Month: October 2014

Join the F50 team! We are looking for core team member & several entry level position open

By DavidCao01 on October 31, 2014

Are you passionate about helping Silicon Valley’s hot new startups? Do you want to be an active player in early stage investments for a dynamic co-investment platform? F50, the co-investment platform for […]

F50 Opens Applications for Season 3, Triples Number of Seasons for 2015

By DavidCao01 on October 17, 2014

Full list on Street inside REDWOOD CITY, CA (October 17, 2014) — F50 (Fundable 50), a private co-investment platform, announced today it will hold six seasons for fundable startups in the 2015 […]

F50 S1 & S2 Welcome on youtube

By DavidCao01 on October 4, 2014

Bibs Won Pitch Demo Day(Consumer Mobile) Followed by Staytuned

By DavidCao01 on October 4, 2014

Originally posted on Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups:
Winner’s Introduction: Bibs: bibs is a platform for modernizing running events. Go here for Angellist Profile Bibs ties together online registration, rfid chip timing…

Funding and Exit

Travel giant Booking invests $500M in Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing July 17, 2018
Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing company, has pulled in some strategic capital after Booking Holdings invested $500 million into its business. The deal will see Booking Holdings — which was formerly known as Priceline — work closely with Didi to offer its on-demand car services through its Booking.com apps via an integration. Likewise, Didi custome […]
Jon Russell
Mention Me, the referral marketing platform, raises $7M led by Eight Roads Ventures July 17, 2018
Mention Me, the London-headquartered referral marketing platform, has raised $7 million in further funding. The round is led by Eight Roads Ventures and is the first time the five and a half year old company has raised venture capital, having only ever done a small angel round in 2015. That’s noteworthy given the company’s two […]
Steve O'Hear
Online learning platform Unacademy gets $21M Series C from Sequoia India, SAIF and Nexus July 17, 2018
Bangalore-based Unacademy will add more educators to its online learning platform, which claims to be India’s largest, after closing a $21 million Series C. The funding comes from Sequoia India, SAIF Partners and Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from Blume Ventures (all four firms are returning from Unacademy’s Series B last year). Originally a You […]
Catherine Shu
Fastly raises another $40 million before an IPO July 16, 2018
Last round before the IPO. That’s how Fastly frames its new $40 million Series F round. It means that the company has raised $219 million over the past few years. The funding round was led by Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners with participation from Sozo Ventures, Swisscom Ventures, and existing investors. Fastly operates a content delivery […]
Romain Dillet
Klang gets $8.95M for an MMO sim sitting atop Improbable’s dev platform July 16, 2018
Berlin-based games studio Klang, which is building a massive multiplayer online simulation called Seed utilizing Improbable’s virtual world builder platform, has just bagged $8.95M in Series A funding to support development of the forthcoming title. The funding is led by veteran European VC firm Northzone. It follows a seed raise for Seed, finalized in March […]
Natasha Lomas
WeWork’s biggest rival in China is on an acquisition spree July 16, 2018
WeWork may have combined forces with its fiercest rival in China, Naked Hub, in a recent merger, but its new enemy numero uno in the country is also building up a roster of friends through aggressive M&A. Ucommune may not be spending the kind of cash WeWork China did — it reportedly spent $400 million to […]
Jon Russell
Undo gets $14M to scale to meet the software accountability challenge July 16, 2018
Undo, a long time player in the debugging tools space, offering its program execution capture and replay technology to help others diagnose software failures, has closed a $14 million Series B round led by Cambridge Innovation Capital, the Cambridge, UK-based builder of tech and healthcare companies. The 2005 founded startup — initially bootstrapped (out of […]
Natasha Lomas
Hong Kong’s GoGoVan raises $250M from investors including Alibaba’s logistics subsidiary July 16, 2018
Logistics on-demand service GoGoVan became Hong Kong’s first billion-dollar startup via a merger last year, and now is doubling down on growth after raising $250 million in new capital. The new round was led by InnoVision Capital, with participation from the Russia-China Investment Fund, Hongrun Capital and Qianhai Fund of Funds. Two other notable investors […]
Jon Russell
Proportunity offers ‘help to buy’ loans based on predicting future house prices July 16, 2018
Proportunity, a London-based startup and Entrepreneur First alumni, wants to help first time buyers get on the property ladder earlier or purchase a home more to their liking. The company, which recently became an FCA authorised mortgage lender, claims to use machine learning to accurately forecast future house prices and the areas of London that […]
Steve O'Hear
Restaurant booking startup Eatigo chows down ~$10M more from TripAdvisor July 16, 2018
Eatigo, a Southeast Asia-based dining service that describes itself as an ‘anti-Groupon’ for restaurants, had a busy 2017 that saw it expand into a number of markets including India. Now it is primed to continue that growth further still after it gobbled down a fresh serving of capital from TripAdvisor, the travel giant that it already […]
Jon Russell

