WeWork and Uber are proof valuations are meaningless

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Max Levchin’s Affirm seeks capital amid surge in fintech funding

Fintech investment is expected to reach new highs in 2019.


Patch Homes locks in $5m Series A to give homeowners financial freedom without debt

Homeownership has long been touted as the American dream. But rising rates of...


Accel and Sequoia seed Middesk with $4M to background check businesses

Middesk helps financial entities identify business and regulatory risk in their...


Tech startups want to destigmatize sex

Sex, despite being one of the most fundamental human experiences, is still one...


Despite Brexit, UK startups can compete with Silicon Valley to win tech talent

Brexit has taken over discourse in the UK and beyond. In the UK alone. The...


Theresia Gouw and Ann Miura-Ko are coming to Disrupt

For a very long time, the venture industry was stubbornly resistant to change....


Kenshō, ‘the antithesis of Goop,’ launches a research-based guide to natural medicine

Kenshō wants to become a holistic health "medical journal" with input from...


These brothers just raised $15 million for their startup, Dutchie, a kind of Shopify for cannabis dispensaries

Ross Lipson comes from an entrepreneurial family, so perhaps it’s no...


Peloton plots $1.2B Nasdaq IPO

The developer of internet-connected stationary bikes has proposed a maximum...