Creating a Crypto Currency

Hello WeFunder Community! I have a great idea that I need some help with. Are there any founders here that have started their own Crypto Currency that would ...

A new foreign investment bill will impact venture capital and the U.S. startup ecosystem

Democrats and Republicans have also unified over concerns about how Chinese state-associated actors are using minority investments in critical technology com...

Why I Replaced 99 Percent of My Team and Restarted My Startup

Tell me if you've heard this one before. Startup A launches, garners a sizable amount of traction and buzz and subsequently flames out before making a lastin...

WinMiner brings cryptocurrency mining and passive income to the masses

WinMiner has announced a one-click solution that allows anyone, anywhere, to make money from their computer instead of it just sitting idle. Designed so that...

The dangers of chasing unicorns | PitchBook

Saying the word "unicorn" to a tech/VC audience can induce a number of emotions. These can range from excitement and wonderment at one end, to annoyance and ...

Six big things: Kevin Durant, Will Smith link with a16z | PitchBook

When Kevin Durant shook up the basketball world two years ago by choosing to join the Golden State Warriors in free agency, at least part of the reason for h...

Global Unicorn Exits Hit Multi-Year High In 2018

Unicorn exits are taking flight. With the IPO window wide open, an apparent record number of venture-backed companies privately valued over $1 billion have l...

YC China + Qi Lu

I am delighted to announce that Qi Lu is joining YC to launch and run YC China. We are excited for Qi to come onboard as the Founding CEO of YC China and to ...

98 Percent of VC Funding Goes to Men. Can Women Entrepreneurs Change a Sexist System?

It was January 2017. A 26-year-old Nadia Genevieve Masri made her way up to the second floor office of a venture capital fund in San Francisco. She was there...

PeerIQ CEO Ram Ahluwalia on OCC Fintech Charter: Consumers Win if it is Implemented Correctly | Crowdfund Insider

At the end of July, the US Department of Treasury published a wide-sweeping document on Fintech innovation in the US and what must be done to boost innovatio...

VCs Are On Track To Make 2018 A Record Year For Unicorns

Unicorns are not zoo animals. If they were, someone might have put up a "No Feeding" sign. Instead, investors keep throwing bigger portions at these mythical...

VC 100: The Top Investors in Early-Stage Startups (2014 data)

The ranking is based on data from PitchBook, a Seattle-based data and tech provider for the global private equity and venture capital markets. The firms are ...

BioBeats raises $3 million to combat stress with meditation and breathing exercises

Stress is a silent killer. Three out of four doctor's visits are for stress-related ailments, reports the American Institute of Stress, and stress increases ...

Unpacking Slack's Possible $400M Round And $7B Valuation

Slack is raising $400 million at a $7 billion valuation. How does that measure compared to what we know about Slack's financial performance? TechCrunch's Ing...

From $150,000 in Debt to $4 Million in Profits: How One Man Built a Wildly Successful Globe-Making Business

11 min read In this series, The Gambit, Entrepreneur associate editor Hayden Field explores extraordinary risk, speaking with successful people about how the...

Volvo Launches Its Own VC Fund to Invest Its Way Into the Future

Startups looking to cash checks had better start learning Swedish and get ready for meetings at the IKEA cafeteria. Today, Volvo announced it has launched it...

Soundcloud on the blockchain? Audius raises $5.5M to decentralize music

Audius wants to cut the middlemen out music streaming so artists get paid their fair share. Coming out of stealth today led by serial entrepreneur and DJ Ran...

IBM and Maersk launch blockchain to reduce shipping time and costs

Cargo shipping giant Maersk and IBM announced TradeLens, a technology that applies blockchain technology to world's global supply chain. TradeLens takes adva...

Don’t Follow Your Passion

Startup Investing Trends (2013)

Y Combinator has now funded 564 startups including the current batch, which has 53. The total valuation of the 287 that have valuations (either by raising an...