Unicorn startups are everywhere these days. CB Insights’ unicorn tracker — keeping tabs on privately-held companies valued at $1 billion or more — is quickly approaching 1,000 companies. And earlier… Read More
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to add startups that were not initially included in the list. Icertis’ valuation was also updated. Another day, another unicorn spotting. These once… Read More
The unicorn — that supposed elusive creature of the startup world — is becoming a bit more commonplace in these parts. There are now 10 unicorn startups valued at $1… Read More
WeWork’s dramatic fall from grace, which saw its valuation fall from $47 billion to a reported $8 billion amid an IPO fiasco, was just one example of a larger reckoning… Read More
Manny Medina may be the head of a billion-dollar startup, but when asked what mythical creature represents the company, it’s not a unicorn — it’s the mythical flying horse Pegasus.… Read More
Some of Seattle’s hottest startups are taking big checks from a major investment firm that rarely bets on private companies. But if you haven’t heard the name Lone Pine Capital,… Read More
Fresh on the heels of a successful satellite launch, Rocket Lab today announced that it has received $140 million in new investment. Rocket Lab said the Series E financing round… Read More
Rocket Lab says it has closed a $75 million Series D financing round for production of its low-cost Electron rocket, which is expected to see its maiden launch within the next… Read More
Donald Trump is worried about a tech bubble. In an interview with Reuters, the Republican frontrunner shared his concerns that high-priced tech stocks echo the inflated market of 2007. Here’s Trump’s analysis:… Read More
Unicorns are real! Scientists propose cloaking device to protect Earth from aliens! Glow-in-the-dark skin grown in lab! Those may sound like April Fool’s headlines, but they’re actually amped-up twists on… Read More
Lots of people have predicted that the tech sector’s seemingly endless supply of investor money will soon dry up. Add Bill Gates to the list. In an interview with The Financial Times,… Read More
Unicorns — privately-held tech startups valued at more than $1 billion — are on the rise. However, a new study by Fenwick and West suggests that these companies might be overvalued, gaining the… Read More
Maybe you thought the kind of VC willing to invest hundreds of millions of dollars at a $1 billion valuation was a rare breed? Well, in that case, you’d be wrong. Not only are… Read More
Unicorns are everywhere these days. Just not around Seattle. Even as the stock market tanks, private money continues to flow to these new giants of technology with names like Palantir,… Read More
View image | gettyimages.com Are billion-dollar ‘unicorns’ more risky for investors? Not necessarily, according to a new report by Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West that analyzed 37 U.S. companies that… Read More
View image | gettyimages.com Once upon a time, there was an exclusive club that only allowed technology companies worth $1 billion to join. While that sounds like an opening line to a… Read More
The market for initial public offerings softened in the first quarter, with a new report from Renaissance Capital indicating that the number of IPOs hit a two-year low. Just 34… Read More
Benchmark Capital investor Bill Gurley once again sounded the alarm about what he sees as the potential doom looming in the tech industry’s future at South by Southwest Interactive in… Read More