Browsing: funding
Hinge CEO says he bribed students with KitKats to get the $400 million-a-year business off the ground
Justin McLeod was just a young Harvard Business School student when he came up with the idea for a dating…
Mark Zuckerberg gave his ex-Facebook engineer startup advice at 2 a.m. over chess—now she’s a founder with over $8.5 million raised in funding
When Sophie Novati landed her first job as an engineering intern at Facebook in 2011, the social media giant was…
Florida HBCU’s record $237 million donation from hemp mogul is worthless, investigator confirms
A record multi-million dollar gift to Florida’s only public historically Black university has been void for months, an independent investigator…
Katie Lefkowitz, founder and CEO of “superfood-infused” candy bar company Harken Sweets, was a self-proclaimed “Snickers fanatic” for most of…
The German billionaire behind the ‘Olympics on steroids’ is a dinosaur egg-collecting film producer who takes mushroom trips twice a year
Christian Angermayer is a billionaire film producer, psychedelics mogul, and, perhaps soon, the brainchild of the latest crazy athletic competition…
GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan is revolutionizing crowdfunding with a conscience, securing over $30 billion for ‘good causes’ since 2010
CEO Agenda provides unique insights into how leaders think and lead and what keeps them busy in a world of…
Revolut billionaire Nik Storonsky set for a 9-figure payday as part of upcoming $500 million share sale
Revolut’s cofounder and CEO Nik Storonsky is preparing to turn part of his multibillion-dollar paper wealth into cold hard cash…
U.K. tech overtakes China, cementing its position as the world’s second-largest ecosystem by funding
China may be the world’s second-largest economy, but when it comes to startup funding, the U.K. is punching above its…
The world of venture capital has long been shrouded in an air of mystery. For aspiring entrepreneurs, securing funding can…
I grew my business with no outside funding. Bootstrappers have an advantage over VC-backed startups—especially now
Theranos is the telltale story of when VC funding goes awry. The company, which claimed it developed a revolutionary blood-testing…