Venture Capital

In the past decade, celebrity interest and investment in tech companies has significantly increased. But not all celebrity investments are created equally. Some investors, like Ashton Kutcher, have prioritized the VC pursuits. Some have invested casually without getting overly involved. Others have used their considerable platforms to market their portfolio to varying degrees of success. […]

How Ryan Reynolds and Mint Mobile worked without becoming the ...

This entry was posted in Mobile Startups TC Venture Capital on November 28, 2020 by Jordan Crook

Brynn Putnam has a lot to feel great about. A Harvard grad and former professional ballet dancer who opened the first of what have become three high-intensity fitness studios in New York, she then launched a second business in 2016 when — while pregnant with her son — she was exercising at home and couldn’t […]

Mirror founder Brynn Putnam on life with Lululemon — and ...

This entry was posted in Gadgets Health Social Spark Capital TC Venture Capital on November 10, 2020 by Connie Loizos

Last month, former Facebook and Pinterest executive Tim Kendall told Congress during a House hearing on the dangers of social media that Facebook made its products so addictive because its ad-driven business model relies on people paying attention to its product longer every day. He said much the same in the Netflix documentary “The Social […]

Former Facebook and Pinterest exec Tim Kendall traces “extractive business ...

This entry was posted in Social TC Venture Capital and tagged facebook google pinterest social media on October 26, 2020 by Connie Loizos

Former Facebook and Pinterest exec Tim Kendall traces “extractive business ...

This entry was posted in Social TC Venture Capital and tagged facebook google pinterest social media on October 26, 2020 by Connie Loizos

The fintech industry is on a tear. Popular consumer services like Robinhood to Coinbase and Revolut have managed to attract millions of customers, but the most interesting trend right now is embedded finance. Tech companies that don’t necessarily provide financial services can embed services from fintech companies directly in their products. At the same time, […]

Embedded finance might represent fintech’s future

This entry was posted in Finance Gadgets payments Venture Capital on October 5, 2020 by Romain Dillet

Hypercultural Latinx consumers are different from their mostly white counterparts in the way they vigorously engage with technology, their obsession with being online at all times and their unique shopping habits.

Brands building for scale should look to hypercultural Latinx consumers

This entry was posted in brazil Column Diversity Social Startups TC Venture Capital WhatsApp on September 30, 2020 by Walter Thompson

At the beginning of the previous decade, Facebook had a tiny presence in India. It had just started to slowly expand its team in the country and was inking deals with telecom operators to make access to its service free to users and even offer incentives such as free voice credit. India’s internet population, now […]

Facebook addresses political controversy in India, monetization opportunities, startup investments

This entry was posted in Apps Asia Social Venture Capital WhatsApp and tagged facebook on September 16, 2020 by Manish Singh

Zwift, a 350-person, Long Beach, Calif.-based online fitness platform that immerses cyclists and runners in 3D generated worlds, just raised a hefty $450 million in funding led by the investment firm KKR in exchange for a minority stake in its business. Permira and Specialized Bicycle’s venture capital fund, Zone 5 Ventures, also joined the round […]