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A 500 Startups partner just quit, saying leadership was untruthful about the Dave McClure situation
In an article published Friday about sexual harassment in the tech industry, the New York Times rep…
Becky Peterson  Â
If You Think Running A Startup Is Easy, Here's A Harsh Dose Of Reality
Those stories are not reality. Startups are lotteries and few founders hold the winning ticket. Mos…
Alyson Shontell  Â
How To Turn A $50,000 Investment Into A $250 Million Company
McClure explains in a new presentation he's put together called "Silicon Valley 2.0: Lots Of Little…
The tech investor who apologized for being a 'creep' resigns from 500 Startups after being accused of sexual harassment
His removal from 500 Startups day-to-day management wasn't enough for some of the firm's investors,…
Alexei Oreskovic,Biz Carson  Â
Two years after the founder of 500 startups left amid sexual harassment allegations, two women are running the firm and setting a new bar in the male-dominated business
According to Tsai, 500 Startups now counts 10 unicorns - startups with private market valuations of…
Megan Hernbroth  Â
Famous tech investor accused of sexual harassment: 'I probably deserve to be called a creep'
A growing chorus of women have come forward and spoken out about their experiences being harassed i…
Alexei Oreskovic  Â
The head of one of San Francisco's most famous startup farms is no longer running his firm after being accused of sexual harassment
The Times story also named Chris Sacca, the Shark Tank judge and recently retired venture capitalis…
Becky Peterson  Â
A well-known Silicon Valley investor just had an on-stage meltdown over Trump winning the presidency
Adrian Weckler, tech editor at the Irish and Sunday Independent, captured McClure's outburst in a v…
Avery Hartmans  Â
Pro-diversity group Diversity VC is planning to expand to the US
Warner and her cofounders set up Diversity VC only a few months before a wave of harassment scandal…
Shona Ghosh  Â
Top Silicon Valley angel: 'It might not be a bubble, but sure as hell the rent is too high'
(Note that this is different from a "super liquidation preference," which some bigger investors ins…
Matt Rosoff  Â
Where do 'unicorns' come from? Ponies and centaurs, of course
"Unicorn" is already a widely-used term to describe companies with valuations over $1 billion. Whil…
Biz Carson  Â
The CEO of 500 Startups says all successful founders have these 2 traits in common - CLONE
Launched in 2010, 500 Startups has helped incubate hundreds of companies and invested in more than …
Business Insider  Â
SendGrid raised $131 million in a successful IPO but the founders aren't the big financial winners
The tech industry was watching SendGrid's IPO for a few reasons. For one, SendGrid is the first com…
Julie Bort  Â
SoftBank hasn't paid e-commerce startup Brandless $100 million of its investment, and there are conflicting stories about what's going on, according to a report
Now, SoftBank investors have said they may not pay the remaining balance of $100 million if Brandle…
Zoe Schiffer  Â
TECH INVESTOR: We're in a huge bubble - but it's not what you think
"The REAL twist is Wall Street finance getting disrupted by Silicon Valley tech (and, by NYC and LA…
Rob Price  Â
Another Silicon Valley startup is being accused of ignoring sexual harassment
"Individuals in the highest levels of the organization encouraged, condoned, and even engaged in co…
Becky Peterson  Â
Meerkat is so popular, it just got banned from the biggest startup day in Silicon Valley
After the first session of presentations was over, YC president Sam Altman came on stage and asked …
Eugene Kim  Â
This conversation about black people in Silicon Valley tech was really awkward
"It's hard because it's so complicated," Pao said. "I feel like people are having a hard time becau…
Biz Carson  Â
Expensify founder: Please don't call us 'cockroaches'
He points to a Paul Graham essay from 2007, which may have coined the term: "Apparently the most li…
Biz Carson  Â
Startup lending company SoFi says a critical report in The Times "reflects a lack of understanding of our business"
Despite being married and having his wife work in the office with him, Cagney pursued at least two …