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Components in the News #7: Raises, Rockets, and Removals
What our Analysts Have Been Reading…. Overview SpaceX Planning a New Raise Brex Expands into Travel Services Relativity Launches Terran 1 Rocket, But Fails to Make Orbit Carta Removes Public Companies from its Platform EquipmentShare Announces...
Recent Changes in Talkdesk’s Leadership
Recently, Prime Unicorn Index component Talkdesk has been changing its leadership and hiring many new executives. These hirings include William Welch as President and COO, Shane Evans as CRO, and Andrew Dubrov as CCO. According to Business Wire, Welch will work...
Components in the News #6: SVB Fallout, Continuing AI Craze, & More
What our Analysts Have Been Reading…. Overview Brex Is Helping Startups Borrow More Than $1 Billion To Meet SVB Payroll Crunch Gopuff Makes Another Round of Layoffs Rippling Struggles to Provide Services to Customers Instacart Implements ChatGPT...
AI in the Prime Unicorn Index
Lately, many venture funds’ attention has turned to AI startups. For example, companies such as Salesforce have recently launched AI-specific funds, and VCs have been allocating more funds to generative AI, with as much as $2.1B dedicated to the space in 2022, a 425%...
Components in the News #5: NFT Rental Properties, SpaceX Delays, & More
What our Analysts Have Been Reading…. Overview Roofstock Sells Rental Property Via NFT Whoop Lowers Subscription Prices Via in Talks to Acquire Citymapper SpaceX Mission to ISS Called Off at Last Minute Altria Plans to Sell its 35% Stake in Juul...
Leadership Changes at LaunchDarkly: Dan Rogers Named as New CEO
Edith Harbaugh, Co-Founder of Catamorphic (DBA: LaunchDarkly), will be stepping down from her role as CEO and will be succeeded by Rubrik President Dan Rogers, according to Bloomberg. The move will see Harbaugh shift to the position of executive chair of the company....
Components in the News #4: More Layoffs…
What our Analysts Have Been Reading…. Overview Talkdesk Initiates Layoffs Tanium Appoints New CEO Gusto Cuts 5% of Staff Impossible Foods to Lay Off 20% of Workers Clari, Workato Implement Layoffs...
Three Basic Rules: Dilution, Dilution, Dilution
Take a sample of 100 venture-backed companies successful enough to undertake an initial public offering. In a high percentage of the transactions, the prospectus discloses that the earliest stage investors (founders and angels) wind up with close to...
TripActions Rebrands to Navan
Prime Unicorn Index component TripActions is now known as Navan, Inc. According to the press release, this rebrand marks the next stage in the company’s evolution as it defines a new category of software: Business Software Designed for People. Besides changing its...
Components in the News #3: Juul in Deal Talks, Starlink in Africa, & More
What our Analysts Have Been Reading…. Overview Juul in Deal Talks with Tobacco Giants Discord Acquires Social Media App Gas BigPanda Names New CFO SpaceX’s Starlink Launches in Africa for the First Time Ripple Partners with Montenegro to Create a CBDC...
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