Like any successful founder, Andrew Grauer had bright, long-term ambitions for Course Hero from the moment he launched it in 2006. He started the business to create a place where students could ask questions and get answers similar to Chegg, which launched 15 months before Course Hero. But as he slowly built it, he was
Eric Velasquez Frenkiel had a seemingly simple thought when visiting his family in the Philippines, impressed by the cashless economy that had formed. Instead of sending money to his family once a yea This cycle of tech layoffs has been consistent yet highly nuanced. No two layoffs are the same, both when comparing two separate
One of the areas of autonomous driving technology with the most potential to have a near-term and dramatic impact remains trucking: There’s a growing lack of drivers for long-haul routes, and hi The COVID-19 pandemic has left no industry untouched, but the healthcare industry is arguably the one that stands to be transformed the most
Teal, a platform that looks to help people land jobs that they love, has closed a $5 million seed round, which was led by Flybridge Capital, with participation from Lerer Hippeau, Corigin Ventures, Aleph, Oceans Ventures, High Output, AVG Basecamp and Kairos Angels. Teal launched in November of 2019 with a system that did all
Permutive is announcing that it has raised $18.5 million in Series B funding, as the London-based startup works to help online publishers make money in a changing privacy landscape. CEO Joe Root, who co-founded the company with CTO Tim Spratt, noted that publishers are facing increasing regulation, while web browsers are phasing out support for
In 2015, Andy Rink debuted Lully at a Y Combinator demo day. The product was meant to help children overcome night terrors. Lully had plans to launch into new markets, such as bed wetting, but clinica How many government demands for user data has Zoom received? We won’t know until “later this year,” an updated
Mobile storytelling startup Unrd is making its first move into adapting existing intellectual property — specifically “Ghosted: Love Gone Missing,” an MTV reality series about ghosting (the dating practice, not anything supernatural). Until now, Unrd (pronounced “unread”) has created original crime, horror and romance stories that are told through characters’ phones, through content like text
If you ask Nik Bonaddio why he wanted to build a new mobile trivia app, his answer is simple. “In my life, I’ve got very few true passions: I love trivia and I love sports,” Bonaddio Apple faces an antitrust complaint in Europe, TikTok has a new CEO and YouTube TV disappears from Roku. This
While there were risks to gaming, the large and growing market size, resilient economic model and high engagement rates were compelling enough to look past them. Closing the gender gap in VC funding is no simple task, but it’s one that must be undertaken. One of the most challenging aspects of running your space startup
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