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Venture Capital

In One VC Sector, Women Are Gaining Ground

By Serena Saitto · May 14, 2018 7:01 AM PDT · 3 comments

While women still represent only about 15% of decision makers at Silicon Valley’s major venture capital firms, another subset of the industry, corporate venture capital, has a higher proportion of women calling the shots.At least four of the 20 biggest corporate venture capital funds, including those operated by Comcast, Time Warner, GE... While women still represent only about 15% of decision makers at Silicon Valley’s major...

E-commerce Amazon

SoftBank May Not Sell Flipkart Stake in Walmart Deal

May 10, 2018 · 4:02 PM PDT · 1 comment

The New York Stock Exchange on the day that Spotify went public. Photo by Bloomberg.

Why Uber and Airbnb Should Copy Spotify with a Direct Listing

By Serena Saitto · May 4, 2018 7:01 AM PDT · 1 comment

A month after debuting on the New York Stock Exchange by going public without selling new shares—an unprecedented direct listing—it is clear that Spotify’s experiment was a success. The Swedish music streaming company is trading 21% higher than where its stock traded in the private market immediately before its public listing.... A month after debuting on the New York Stock Exchange by going public without selling new...

Quantopian Strikes Deal With FactSet

April 25, 2018 · 1:47 PM PDT

Peloton Hires CFO as It Gears Up for IPO

April 25, 2018 · 12:43 PM PDT

Startups Venture Capital

Marissa Mayer Starts Consumer-Focused Lumi Labs in Google’s Old Office

April 18, 2018 · 11:57 AM PDT

Markets Startups

VC Deal Volume Reaches $28 Billion in Q1 2018

April 10, 2018 · 1:47 PM PDT

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Lessons From Silicon Valley’s Latest Female VC Partners

By Serena Saitto · April 10, 2018 10:01 AM PDT · 3 comments

Art by Mike Sullivan

Venture Capital

Lessons From Silicon Valley’s Latest Female VC Partners

By Serena Saitto · April 10, 2018 10:01 AM PDT · 3 comments

Eight of the biggest venture capital firms, including Benchmark Capital, Union Square Ventures and General Catalyst, named their first female partners in the past 16 months. Those hires helped slightly increase women’s representation in the upper ranks of venture capital, as The Information reported Monday.Today, we are profiling the new... Eight of the biggest venture capital firms, including Benchmark Capital, Union Square Ventures...

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Venture Capital

Silicon Valley’s Most and Least Diverse Investors

By Serena Saitto · April 9, 2018 7:00 AM PDT · 8 comments

The proportion of women in decision-making positions at the most prominent venture capital firms inched up to nearly 15% last year from roughly 11% in 2016. Black representation rose marginally. That’s according to the results of a survey conducted by The Information and VC firm Social Capital, our third since 2015. The VC... The proportion of women in decision-making positions at the most prominent venture capital firms...

Venture Capital

Steve Jurvetson Is Back in Business

April 6, 2018 · 3:43 PM PDT · 1 comment

Markets Enterprise

Salt Lake City-Based Software Maker Domo Is Preparing for an IPO

April 5, 2018 · 3:58 PM PDT · 1 comment

John Chambers. Photo by Bloomberg.

How John Chambers Looks at Deals

By Serena Saitto · April 5, 2018 7:01 AM PDT · 6 comments

John Chambers. Photo by Bloomberg.

How John Chambers Looks at Deals

By Serena Saitto · April 5, 2018 7:01 AM PDT · 6 comments

When John Chambers ran Cisco Systems, acquisitions were one of his favorite ways to grow the company. By his own estimate, Cisco did 180 deals in his time there. But as he said in an interview with The Information this week, Cisco executives expected that one third would not succeed. It was a surprising admission for a former CEO, given how... When John Chambers ran Cisco Systems, acquisitions were one of his favorite ways to grow the...

Venture Capital

SoftBank Held Talks With China for Vision Fund Investment

March 30, 2018 · 1:25 PM PDT

Venture Capital

Credit Karma Sold $500 Million Stake to Silver Lake From Existing Shareholders

March 28, 2018 · 2:36 PM PDT

A Warby Parker store in New York. Photo by Mike Sullivan

Can Warby Parker Sustain Investors’ High Expectations?

By Alfred Lee and Serena Saitto · March 26, 2018 7:01 AM PDT

Warby Parker has become a major e-commerce success story since launching eight years ago. Investors seem to be banking on big growth from the trendy eyewear retailer, judging by a recent fundraising. But revenue figures suggest the company has its work cut out for it if it is going to continue to meet investors’ lofty expectations.The... Warby Parker has become a major e-commerce success story since launching eight years ago....

Naspers Plans to Sell $10 Billion Stake in Tencent to Reinvest in Growth

March 22, 2018 · 11:54 AM PDT

Venture Capital

Tech Founders Unite to Pressure VCs to Embrace Diversity

March 20, 2018 · 11:38 AM PDT

Venture Capital

For a Key Uber Investor, Lessons in Corporate Governance

By Serena Saitto · March 19, 2018 7:01 AM PDT · 9 comments

Shawn Carolan, who co-led Menlo Ventures’ investment in Uber, says his firm made $1 billion selling almost half of its stake in Uber to SoftBank. That eye-popping return, which Menlo hadn’t previously confirmed, on an original investment of $26 million in 2011, marks the firm’s largest redistribution of capital to its limited... Shawn Carolan, who co-led Menlo Ventures’ investment in Uber, says his firm made $1 billion...

Zuora Files For IPO

March 16, 2018 · 4:07 PM PDT

Peter Thiel Praises Trump, Bitcoin

March 15, 2018 · 1:07 PM PDT