Yik Yak, the app that’s becoming a social media staple on college campuses in the U.S., saw its downloads dip and flatline right around the time it announced its $62 million Sequoia funding round in December. It’s… Read more »
The meteoric rise of Waze was a huge success story for the Israeli tech scene, and the country is now aiming to repeat that success with another crowdsourced transportation company –… Read more »
Getting hacked seems to be a rite of passage for social media companies. It’s sign that they’ve grown big enough to attract the attention of the hacking community. Right on schedule, anonymous… Read more »
Yik Yak has reportedly raised a whopping $62 million in venture in a round led by none other than Sequoia. This funding round matters because it brings the previously ignored company… Read more »
Strava, an app that tracks athletes’ runs, rides and routes using GPS from a smartphone or watch, has raised $18.5 million led by Sequoia. Sigma West and Madrone Capital Partners also… Read more »
Truecaller’s no longer just an anti-spam service — now it wants to become the go-to service for contacts and personal information management. But, despite all the investment that’s pouring in, there’s… Read more »
The payments startup has become a hot item since PayPal/eBay’s $800 million acquisition of competitor Braintree. As e-commerce increasingly shifts to mobile payments and collaborative consumption, Stripe’s developer-friendly payments platform holds… Read more »
Over the weekend, news broke that Telefonica was killing Jajah. While the news created a lot of consternation, the reality is that both parties got what they needed from the $207… Read more »
Now with big backing from Dropbox and Evernote funder Sequoia Capital — and with VC legend Michael Moritz on the 6Wunderkinder board — task-management app Wunderlist should soon become more lightweight… Read more »