What does Taylor Swift have in common with a group of improv comedians pretending to be wizards? They can both sell out Madison Square Garden (… and also, their fans kind of hate Ticketmaster now). Dropout’s Dungeons & Dragons actual play show, Dimension 20, is getting pretty close to selling out a 19,000-seat venue just […]
API startup Noname Security nears $500M deal to sell itself to Akamai
Noname Security, a cybersecurity startup that protects APIs, is in advanced talks with Akamai Technologies to sell itself for $ 500 million, according to a person familiar with the deal. Noname was co-founded in 2020 by Oz Galan and Shay Levi and is headquartered in Palo Alto but has Israeli roots. The startup raised $ […]
Cendana, Kline Hill have a fresh $105M to buy stakes in seed VC funds from LPs looking to sell
If you ask investors to name the biggest challenge for venture capital today, you’ll likely get a near-unanimous answer: lack of liquidity. Despite investing in startups or VC funds that increased in value, due to the dearth of IPOs, those bets are not generating much, if any, cash for their backers. That’s the drawback of […]
Amazon quietly launches Bazaar to sell fast-fashion and lifestyle products in India
Amazon has quietly introduced a “special store” called Bazaar in India, featuring affordable and trendy fashion and lifestyle products, as it ramps up efforts against Walmart-owned Flipkart and Reliance’s Ajio, which have made deeper inroads in the Indian fast-fashion market. The world’s largest e-commerce firm has rolled out the new store on its India Android […]
Stefon Diggs trade grades: Texans land major upgrade for C.J. Stroud, Bills sell low after Josh Allen drama
The Bills lost one of their top receivers during the 2024 NFL offseason when Gabe Davis signed with the Jaguars. Davis was only the first domino to fall, as Stefon Diggs is also departing Buffalo. The Bills traded their veteran, No. 1 receiver to the Texans on Wednesday, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Buffalo will obtain […]