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Amid layoffs and allegations of fraud, the FBI has arrested NS8’s CEO following its $100+ million summer financing
The tagline from today’s announcement from the United States Attorney’s office for the Southern District of…
The stages of traditional fundraising
John Biggs Contributor John Biggs is a former TechCrunch editor and is currently the editor-in-chief of…
Fed’s Bullard says ‘biggest growth quarter of all time’ will lift inflation
James Bullard Olivia Michael | CNBC St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard offered an optimistic…
Employers may pay higher payroll taxes as state unemployment benefit trust funds run dry
Businesses in many states are likely to face tax increases as early as next year to…
Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Snowflake, Palo Alto Network, Penn National Gaming & more
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Snowflake — Selling in the biggest software IPO…
Chime adds $485M at a $14.5B valuation, claims EBITDA profitability
In the midst of IPO week we have to add another name to our future debuts…
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: U.S. Steel, Tesla, Unity Software, Beyond Meat & more
CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk reacts following the company’s initial public offering at the NASDAQ…
It’s game on as Unity begins trading
Unity Software, which sells a game development toolkit primarily for mobile phone app developers, raised $1.3…
Outschool, newly profitable, raises a $45M Series B for virtual small group classes
Outschool, which started in 2015 as a platform for homeschooled students to bolster their extracurricular activities,…
Stocks fall as tech shares slide once again, Nasdaq drops 1%
Stocks fell on Friday to end a volatile week as tech struggled once again to find…
Chime is now worth $14.5 billion, surging past Robinhood as the most valuable U.S. consumer fintech
Chime CEO Chris Britt Source: Chime The fintech world has a new heavyweight. Chime, the start-up…
Chime is now worth $14.5 billion, surging past Robinhood as the most valuable U.S. consumer fintech
Chime CEO Chris Britt Source: Chime The fintech world has a new heavyweight. Chime, the start-up…
Stocks waver as Wall Street goes for its first weekly gain of the month
Stocks were little changed on Friday as Wall Street tried to recover from another sharp sell-off…
Stock picking has a terrible track record, and it’s getting worse
A trader working after the Nasdaq opening bell ceremony on April 18, 2019 in New York…
What makes Checkout.com different from Stripe
While Checkout.com has kept a low profile for many years, the company raised $380 million within…
3 VCs discuss the state of SaaS investing in 2020
Yesterday during Disrupt 2020 I sat down with three investors who know the SaaS startup market…
U.S. stock futures are mixed after Dow snaps a 4-day winning streak
Stock futures were little changed as Wall Street tried to recover from another sharp sell-off in…
Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Oracle, Tesla, Home Depot, Beyond Meat & more
Check out the companies making headlines in the premarket Friday: Home Depot (HD), Lowe’s (LOW) — An analyst…
The market isn’t convinced the Federal Reserve can achieve its inflation objective
While the move to “average inflation targeting” is in a respect historic for the Fed, market…