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Original Source: http://go.theinformation.com/qo9FCaPekYc Going Public and the Illiquidity Tax By Jessica E. Lessin Oct. 07, 20167:01 AM PDT Mentions Jeremy Liew,Snap and 4 others SHARE FULL ARTICLE go.theinformation.com/qo9FCaPekYc And it continues. We reported last month that Snapchat was preparing an IPO for next year and yesterday The Wall Street Journal followed with a similar account. Every dayRead more

This article below substantiates a trend that we have felt over the past few months without being able to quantify it. We have indeed noticed a drop in great investment opportunities. Like in every story, there is a bad news and a good news. The bad news of course is that we haven’t made a newRead more

Original Source: http://on.wsj.com/2bTZ2jt Rare look at startup investors’ performance shows Andreessen Horowitz lags behind Sequoia, Benchmark, Founders Fund Andreessen Horowitz, co-founded by web pioneer Marc Andreessen in 2009, is routinely mentioned among the pantheon of great startup investors. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG NEWS By ROLFE WINKLER Updated Sept. 1, 2016 11:25 a.m. ET Andreessen Horowitz’s first three ventureRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/2bhx7JM I’ve talked to some of you who are really bummed about negative press coverage or online comments about your company.  Often this takes the general form of “ugh, all these new startups suck, everything good has already been started.” It sucks to have haters, but every founder who now runs a huge companyRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/2bBEFvY BY SARAH ALLIDINA Published August 22, 2016 Artificial intelligence received $974m of funding as of June 2016 and this figure will only rise with the news that 2016 saw more AI patent applications than ever before 62 per cent of organisations will be using Artificial Intelligence (AI) by 2018 according to Narrative Science.Read more

Original Source: http://tcrn.ch/2aeVGf6 Posted yesterday by Gené Teare, Joanna Glasner Gené Teare CRUNCH NETWORK CONTRIBUTOR  Gené Teare is the Head of Content atCrunchBase. Joanna Glasner CRUNCH NETWORK CONTRIBUTOR  Joanna Glasner is a reporter for CrunchBase.   U.S. venture investors tapped the brakes but did not carry out a sharp slowdown in Series A and B deal-making in theRead more

Original Source: http://www.driverlesstransportation.com/13690-13690 July 19, 2016 Jennifer van der Kleut Ford Motor Company has joined a $6.6-million funding round for a startup company working on 3-D mapping. The company, Civil Maps, “uses spatial data to create ‘extremely accurate localization,’ explains ZDNet. Civil Maps “claims its technology is better suited to autonomous vehicles and mobile networks thanRead more

Original Source: http://on.wsj.com/2a50vYb German tech company has created 100 startups, many of which remain unprofitable Rocket co-founder and Chief Executive Oliver Samwer once was hailed as Europe’s great hope at rivaling the startup prowess of Silicon Valley. These days, the 43-year-old and his executives are explaining why Rocket isn’t another tech-bubble bust. PHOTO: BRITTA PEDERSEN/DPA/ZUMA PRESSRead more

Original Source: http://bloom.bg/1sZ7Xsq The secretive startup is reportedly building an Uber-like service with driverless vehicles. A funding round could value Zoox at more than $1 billion. Ellen Huet May 27, 2016 — 1:11 PM PDT Updated on May 27, 2016 — 2:04 PM PDT Zoox Inc., a secretive autonomous-driving startup in Silicon Valley, is seeking to raise as muchRead more

Original Source: http://on.wsj.com/1sZ95fJ Recent investment implies a $1 billion-plus valuation for the secretive startup By MIKE RAMSEY – michael.ramsey@wsj.com May 27, 2016 The backer of a Silicon Valley autonomous car developer called Zoox said the secretive startup raised a fresh round of capital valuing it at more than $1 billion, roughly equal to a similar company GeneralRead more