by The Brio Team | Sep 1, 2017 | Getting Funded
Author: John Mannes / Source: TechCrunch Lan Xuezhao has spent the last few months pulling together $136 million for her new machine intelligence-focused venture capital fund, Basis Set Ventures. I met Xuezhao for tea on a park bench in Potrero Hill earlier...
by The Brio Team | Aug 31, 2017 | Getting Funded
Author: Steve O’Hear / Source: TechCrunch De-cloaking today is a new startup from two of the founders of defunct food delivery company Take Eat Easy. Dubbed Cowboy, the company is building a new electronic bicycle that it claims will address issues...
by The Brio Team | Aug 31, 2017 | Getting Funded
Author: Ingrid Lunden / Source: TechCrunch As Amazon continues to expand its retail muscle beyond its own e-commerce portal, there’s been some activity among startups and businesses hoping to develop systems that can help others compete better with it....
by The Brio Team | Aug 31, 2017 | Going Public
Source: Financial Review Dara Khosrowshahi told employees that although public life “sucks” because of investors’ short-term focus, the ride-hailing app would eventually do an IPO. Paul Sakuma by The Lex Column Uber’s new chief executive says...
by The Brio Team | Aug 31, 2017 | Going Public
Author: Ali Breland – / Source: TheHill Uber’s newly minted CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, says that the company could go public in as soon as 18 months. In remarks given during his first appearance in front of Uber employees on Wednesday, Khosrowshahi said...