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Founder Hiking Monthly @ Stanford Dish July 22, 2018 at 3:45 pm – 6:15 pm Stanford Dish Alpine Entrance (2-8 Piers Ln, Portola Valley, CA 94028) Join this social hiking event with SVE! Stanford Dish, estimated 5.5 miles for the round trip. Agenda:8:45AM Arrive9:00AM Introductions9:10AM Start hiking10:00AM Elevator pitches near Dish.11:15AM End hiking This hiking is not for people who rarely exercise - it's medium difficulty. Making sure it's NOT beyond the limits of your health & conditioning.Hiking boots – or…
Blockchain Party: Developer + Entrepreneur + Investor Mixer and Happy Hour July 26, 2018 at 12:30 am – 3:30 am Sports Page (1431 Plymouth St, Mountain View, CA 94043) Blockchain Party time! F50 is happy to partner with this meetup for a community party! Click the link below to LEARN-YOUR-BEST-MATCHES:(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYkQePvjLkbxTEAtPdoXst-oUf5ZTlpDKTEOf7L_fPyb1Jug/viewform) AGENDA5:30 PM Networking starts6:45 PM Announcement by Dustin from Nebulas7:00 PM Networking continues Interested in presenting, sponsoring, or volunteer for the developer meetup? Click here:https://goo.gl/forms/wZMyz6xNsg6ZA5173 -------------- SPONSORNebulas is a forward-thinking public blockchain striving for…
Executive Program- Draper University July 30, 2018 at 2:00 pm – August 4, 2018 at 2:00 am Hero City at Draper University (55 E. 3rd Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401) Draper University's Executive Program is an intensive one-week course for startup and corporate executives as well as innovators who seek to immerse themselves in the Silicon Valley mindset, culture, and ecosystem. The Program Founded by the legendary venture capitalist Tim Draper (venture successes include Hotmail, Skype, Tesla Motors, and Baidu) and located in the heart…
Technology of Tomorrow & Startup Pitches by Founders Space & SVE August 1, 2018 at 1:00 am – 4:00 am Founders Space (450 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA) Fill out LEARN-YOUR-BEST-MATCHES form (whether you are attending or not)https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScf3KCX1shqIdm6S1Z04BBYqUj1lCsXUhkVj7bL3DY4t4s_6Q/viewform Buy ticket here (if you are attending)https://startup-tech.eventbrite.comPromocode "15OFF" for 15% discount Register your startup on here (if you are a founder and interested in pitching)https://www.foundersedge.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- Part 1: Technology of TomorrowFirst, Captain Hoff will give a talk on new, cutting-edge technologies and how they will…
Entrepreneur Mixer and Happy Hour August 8, 2018 at 12:00 am – 3:00 am Sports Page (1431 Plymouth St, Mountain View, CA 94043) Entrepreneurs, Founders, Investors, Dreamers Are you looking for co-founders, partners, core team members, advisors for your start-up? Together we make Start-up's fun with pool, darts, volleyball, ping pong, beer, friendship and much more. Be sure to bring cash or credit card for Happy Hour Food and Drinks at Sports Page. And have your business cards…

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