Uber’s latest funding brings the company into the stratosphere of private company valuations. At $40 billion, Uber is believed to be four times more valuable than Airbnb, Snapchat, Palantir or Dropbox. Its… Read more »
Men now make up a third of Pinterest’s new signups. It’s an important development that shows the social network can appeal to the public at large. Read more »
In what may be a private company money-raising record, Uber is reportedly raising yet another round. You may be asking yourself — wait, didn’t they just raise $1.2 billion? Yes, that was… Read more »
It’s official. Alibaba is going to be the largest IPO in US history. The company is going public Friday and just settled on its opening price — a whopping $68. That means… Read more »
Alibaba is shoring up its war-chest with a massive IPO. But what does it mean for the American startups and tech companies with which Alibaba competes? Read more »
It’s tempting to see private vs. public as something binary or black and white, but there is a whole universe of human behavior expressed through services like Twitter and Facebook that… Read more »