Alex Wilhelm
Everyone has heard of minimum viable products (MVPs), early versions of a future startup’s product that contains precisely what it needs to deliver value — and nothing more.
The tricky bit is sorting out what is required in an MVP and what is extraneous. Build too much and the resulting delay...
The potential sale of MariaDB to K1 Investment Management for $37 million is a capstone on the failed era of SPAC mergers that gained prominence for a brief time in venture circles during the last startup boom.
Remember SPACs? Special purpose acquisition companies, also known as blank-check companies, were used...
It appears emerging price points for AI-powered software products will boost the total addressable market (TAM) for technology products and help reaccelerate growth at tech companies big and small.
In late 2023, Battery Ventures noted that the pullback of revenue growth at software startups had reached its nadir, and growth...
In its most recent quarter, Microsoft reported $62 billion worth of revenue, $27 billion worth of operating income, and $21.9 billion worth of net income. It also recently cut 1,900 jobs. Alphabet reported $86.3 billion worth of revenue, operating income worth $23.7 billion, net income of $20.7 billion, and...
The collapse of Amazon’s proposed deal to buy iRobot highlights just how critical the IPO market is this year. With governments tightening the screws on big tech companies trying to buy smaller firms, a key exit avenue could be closed to startups in the near term.
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The expectation that modern AI tech will find a home in every part of our lives is pandemic. Fittingly, startups and investors are working overtime to build and fund new technology companies to either create or implement new AI tech. Major rounds are often in the headlines, and startups...
Reddit could be finally going public this year.
On the heels of Circle’s IPO filing and news from a major exchange that a host of companies are preparing to go public this year, Reuters reports that Reddit has “detailed plans” to go public in March.
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Twilio’s CEO and co-founder, Jeff Lawson, is stepping down from his role and his seat on the company’s board, following months of pressure from activist investors and several quarters of slowing revenue growth. Khozema Shipchandler, Twilio’s president and a former GE denizen, is taking over as CEO.
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Even though news of potential interest rate cuts has led to optimism that the IPO window might reopen and things might improve in startup land, it appears the global venture capital market has yet to level out: Early data from PitchBook indicates global VC investment in startups continued to...
Hopes that it would become easier for startups to raise capital in 2023 were left unmet as the year ended.
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New data from business database PitchBook paints a modestly dim picture...