From Generalist Tiger Global is venture capital’s winning machine. Actionable insights If you only have a couple of minutes to spare, here’s what investors, operators, and founders can learn about Tiger Global. We may be earlier than we thought. Tiger’s current private market thesis is simple: we are still in the opening stages of the[…]
By Claire D. What Makes NFTs So Popular? NFTs were created way back in 2015 as people wanted to trade assets and later on collectibles different from bitcoin. But, the main wave of popularity came when cryptopunks and cryptokitties emerged in late 2017. After the introduction of cryptokitties, NFTs started making the headlines. It became immensely popular and stopped[…]
By MacKenzie Sigalos The U.S. government regularly holds auctions for its stockpile of bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin and other cryptocurrencies it seizes and then holds in crypto wallets. It really kicked off with the 2013 takedown of Silk Road, a dark web marketplace trading in illegal goods, where bitcoin was often used for payment. Interviews with[…]
from ZH One day ahead of this week’s blockbuster DIDI IPO in which the Chinese Uber sold at the top of its $13-14 range, broke for trading at $16.75 then tumbled only to rebound on Thursday, we warned readers that this is one they want to stay away from as a result of Beijing’s aggressive intervention in[…]
from crunchbase San Francisco-based Handshake, a job service aimed at college students, announced its Series E funding of $80 million led by prior investors Spark Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners valuing the company at more than $1.5 billion. This funding comes within seven months of its Series D in October 2020. That round was also $80 million, valuing the company at[…]
from crunchbase Payments companies Paymentus and Flywire price IPOs The payments space is heating up further, as two companies in the sector priced U.S. IPOs for shares slated to begin trading today. Boston-based Flywire, which provides payment processing software to education, health care and technology companies, priced shares at $24, the high end of the projected[…]
From crunchbase news Paymentus files to raise up to $241.5M in IPO Bill payment platform Paymentus has filed to go public, seeking to raise up to $241.5 million, per its IPO prospectus. The Redmond, Washington-headquartered company posted revenue of $302 million in 2020, up 28 percent year over year, along with $13 million in net income. Its largest[…]
From crunchbase news We’re almost halfway through the year, and the current market for IPOs is far from where it was when 2021 began. Reports of inflation spurred a far-reaching stock selloff last week, with tech stocks in particular being hit hard. That, in turn, has led to an expected slowdown for IPOs in the[…]
From Pitchbook National Unicorn Day was April 9, but “time” is a tricky concept in 2021—and we missed it. Even though Unicorn Day 2021 is in the rearview, the topic is always relevant and worth exploring. As a refresher, unicorn companies are privately held startups that are valued at more than $1 billion. As of March 2021[…]
From TC The Amazon Marketplace roll-up play is well and truly underway. In the latest development, Thrasio — one of the biggest and earliest movers in the market to consolidate third-party sellers on the platform, with the promise to provide better economies of scale to manage and grow those businesses — announced that it has raised another $750[…]