Erin Griffith
The New York Times
New York, NY, United States
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Recent articles by Erin:
Uber Is Said to File for an I.P.O. as It Races Lyft to a Public Debut
The offering, which is expected to be one of the biggest ever, puts the ride-hailing service neck and neck with its rival Lyft in a race to the public markets. → Read More
With the Economy Uncertain, Tech ‘Unicorns’ Rush Toward I.P.O.
Faced with a choppy stock market and fears of an economic downturn, Uber and Lyft are moving toward the public markets as other private tech companies also get ready. → Read More
More Small Companies Avoid I.P.O.s, Sapping U.S. Economy’s Vitality
Small and midsize firms are increasingly steering clear of going public, giving big companies outsize influence over stock markets and hampering business creation, wage growth and productivity. → Read More
Start-Ups Ask, ‘Are We Making Money for Saudi Arabia?’
Following the money isn’t easy in the opaque world of venture capital. → Read More
Venture Capitalist: A.I. Hype Still “Has a Ways to Go Up”
Anna Patterson, a former senior engineer at Google, has looked at all sorts of start-ups working on A.I. Some have great ideas, and some go too far. → Read More
Powerful Executives Have Stepped Away From the Saudis. Not SoftBank’s.
The chief executive of SoftBank, Masayoshi Son, and his ambitious Vision Fund, are deeply enmeshed with the oil-rich kingdom, which has promised to invest $45 billion. → Read More
Silicon Valley Investors Shunned Juul, but Back Other Nicotine Start-Ups
The willingness to back some nicotine start-ups while condemning others illustrates the delicate ethical dance that investors are trying to perform. → Read More
Priyanka Chopra Is a Tech Investor, Too
The actor just made her second start-up investment, in dating app Bumble. Her investments will skew heavily toward companies with an element of social impact, and companies founded by women. → Read More
The Hot Property That’s Next on Tech’s Agenda: Real Estate
Venture capitalists are racing to pour money into technology for real estate — or what Silicon Valley is now calling proptech. → Read More
Paying Is Voluntary at This Selfie-Friendly Store
Drug Store, a new health-drink outlet in New York, is betting that customers will pay by text message after grabbing a bottle. → Read More
Pinterest Is a Unicorn. It Just Doesn’t Act Like One.
The company rejects Silicon Valley’s aggressive, hype-driven way of doing business. But its slow and steady approach has frustrated some investors and employees. → Read More
AnchorFree, Maker of a Top Online Privacy App, Raises $295 Million
The investment suggests that Hotspot Shield and other virtual private networks, or VPNs, are becoming more mainstream. → Read More
San Francisco Grants 2 Scooter Permits (but Not to the Early Disrupters)
The city’s regulators have a message for freewheeling scooter start-ups: Those that “ask forgiveness, not permission,” will not be forgiven. → Read More
Slack Raises $427 Million More, at $7.1 Billion Valuation
Slack’s appetite for funding and its eye-popping leaps in valuation are becoming normal in the private investment market. → Read More
Peloton’s New Infusion Made It a $4 Billion Company in 6 Years
The fitness company selling stationary bikes and subscriptions to live classes once confused investors. Now, after new financing of $550 million, it’s the toast of Silicon Valley. → Read More
The Week in Tech: SoftBank Strikes Again
Every SoftBank investment can make waves, just like the $240 million one in Brandless that it made this week. → Read More
These VCs Are Bringing 'Hard Science' to Fortune 500 Companies
Breakout Ventures helps science startups connect with bigger customers—and potential buyers. → Read More
The Tech Bubble Conversation Is Dead
Has the bubble burst? Who cares? The tech industry's problems are more complicated. → Read More
Term Sheet — Friday, August 25
This is it! My last Term Sheet and my last day at Fortune. (It’s not my last story for Fortune – I’ve got one more Boom With a View column, a profile of a venture capital firm, and some blurbs running in upcoming issues of the magazine.) One of the unfair things about being a writer is that we get all the glory and credit for the work of an enormous crew of people who make us look good. Editors,… → Read More
Indiegogo's Slava Rubin: Equity Crowdfunding Will Live Up Promise
Crowdfunding for equity has gotten off to a slow start, but in ten years it will be massive, Rubin says. → Read More