Bessemer’s Kent Bennett and Toast’s Aman Narang to discuss how to become a unicorn on ECL
Toast has a reported valuation over $5 billion and has raised more than $900 million since launch. The restaurant POS service has clearly been on a rapid growth trajectory, but how has the company navigated the market during the pandemic, which has p.....»»
Whistleblower Frances Haugen will meet with Facebook Oversight Board
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will meet with the social network's independent court-like oversight board in the coming weeks to discuss her concerns about the company, the Facebook Oversight Board said Monday......»»
Why the No Time To Die ending doesn"t really work
Spoilers follow as we discuss the ending of No Time To Die, the final Daniel Craig James Bond movie......»»
Ultra vs. High Settings in PC Games or: Why Ultra Quality Settings are Dumb
It's time to discuss something that's been bugging me for some time: Ultra quality settings in PC games. Everyone wants to crank stuff up to the max, but what we've discovered is that Ultra settings are actually pretty dumb......»»
SE Asia startup Carousell becomes unicorn
Singapore's second-hand shopping site Carousell Group has raised US$100 million in the latest round of fundraising, led by South Korea-based private-equity firm STIC Investments......»»
Vietnam"s first unicorn VNG delays IPO plan
VNG is the first Vietnamese company ever to achieve unicorn status, with a valuation of more than $1 billion. The gaming industry leader in Vietnam has not taken any actions after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nasdaq for pursuing a.....»»
Vietnam"s first unicorn VNG reveals its plan before IPO
VNG is the first Vietnamese company ever to achieve unicorn status, with a valuation of more than $1 billion. The gaming industry leader in Vietnam has not taken any actions after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nasdaq for pursuing a.....»»
Ultrathin electronic barrier layer to control interface luminescence
In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, researchers led by Professor Xu Chunxiang, Southeast University, Nanjing, China discuss nano-buffer controlled electron tunneling to regulate heterojunctional interface emission......»»
India roundup: Government to subsidize EVs
India has finally released the long-awaited PLI for automotive, while a unicorn e-scooter maker has announced 100% female participation in its gigafactory......»»
Executive coaching for employees is complicated and emotional
BetterUp, a reskilling and coaching platform for employees before and beyond the C-suite, is getting in touch with its emotions. This week, the richly funded unicorn startup announced a pair of acquisitions in the emotional artificial intelligence an.....»»
Tiger Global-led $100M investment makes Apna India’s fastest unicorn
A 22-month-old startup that is helping millions of blue- and gray-collar workers in India learn new skills and find jobs has become the youngest firm to join the coveted unicorn status in the world’s second-largest internet market. Apna announced o.....»»
Forge’s SPAC deal is a bet on unicorn illiquidity
The total addressable market that Forge serves is growing by the day, with more and more unicorns being born and a steady drumbeat of unicorn IPOs doing little to clear the decks. As Warby Parker, Freshworks, Amplitude and Toast look to li.....»»
Toast looks toward $18B valuation in upcoming IPO
If you were considering buying into Toast's IPO in hopes of having a say in its future, don't. You won't. As if the Boston startup market needed additional momentum, it appears restaurant software startup Toast will dramatically bolster its.....»»
What to make of Freshworks’ first IPO price range
It appears that Freshworks is pretty reasonably priced in its current range. Two major private tech companies announced IPO price ranges this morning, with Toast targeting a market value of nearly $18 billion at the top end of its range and.....»»
Vector.ai’s productivity platform for freight forwarders raises $15M A round led by Bessemer
With supply chains under constant stress because of the pandemic, freight forwarding has become one of the hottest startup sectors in the last two years. Indeed, International freight forwarding is now a $199 billion market. And the evidence is mount.....»»
The legal world needs to shed its ‘unicorniphobia’
As policymakers and scholars work out how securities regulation can be used to address climate change, they should not overlook the potentially important role unicorn regulation can play. Alexander I. Platt Contributor.....»»
Lyft General Counsel: I hope that more of Corporate America takes a stand on Texas abortion law
Hours after the Supreme Court refused to block a Texas law prohibiting most abortions on Wednesday night, a small group of leaders at rideshare company Lyft convened to discuss how the company would respond......»»
PayPal snaps up Japanese buy-now-pay-later unicorn for $2.7 billion
PayPal is buying Japanese startup Paidy, marking the latest major tie-up in the fast-growing space of buy now, pay later companies......»»
4 common mistakes startups make when setting pay for hybrid workers
Regardless of your startup’s stance on the topic, having a consistent compensation philosophy that you apply to your evolving workplace has a unicorn-sized influence on important growth metrics. Thanh Nguyen Contributo.....»»
Air fryer ovens have a steep discount at Best Buy today
Prepare healthy and delicious meals with the Chefman Toast-Air, an air fryer with nine functions that's currently on sale from Best Buy with a $72 discount......»»
VCs unfazed by Chinese regulatory shakeups (so far)
Slightly falling quarterly venture capital totals and a notable decline in unicorn formation does not a startup winter make. So let’s look at what's happened more recently. China’s technology scene has been in the news for all the wrong.....»»