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Sunnyvale-based startup Stuph can get rid of your stuff
Sunnyvale-based startup offers end-to-end service for sales — from item listing and pickup to packaging and delivery. → Read More
Uber is buying ex-Googlers' self-driving truck startup for over $680M
The San Francisco company was co-founded by a team of ex-Googlers and same out of stealth in May. → Read More
Zoox funding shows Cruise may not be Silicon Valley's last self-driving unicorn startup
The secretive Menlo Park startup is reportedly raising $252 million in a round in which it has already been valued at $1 billion by early Hong Kong investors. → Read More
GV, Cisco help ex-HP exec's hot security startup raise $30M
The Mountain View company was founded by a team of former Cisco and Juniper Networks veterans. → Read More
Study suggests female founders took a step back in Bay Area last year
There was a 30 percent drop in the number of woman-led startups in the Bay Area that won Series A funding last year compared with 2014, and their share of all such deals in the region also fell. → Read More
Square's IPO targets could be bad omen for other highly valued 'unicorns'
Square's valuation could still jump by the time it goes public, but it's preliminary price targets disclosed on Friday are another sign of strong headwinds for new tech stocks on Wall Street. → Read More
Theranos looks for new lab chief, amid questions about qualifications
The company is reportedly seeking somebody to replace Sunil Dhawan, a dermatologist without a degree or board certification in pathology or laboratory science. → Read More
Postmates acquires Sosh, which will shut down its service
About half of Sosh's employees are joining the on-demand delivery startup, including founders Rishi Mandal and Vivek Patel. → Read More
FireEye stock dives as slowdown in Chinese hacking weakens outlook
The Milpitas company said that its contracts are shorter and deals smaller since the U.S. and China began talks aimed at reducing hack attacks from the Asian giant. → Read More
VC Marc Andreessen: It's not a tech bubble, it's a tech bust
The celebrated VC and frequent Tweeter aired his views about a tech bubble at a San Francisco forum Tuesday where he appeared with Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. → Read More
Y Combinator chief Sam Altman sees dead unicorns but no tech bubble
The Mountain View accelerator's president believes that some late-stage private company investments are inflated and the rest of the tech world is outside of that bubble. → Read More
Theranos confident of FDA approval and doesn't need more cash, CEO says
Elizabeth Holmes' latest public appearance in her campaign to counter mounting criticism of her company's blood testing technology was at a Fortune magazine conference in San Francisco. → Read More
Plan to sell more shares overshadows Fitbit's strong earnings report
The fitness wearable beat third quarter earnings expectations but its stock dropped by more than 9 percent in after-hours trading on news of a follow-on stock offering in which "certain stockholders" will sell 14 million shares. → Read More
Fitbit set to post earnings amid new legal fight with Jawbone
The fitness tracking company's revenue growth is slowing as it fights its fellow San Francisco-based rival and faces increased competition from the likes of Apple and Microsoft. → Read More
SolarCity stock dims as its tightens belt for slower growth
The San Mateo company said it is getting ready for when solar installation tax credits ramp down in 2017, sending its stock down to a 52-week low. → Read More
Changing IPO climate threatens valuations of some $1B-plus unicorns
The chill that has descended on the IPO and M&A markets threatens to cull the herd of tech unicorns. → Read More
Palo Alto startup raises nearly $11M to deliver one-pot meals nationwide
Gobble, which incubated at Y Combinator and was featured in The Pitch last year, is ready to grow beyond California and Nevada. → Read More
MyoKardia goes public well below targets, IPO raises $54M
It is the second Bay Area company this week to go public well below its IPO targets. → Read More
Theranos board restructured, company says it quickly fixed issues FDA cited
The Palo Alto company said it cut its board by half over the summer — a move that wasn't announced until now — and said it quickly fixed issues cited by federal regulators after an August inspection. → Read More
GoPro's 3-month stock dive continues after 'difficult' third quarter
The San Mateo action-camera company's stock has lost half its value in the past three months and could open Thursday at the lowest point since it went public in June 2014. → Read More