Uber Acquires JUMP

Uber Acquires JUMP

Uber has acquired bike-sharing startup JUMP for an undisclosed amount of money. This comes shortly after TechCrunch reported that JUMP was in talks with Uber as well as with investors regarding a potential fundraising round involving Sequoia Capital’s Mike Moritz. At...
Self Care Apps are Booming

Self Care Apps are Booming

Millennials may be a bit obsessed with self-care — and it’s beginning to pay off for the makers of self-care and digital wellness apps. According to data from multiple app store intelligence firms, the category is now seeing notable growth. In the first quarter of...
On-demand shipping startup Shyp is shutting down

On-demand shipping startup Shyp is shutting down

After rocketing to a $250 million valuation in 2015 amid a massive hype cycle for on-demand companies, on-demand startup Shyp  is shutting down today. CEO Kevin Gibbon  announced that the company would be shutting down in a blog post this afternoon. The company is...

Dropbox Prepares for IPO

Silicon Valley darling Dropbox Inc. is aiming to go public at a valuation well below the $10 billion it clocked in its last private funding round, despite posting healthy revenue growth and turning cash-flow positive in the intervening four years. The file-sharing...

Interview with Surecave’s CEO Louis Baugier

Louis Baugier is a JP Morgan Chase Global Real Estate and RXR Realty alum. But he’s also the founder of Surecave, a New York City-based real estate technology company. Surecave’s proprietary software platform is designed to help management companies and...