Behind the revival of Dubsmash, an app that lets users post lip sync and dance videos that now has 27% of the US short-form video market share by installs
The loud app that quietly hit 1 billion monthly views — Lip-syncing app Dubsmash was on the brink of death. Tweets: @dennishegstad , @sacca , and @joshconstine Tweets: Dennis Hegstad / @dennishegsta...
A look at the bruising price war in Latin America among food delivery companies Uber, Didi, and Rappi, all of which are funded by SoftBank
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @rwhelanwsj , @rwhelanwsj , and @andreanavarror Tweets: Robbie Whelan / @rwhelanwsj : This story is about venture capital's excesses, but it's also about how something s...
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison says the company has raised $245M at a $20B valuation, up from $9B in November 2016
What Apple Pay Head Jennifer Bailey Learned at Netscape Piruze Sabuncu / Stripe Blog : Singapore engineering hub Holden Page / Crunchbase News : Stripe's Valuation Reaches $20B On $245M Raise Dan Prim...
Tala, which provides mobile-first financial services in emerging markets, raises $65M led by Revolution Growth with participation from Lowercase Capital, others
Tala, a global leader in mobile … Tweets: @revolution : We're thrilled to announce our investment in @TalaMobile! “We see Tala as a company building the future of #finance,” says @SteveCase. Here's ho...
Payments provider Stripe raises $150M Series D at a $9B valuation led by General Catalyst and CapitalG, bringing total amount raised by Stripe to about $440M
Monday, November 28 Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Y Combinator alum's valuation soars to $9.2B with latest funding Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair : This Start-Up's Valuation Just D...
Kickstarter passes $2B in pledges: games have taken $412.4M, the most money of any category, followed by tech with $360M and design with $351.6M
ON OCTOBER 11, THE KICKSTARTER COMMUNITY … Mariella Moon / Engadget : Kickstarter's 9.5 million users have pledged over $2 billion Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web : Kickstarter has garnered over $2 b...