Equity transcribed: Slack’s IPO, the VCs behind Facebook Libra, founder salaries and trouble in scooter-land

Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity. This week,...


SoFar Sounds house concerts raises $25M, but bands get just $100

Tired of noisy music venues where you can hardly see the stage? SoFar Sounds...


Birth control delivery startup Nurx taps Clover Health’s Varsha Rao as CEO

Rao, Airbnb's former head of global operations, joined Clover Health as COO in...


Cap table management tool Carta valued at $800M with new funding

Carta, formerly known as eShares, has raised $80 million from Meritech and Tribe...


Plus-sized clothing startup Dia&Co gets another $70M from Sequoia, USV

Dia&Co co-founder and CEO Nadia Boujarwah wants to change the retail market...


Quizlet hits 50M monthly users

Following a $20 million round earlier this year, Quizlet is seeing solid growth...


The importance of grit and how to harness it in achieving your life goals

Grit in entrepreneurship is the ability to pursue a higher-level goal with...


Singapore VC firm Amasia joins edtech startup Skillshare’s US$28M Series C round

US-based Skillshare is an ​online learning community​ with classes...


This newly funded startup wants to help women gauge their reproductive health a lot sooner in life

It’s often the case that women don’t think much about their...


CryptoKitties raises $12M from Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures

CryptoKitties, the virtual collectible kitten game that turned into a viral...