OpenView goes bigger with seventh fund, closing on $570M to invest in business software startups

Three years after announcing its sixth fund, OpenView Venture Partners is back with $570 million in capital commitments for its new, seventh fund. It represents a 25% increase over... Read more »

Ford lifts the hood on its EV business, Turo updates its IPO filing and Waymo releases a safety case for AVs

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How Mindbloom’s CEO sees the future of psychedelic mental health

“What was something amazing that happened to you this weekend,” Mindbloom’s CEO Dylan Benyon asked me, less than 30 seconds into our call. His bright eyes and relaxed demeanor... Read more »

Sonos Era 100 and Era 300 review: The next generation of great, reliable multi-room sound

Sonos has two new speakers going on sale Tuesday, March 28, and they’re both significant new models that occupy a couple of key spots in the overall Sonos line-up:... Read more »

France bans recreational apps like TikTok on government devices

France is the latest country that is taking steps to ban TikTok from government-managed devices. Stanislas Guerini, the Minister of Public Transformation and Service, and his services issued a... Read more »

Upheaval in venture banking can help us get back to basics: efficient growth

Sach Chitnis Contributor Share on Twitter Sach Chitnis is co-founder of Jump Capital, a thesis-led, sector-focused and operating-centric venture capital firm specializing in Seed and Series A investments. With... Read more »

Alibaba founder Jack Ma returns to China after a year of uncertainty

Jack Ma’s whereabouts are making headlines again roughly a year after the billionaire founder of Alibaba disappeared from the public eye. Bloomberg reported Monday that Ma had chosen to... Read more »

GitHub takes down repository containing Twitter’s source code

Microsoft-owned GitHub took down a repository by a user named “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” that contained proprietary source code to Twitter after the social network filed a DCMA takedown request. The username... Read more »

Activist investor Elliott ditches director nomination plans for Salesforce

Activist investor Elliott Investment Management won’t be proceeding with plans to nominate its own directors to Salesforce’s board, citing improved performance and a clearer “focus on value creation” from... Read more »

First Citizens to acquire failed Silicon Valley Bank

First Citizens has agreed to buy Silicon Valley Bank, the California lender that served as lifeblood to thousands of startups before its collapse sent shockwaves through the financial sector,... Read more »
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