About Us
Pricing
Briefing
Startups Venture Capital

SoftBank Agrees to 14 Seed Investments in Startups Led by Underrepresented Founders

By Kate Clark
· · Source: The Information

As part of its new accelerator program, Emerge, SoftBank will invest an undisclosed amount in 14 startups led by diverse founders. The new investments represent the mega-fund’s first-ever seed deals. Mogul , which helps organizations advance diverse talent, and Bridge to College , a tool for students and high school counselors to navigate the college admissions process, are among the graduates...

Get access to exclusive coverage
Read deeply reported stories from the largest newsroom in tech.
Latest Articles
 
Exclusive Venture Capital Startups
Conflict Over IPO, Sales Led to CEO Ouster at DataRobot
By Kevin McLaughlin · April 21, 2021 6:01 AM PDT
DataRobot founder and former CEO Jeremy Achin in a screengrab from a company promotional video via YouTube
Jeremy Achin had had enough of the questions about an initial public offering. Late last year, Achin—then the CEO of DataRobot, a nine-year-old artificial intelligence startup valued at nearly $3 billion by blue-chip investors—presided over a virtual company meeting in which he responded pointedly to employee questions about when DataRobot would go public. He told employees that he,...
Latest Briefs
 
Apple Supplier Quanta Computer Target of Cyber Attacks
By Wayne Ma · April 21, 2021
TikTok Faces U.K. Claims It Illegally Used Kids’ Data
By Mark Di Stefano · April 21, 2021
Tesla Faces Negative Publicity Over Customer Complaint in China
By Juro Osawa · April 21, 2021
Stay in the know
Receive a summary of the day's top tech news—distilled into one email.
Access on the go
View stories on our mobile app and tune into our weekly podcast.
Join live video Q&A’s
Deep-dive into topics like startups and autonomous vehicles with our top reporters and other executives.
Enjoy a clutter-free experience
Read without any banner ads.
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. Art by Mike Sullivan.
Exclusive Venture Capital Startups
‘These Guys Are Very Different’: Inside Andreessen Horowitz’s Rise
By Kate Clark and Amir Efrati
As recently as two years ago, the performance of Andreessen Horowitz’s investments in tech startups were average , despite the firm’s outsize public profile.
Dion Foxworth, co-host of the “Stock Market Moves” show, uses the Clubhouse app. Photo:Bloomberg
Exclusive Venture Capital Startups
Andreessen Horowitz Values Clubhouse at $4 Billion With DST, Tiger
By Alex Heath
Andreessen Horowitz is valuing the social media app Clubhouse at $4 billion in a round of financing with new investors DST Global and Tiger Global Management, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Venture Capital Startups
Coinbase Direct Listing’s Biggest Winners
By Berber Jin
Coinbase’s public stock market debut today crystallizes enormous gains enjoyed by the crypto firm’s earliest investors, most notably Union Square Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.
An image of Boston Dynamics' 'Stretch' robot. Art by Mike Sullivan
Amazon
Five Warehouse Robotics Firms to Watch
By Mark Di Stefano
Warehouse robotics is suddenly looking like a hot sector. A series of deals in the past few months, including SoftBank’s $2.8 billion investment in Norwegian robotics firm AutoStore this month as well as the merger of robotics firm Berkshire Grey with a special purpose acquisition company, highlight how investor interest in warehouse robotics is growing.
Data Point Google Facebook
Startups Are Poaching Facebook, Google Execs
By Sylvia Varnham O'Regan
A few days before DoorDash went public last December, the food-delivery company hired a new vice president of enterprise sales and business development, Shanna Prevé.
February's Super Bowl. Photo by AP
Exclusive
Sports Site Action Network Looks for Buyer as Online Betting Grows
By Jessica Toonkel
Several sports media firms are looking for buyers or investors, hoping to cash in on the expansion of online sports betting across the U.S.