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Business
With echoes of Theranos, Truvian Sciences revives the dream of low-cost, accessible blood tests
A little over a year after the dissolution of the once high-flying blood testing startup Theranos, another startup has raised…
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STARTUPS
Direct-to-consumer lingerie brand Lively acquired for $85M
Lively, a lingerie business founded and led by former Victoria’s Secret executive Michelle Cordeiro Grant, has sold to intimate apparel…
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Trends
On the road to self-driving trucks, Starsky Robotics built a traditional trucking business
More than three years ago, self-driving trucks startup Starsky Robotics was founded to solve a fundamental issue with freight —…
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STARTUPS
Flying taxi startup Blade is helping Silicon Valley CEOs bypass traffic
One year after a $38 million Series B valued on-demand aviation startup Blade at $140 million, the company has begun…
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Trends
Veteran Googler heads to Lyft to lead 1,000-plus person engineering team
Eisar Lipkovitz, a veteran Google executive who most recently led the video and display advertising team there, is leaving the…
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Finance
President Bolsonaro should boost Brazil’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
Romero Rodrigues Contributor More posts by this contributor Brazil’s fintech boom offers new vertical opportunities for investors Brazil’s tech-sector bright…
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Trends
Ten pieces of friendly VC advice for when someone wants to buy your company
I’ve been fortunate to have been part of half a dozen exits this year, and have seen the process work…
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