better-than-expected first quarter report after the bell on Thursday, sending shares up 8% in after-hours trading. Wall Street liked that the company showed a sizable increase in subscriber revenue, posting $104.7 million, a 63% increase from last year. Pandora has […] → Read More
Birchbox ownership changes hands after beauty business does recap
Beauty-in-a-box brand Birchbox has changed up its ownership structure. The New York-based startup, which has raised almost $90 million in funding from noted venture firms like Accel Partners and First Round Capital, has a new majority owner in hedge fund Viking Global, sources confirm to TechCrunch. First reported by Recode, Birchbox made some changes to its cap table […] → Read More
DocuSign CEO: ‘we’re becoming a verb,’ company up 37% following public debut
DocuSign CEO Dan Springer was all smiles at the Nasdaq on Friday, following the company’s public debut. And he had a lot to be happy about. After pricing the IPO at a better-than-expected $29, the company raised $629 million. Then DocuSign finished its first day of trading at $39.73, up 37% in its debut. Springer, who took […] → Read More
DocuSign raises $629 million after pricing IPO
DocuSign priced its IPO Thursday evening at $29 per share, netting the company $629 million. It was a better price than the e-signature company had been expecting. The initially proposed price range was $24 to $26 and then that was raised to $26 to $28. The price gives the company a valuation of $4.4 billion […] → Read More