March 3, 2020
Down again, Robinhood will offer ‘case-by-case’ compensation for its outage on the day markets gained $1.1 trillion
As the company experiences its second day of outages, Robinhood, the...
January 10, 2020
Layoffs at Lime and Getaround herald rise of profit-hungry unicorns
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public...
October 15, 2019
Bird’s chief legal & policy officer is leaving the company
David Estrada, who was hired last year from Kitty Hawk, is joining another...
August 8, 2019
Africa’s top mobile phone seller Transsion to list in Chinese IPO
Chinese mobile-phone and device maker Transsion will list in an IPO on...
July 24, 2019
Tile finds another $45M to expand its item-tracking devices and platform
Tile — the company that makes popular small square-shaped tags and other...
April 27, 2019
Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
In this week's newsletter: Uber, Slack and the evolving Series A.
February 7, 2019
Africa Roundup: Zimbabwe’s net blackout, Partech’s $143M fund, Andela’s $100M raise, Flutterwave’s pivot
A high court in Zimbabwe ended the government’s restrictions on internet...
January 12, 2019
Scooter startup Bird tried to silence a journalist. It did not go well.
Cory Doctorow doesn’t like censorship. He especially doesn’t like...
December 7, 2018
Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises $6M, expands in Africa
Nigerian trucking logistics startup Kobo360 has raised $6 million to...
September 6, 2018
Taxify is entering the e-scooter game
Estonian ride-hailing company Taxify will compete with Bird and Lime in Europe...