Oakland-based data integration platform Fivetran has raised a $565 million Series D led by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the company at $5.6 billion. Meanwhile, CARS24, an India-based e-commerce platform for used vehicles, announced it has raised $450 million in fresh funding at valuation of $1.84 billion. Corporate-startup partnerships not only establish a solid foundation for both companies to grow, they also facilitate the development of the ecosystems that the companies operate in, writes Cristina Tamayo of parallel18, an international startup program working to position Puerto Rico as a hub for innovative businesses and technology.
Female founders’ share of VC funding falls
For the first eight months of 2021, U.S. startups with solely female founders raised just 2.2 percent of all venture funding, per Crunchbase data. That’s despite overall venture investment clocking in at record highs. In this latest installment of our Something Ventured series, we look at those numbers in context, and speak with investors and entrepreneurs about what needs to change.
Obscured in the low VC numbers for female founders? Biotech IPOs
Biotech companies—where female founders are better represented than in the overall tech sector—regularly go public at an earlier stage than other tech startups, commonly using public markets as a fundraising strategy rather than an exit. We look at whether these founding teams are actually getting more in early- and later-stage investment than the venture stats suggest.
What’s up with Zillow’s record of alumni-spawned startups?
Online real estate giant Zillow has a track record of its alumni launching other startups including Divvy Homes, Sift, Amino, Pacaso and Glassdoor. We talk to several former employees including former Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff about what makes the Seattle-based company a catalyst for so many successful ventures.
Inside Microsoft’s M12 venture arm
Microsoft’s M12 is not your typical corporate venture fund. M12 must navigate complexities and obstacles not seen by traditional venture firms and even many corporate venture arms as it looks to drive returns back to the tech giant. In this latest installment of our Under The Hood series, we take a deep dive into M12’s unusual business model and look at where it’s placing its bets as it picks up the pace of investment.
Track these 20 critical buying signals to crush quota
In sales, timing is everything. Tracking buying signals can help you connect with prospects at the right moment with the right message and book more meetings. Here are 20 buying signals you can use right now to identify if a prospect may be in a position to buy.
Source : Crunchbase
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