VC firm Slauson & Co. has closed a $ 100 million Fund II, a big step up from its initial $ 75 million fund. “We invest in everybody,” Ajay Relan, partner at Slauson & Co., told TechCrunch, adding that the firm wants to make sure all perspectives are included in its products and services. Companies […]
aespa Karina’s Huge Appetite Leaves Netizens In Disbelief
aespa member Karina is going viral on Korean online communities for her impressive food-loving appetite. Karina | @katarinabluu/Instagram On August 2, a netizen posted about Karina’s eating habit on the popular community site Theqoo and it went viral with over 110,000 views at the time of writing. The OP (original poster) pointed out that Karina […]
Tempus soars 15% on the first day of trading, demonstrating investor appetite for a health tech with a promise of AI
Tempus, a genomic testing and data analysis company started by Eric Lefkosky, who previously founded Groupon, debuted on Nasdaq on Friday, rose about 15% on the opening The company priced its IPO on Thursday at $ 37 apiece, at the top of its $ 35 to $ 37 price range, raising nearly $ 411 million […]
What StepStone’s $3.3B venture secondaries fund tells us about LPs’ current appetite for venture
StepStone raised the largest fund dedicated to investing in venture secondaries ever, the firm announced last week. This fundraise doesn’t just say a lot about StepStone’s venture secondaries investing prowess, but also about how LPs are thinking about the current venture market. The fund, StepStone VC Secondaries Fund VI, raised $ 3.3 billion. This marks […]
There’s a real appetite for a fintech alternative to QuickBooks
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at the continued fallout from Synapse’s bankruptcy, how Layer wants to disrupt SMB accounting, and much more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. PT, subscribe here. The big story The prospects for […]