BuzzFeed said to be working on IPO
Media company BuzzFeed is trying to do the impossible by creating a new public media company today. According to reports from The Wall Street Journal, the company is working on an initial public offering for […]
Startups
Turvo raises Series A to serve the full supply chain
Turvo, a two-year-old, Sunnyvale, Ca.-based company, is emerging today with an idea so ambitious that investors have provided it with $25 million in Series A funding to chase it. Turvo connects people looking to have […]
Car-sharing startup Silvercar headed toward acquisition by Audi
Audi plans to acquire Silvercar. Silvercar is a U.S.-based car-sharing startup. It was founded specifically to address the high-end airport rental car market. The company’s fleet is already made up exclusively of Audi A4 cars. […]
Business-intelligence startup Looker raises Series D round
Looker claims to be the only one handling information from the database in which its housed all the way to end uses like a prompt to pull up a report within chat tool Slack. To […]
MasterClass announces Series C round
If you want to learn something new, learn it from the master. That’s the thesis behind MasterClass, which offers tennis tips from Serena Williams, cooking advice from Gordon Ramsay and vocal training from Christina Aguilera. The startup has […]
Pinterest sees a future in small-business advertising
Pinterest has unveiled a program called Pinterest Propel as it looks to build its roster of advertisers and reach out to smaller businesses. The program offers custom-built pins as well as tips from experts for […]
Lucid Motors looks to beat Tesla in China
The electric-car company Lucid Motors is looking to take on Tesla and other luxury automobile brands in China, says Chief Technology Officer Peter Rawlinson. The company has developed a prototype of a $100,000-plus car with […]
Chinese photo-sharing app Kuaishou planning U.S. IPO later this year
Kuaishou, a hot photo-sharing application in China, is planning to go public in the U.S. later this year. The app has more than 40 million daily active users against 100 million monthly active users. It was […]
Desktop Metal, the 3D printer startup, raises $45 million
Desktop Metal is emerging startup with the mission to bring metal 3D printing to all design and manufacturing teams. The company announced it has raised a total of $97 million in equity funding since its founding in […]
Digital publisher China Reading prepares for $800M IPO
Digital publisher China Reading, which is backed by Tencent Holdings, is selecting underwriters for an initial public offering. It could raise as much as $800 million, people familiar with the matter said. The company, China’s biggest […]