Tag: AOL

Snap acquires location data startup StreetCred

StartupsJanuary 11, 2021

Snapchat’s parent company Snap has acquired StreetCred, a New York City startup building a platform for location data. Snap confirmed the news to...

Steve Case’s Revolution is targeting $500 million for its fourth growth fund

StartupsNovember 19, 2020

Revolution, the Washington, D.C.-based investment firm founded by AOL co-founder CEO Steve Case and former AOL senior exec Ted Leonsis, is raising $500...

Wall Street to Main Street: Drop Dead

PaymentsSeptember 11, 2020

After 2008, in the central bank liquidity driven bull market, stock picking went out of fashion. As the market always went up due...

Wall Street veteran Alan Patricof and wellness executive Abby Miller Levy launch VC fund Primetime Partners to invest in tech startups that cater to...

StartupsAugust 6, 2020

Almost every country in the developed world is experiencing a dramatic shift in the proportion of the Boomer population. While the demographics shift,...

Win a Porsche Taycan and $20,000

AutomotiveJuly 3, 2020

I was driving through the mountains this weekend when I saw my first Porsche Taycan in the wild. An all-electric Porsche is an...

Security Token Exchanges May be the Next Phase in the Finance Evolution

BlockchainJune 18, 2020

In 1996, there were over 8,000 public companies listed on exchanges in the United States. Fast forward to 2020 and there are only...

Real use cases in Asian open banking

FintechJune 9, 2020

A recent global survey from Finastra has found that open banking has firmly taken root in Asia – and financial institutions are already...

Malwarebytes hires Dariusz Paczuski as senior vice president of marketing

Cyber SecurityJune 1, 2020

Malwarebytes announced that it has hired Dariusz Paczuski as senior vice president of marketing, to help scale the company’s consumer and enterprise businesses. Paczuski...

Twitter-CEO Dorsey: Vom Masseur zum Messenger-Mogul

BlockchainMay 31, 2020

Kaum jemand anderes steht gleichermaßen für den Gründergeist des Silicon Valley wie für den Krypto-Kosmos wie der Twitter-Gründer Jack Dorsey. Ein Blick zurück. Wie...

SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Facebook Workplace and Slack — May 29, 2020

StartupsMay 29, 2020

Ep. 337: Christine Trodella is Head of Americas for Facebook’s Workplace product, the communication tool that connects everyone in your company, through...