Venture
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Early Stage: Fire-tracking app could help residents get out of harm’s way
After fires tore through the North Bay, killing at least 42 people, questions have arisen about how to keep residents safe and informed during disasters. San Jose-based software company Kaazing hopes to save lives with its online platform DisasterAWARE.
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Lyft rakes in $1 billion in funding round led by Alphabet’s CapitalG
Lyft’s cash infusion comes as larger rival Uber is struggling after a series of embarrassing scandals.
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Peter Thiel got married in Vienna last weekend: report
PayPal co-founder, venture capitalist and Facebook board member Peter Thiel got hitched last weekend in Vienna, Austria.
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Early stage: This app could reduce the dangers of concussions in young athletes
The Sideline app by PRIVIT lets coaches access student athletes’ medical information right from the sidelines, helping them take better care of their players when they get hurt.
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Fed up over sexual harassment scandal, she quit 500 Startups. Now she’s starting her own VC firm to ‘level the playing field’
Former 500 Startups partner Elizabeth Yin is launching a new $50 million fund called Hustle Fund, which will focus on leveling the playing field for entrepreneurs by investing in founders from diverse backgrounds.
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Early stage: Can this virtual fitting room change online shopping as we know it?
Berkeley-based Twindom’s 3D-imaging technology could revolutionize the online shopping process by letting you virtually “try on” clothes at home.
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Early Stage: Startup offers new way to buy stock
Stockpile wants to democratize investing in big companies like Apple and Facebook. The startup lets you use your credit card, over the app, to buy fractions of shares worth as little as $1.
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Early Stage: Can this app make renting in Silicon Valley easier, more affordable?
The founder of Redwood City-based startup Zently says his app, which makes it easier for roommates to live together, is also bringing down the cost of renting.
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Silicon Valley investor to offer free money to 3,000 random people
Sam Altman’s startup accelerator Y Combinator this week rolled out plans to extend its universal basic income study to 3,000 people across two states.
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Ellen Pao on ‘The Daily Show’: ‘It’s about right and wrong’
‘Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah called Pao’s new memoir “eye-opening and fascinating.”
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