Saas And Cloud Stocks Finally Give Back Ground
BigCommerce files to go public: Alex Wilhelm
As expected, BigCommerce has filed to go public. The Austin, Texas, based e-commerce company raised over $200 million while private. The company’s IPO filing lists a $100 million placeholder figure for its IPO raise, giving us directional indication that this…
Snapchat tests TikTok-style navigation for exploring public content: Sarah Perez
Snapchat could be gearing up to more directly challenge TikTok. The company confirmed it’s testing a new experience that allows users to move through Snapchat’s public content with a vertical swiping motion — a gesture that’s been popularized by TikTok, where…
Mighty Health created a wellness app with older adults top of mind: Natasha Mascarenhas
Virtual classes might make it easier to work out anywhere, anytime, but not for anyone. Mainstream fitness tech often targets the young and fit, in advertisements and cardio-heavy exercises. It effectively excludes aging adults from participating. This gap be…
Former Tinder VP Jeff Morris Jr. opens up Product Club, an accelerator meant to stay small and focused: Greg Kumparak
Startup accelerators tend to grow the size of each new class over time, as more of their portfolio companies find exits, their network of mentors expands, and they find new ways to scale things up. The most recognized example of this is almost certainly Y Com…
SaaS and cloud stocks finally give back ground: Alex Wilhelm
After a heated run, SaaS and cloud stocks dipped sharply during regular trading on Monday. According to the category-tracking Bessemer cloud index, public SaaS and cloud stocks dropped around 6.5% today, a material blow to the value of some of the world’s mos…
A pledge to unite international students and tech: Sophie Alcorn
The last three-and-a-half years have been hell for immigrants and hell for immigration lawyers. Probably a lot of caring government immigration adjudicators have felt it, too. But it’s like an abusive relationship
FlexJobs CEO Sara Sutton: What newly remote companies tend to get right/wrong: Greg Kumparak
Over the last few months, just about any tech company that can go remote has gone remote. Are companies adopting remote for the long haul, or is it just a holdover until they can get people back in the office? What are newly remote companies getting wrong or …
Trump’s account is back on Twitch following ‘hateful conduct’ suspension: Brian Heater
It’s been two weeks since Reddit and Twitch made key moves to ban political content over service violations. As Twitch noted at the time, its suspension of the official Trump account was just temporary. Following earlier reports, the service confirmed with Te…
Edtech exits show a need for better plumbing: Natasha Mascarenhas
The world’s massive experiment with remote learning has done more than emphasize the cracks in the way we learn. It’s brought much needed attention and capital to potential solutions. But it’s not just investors who are flurrying to the space; edtech incumben…
More new space consolidation as Voyager Space Holdings acquires Pioneer Astronautics: Darrell Etherington
It’s beginning to be a sign of the times: smaller or younger space companies getting acquired by larger entities. Today, the company being acquired is Pioneer Astronautics, which has been bought by Voyager Space Holdings in a combined cash and stock deal. Voy…
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