A small but growing number of founders are betting on bringing people together offline |

Brynn Putnam and Tristan Walker have already done something that most founders only dream about: created companies so compelling that bigger outfits bought them. Putnam,…

Why Thrive, Founders Fund, and Antonio Gracias are betting on hearing aids 

“Why do I have to beg my grandparents to put on their hearing aids, but no one has ever needed to ask me to put…

Furo’s founders left Silicon Valley — and it’s paying off |

U.S. venture capitalists once insisted that international startups move stateside before they would write a check. The three 28-year-old founders behind Furo are convinced that…

Furo's founders left Silicon Valley — and it's paying off |

U.S. venture capitalists once insisted that international startups move stateside before they would write a check. The three 28-year-old founders behind Furo are convinced that…

Fitbit founders launch Luffu Link, an LTE health and safety band |

Luffu, a new startup from Fitbit’s co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman, on Tuesday launched Luffu Link, an LTE-enabled health and safety band designed to…

Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits — but the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders |

On Wednesday night, Runlayer and Rippling dropped their respective lawsuits against each other. No settlement was made. No money changed hands. Not even lawyers’ fees,…

Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’ |

Reach Capital announced Tuesday the close of a $265 million Fund V. The thesis of the 11-year-old San Francisco firm is to back founders building…

Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders |

Publicly traded e-commerce marketing automation platform Klaviyo has agreed to acquire Agency, a three-year-old AI-powered customer success startup founded by serial entrepreneur Elias Torres. The…

Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t. |

For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says, or he fails and ends…

Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn't. |

For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says, or he fails and ends…