Monthly Archives: October 2020

• ISSUE – Oct. 30 | Whoop, maker of the fitness tracker that pro athletes love, is now valued at $1.2 billion

• ISSUE – Oct. 29 | Mobile Games Company Scopely Boasts Of ‘Significantly Profitable Business’ As It Raises $340M

• ISSUE – Oct. 28 | Car insurance start-up Root raises $664M in IPO: report

• ISSUE – Oct. 27 | World Bank Group invests in a start-up tackling the $2.5 trillion food waste problem

• ISSUE – Oct. 26 | Scale Venture Partners Raising Larger, $500 Million Fund

• ISSUE – Oct. 23 | Chinese live tutoring app Yuanfudao is now worth $15.5 billion

• ISSUE – Oct. 22 | Vista completes $4.2B IPO, announces two deals amid executive turmoil

• ISSUE – Oct. 21| Chelsea Clinton’s venture capital firm ramps up

• ISSUE – Oct. 20| Silicon Valley megadonors unleash a last-minute, $100 million barrage of ads against Trump

• ISSUE – Oct. 19 | San Diego startups rake in $933M in venture capital despite pandemic

• ISSUE – Oct. 16| Khosla Ventures seeks $1.1 billion for its latest fund

• ISSUE – Oct. 15| Technology Investor Lead Edge Capital Raises $950 Million as VC Sector Swells

• ISSUE – Oct. 14 | Why start-ups are more likely to dodge greenwashing label

• ISSUE – Oct. 13 | SoftBank invests $215 million in education start-up Kahoot as coronavirus boosts e-learning

• ISSUE – Oct. 09 | Instacart’s valuation has more than doubled in 2020 to $17.7 billion following new funding round

• ISSUE – Oct. 08 | Palantir Cofounders Peter Thiel And Alex Karp Have Unloaded Over $400 Million In Shares Since The IPO

• ISSUE – Oct. 07 | Venture Firm Greycroft Raises $680 Million to Invest in Startups

• ISSUE – Oct. 06 | How to fix Silicon Valley

• ISSUE – Oct. 05 |Cooler Screens raises $80M to bring interactive screens into cooler aisles

• ISSUE – Oct. 04 |Airbnb Seeks to Raise $3 Billion in December IPO, Reuters Says