Android creator Andy Rubin considers selling his smartphone startup 'Essential'The startup, part of Rubin’s incubator Playground Global, has raised about $300 million from several investors, including Amazon.com., Tenc...
26 May, 2018, 10.17 AM IST
A $200 billion question: Can tech swallow another Son mega fund?Another mega fund rooting for deals among private tech companies would give founders cash to grow their businesses, and early investors a p...
18 May, 2018, 09.06 AM IST
Japan's Recruit buys jobs website Glassdoor for $1.2 billionJapanese human-resources and consumer-information provider Recruit Holdings Co. has agreed to buy Glassdoor for $1.2 billion in cash.
10 May, 2018, 12.00 PM IST
Dropbox tops private value, shares soar in market debutInvestors’ enthusiastic response to the IPO could help clear one roadblock that’s been holding back Silicon Valley companies from going pub...
26 Mar, 2018, 09.32 AM IST
Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup Sea raises $884 million in IPOThe games company is backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd. and has benefited from the Chinese company’s support.
23 Oct, 2017, 02.09 PM IST
Message startup Slack said to draw interest from Amazon.comA deal could give San Francisco-based Slack a valuation of at least $9 billion, the people said.
16 Jun, 2017, 10.03 AM IST
Snap is year's most-shorted tech IPO before lockup endsInvestors are skeptical that the company can grow quickly enough to justify its valuation.
09 Jun, 2017, 10.29 AM IST
Blue Apron gets ready to prove food-delivery chops on IPO trailThe company filed for an initial public offering in the US Thursday, after reportedly delaying listing preparations while it worked to impr...
02 Jun, 2017, 09.33 AM IST
SoftBank's $100 billion tech fund rankles VCs as valuations soarIn the months since Softbank Group Corp. unveiled plans for a $100 billion technology fund, the Japanese company has been making its presen...
23 May, 2017, 01.03 PM IST
Dropbox said to secure $600 million credit line led by JPMorganThe San Francisco-based startup has been meeting with bankers to discuss plans to list, people familiar with the talks said.
31 Mar, 2017, 11.10 AM IST
The 22-year old at the center of the self-driving car crazeAs founder and chief executive officer of Luminar Technologies Inc, Russell and his team are building lidar, a hyper-accurate laser sensing...
31 Mar, 2017, 09.33 AM IST
Snap shows investor appetite to again bet on young companiesWhile concerns still loom about growth and profitability at the maker of disappearing-photo app Snapchat, interest in the IPO is undeniable.
06 Mar, 2017, 10.11 AM IST
24 hours before IPO, how CISCO acquired Jyoti Bansal's AppDynamics for $3.7 billionWith more than 150 companies valued at more than $1 billion and a temperamental IPO market, being acquired offers startups an exit from the...
27 Jan, 2017, 09.04 AM IST
Why banks do not want to sell Uber sharesJPMorgan and Deutsche Bank passed on the opportunity to do business with Uber just as investor sentiment started to change for market-bound...
08 Nov, 2016, 10.18 AM IST
Ola in talks to raise about $600 millionOla says its mission is to build mobility for a billion Indians. The company currently covers 102 cities in the country compared with Uber'...
02 Nov, 2016, 10.40 AM IST
Tesla Motors to raise $1.4 billion to expand productionTesla plans to sell 6.8 million shares in the offering, or 8.24 million if the underwriters use an option to buy additional stock from the ...
20 May, 2016, 06.40 AM IST
CEOs love share buybacks for the most obvious reason in the worldIt's easy to point to activist investors as the villains who force boards to return cash to shareholders at the risk of damaging companies'...
08 Jul, 2015, 01.13 PM IST