This teardown covers all the key sections of a landing page so that you can apply the conversion and copywriting strategies to your startup’s homepage.
Utah’s Podium raises pre-IPO round, boosting its valuation to $3 billion
We won’t know how special Podium truly is till it coughs up some new numbers.
SOS raises 3.4M to add some pizazz to your local tampon vending machine
SOS already has a number of vending machines in the wild, dotted around the map in its native Boston. The company just closed a $3.4 million round to expand its offering of health and wellness products in vending machines in bathrooms. The vending machines are touch screens that also double as a “visually rich advertising […]
Seven years after last venture investment, Mixpanel scores $200M Series C
Mixpanel was a hot startup in 2014 when it nabbed a $65 million Series B on an $865 million valuation, a sizable B round and valuation for those days. Today, seven years after that announcement, the company finally has a C round, a $200 million investment on a $1.05 billion valuation from Bain Capital Tech […]
Casper’s return to private life isn’t a canary for DTC companies going public
Why do we care about one public company’s planned exit from the public markets? Because Casper’s demise as an independent, growth-oriented DTC company details what can go wrong for such firms.
Equity Monday: Startups rush to announce news before holiday slowdown
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds, and mulls over a larger theme or […]
AARP, T. Rowe Price, QED kick off community to target $8.3T 50-plus market
Prior to the global pandemic, technology for older folks was a nice to have, but now is “an absolute necessity to live your best life,” according to AARP’s Andy Miller.
Monograph raises $20M Series B to help designers and architects manage their operations
Monograph, a startup providing a cloud-based platform for architecture and design professionals to manage their projects, announced today that it has raised $20 million in its Series B funding round. New investor Tiger Global led the round, with participation from Tishman Speyer and existing investors Index Ventures and Homebrew Ventures. The round brings Monograph’s total […]
Offer decks and other fresh tips for startup hiring
Hiring is harder than ever for basically every startup. The rush of investment into tech companies in recent years has created more demand for skilled workers than humans can currently meet. But you can still get the talent you need if you get the details right. Especially if you know how to take advantage of […]
Can Europe compete in the quantum ‘space race’?
Quantum information science has long languished in an academic corner of the tech sector. But recent advances mean that the sector has taken on geopolitical significance.