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CarGurus spikes 72% in auto marketplace IPO
Used-car marketplace CarGurus spiked more than 72 percent during its first day of trading. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company had raised more than $150 million after pricing its IPO at $16. By the end of trading Thursday, shares had gone up more than 72 percent, closing […]
In the Wake of the Santa Rosa Fire, It’s the Smoke, Not the Fire, That Will Get You
No one knows what sparked the violent fires ablaze in the hills of California wine country. In the last five days, the flames have torched more than 160,000 acres across Napa and Sonoma counties, reducing parts of Santa Rosa to piles of cinder and ash […]
Airbnb Targets Business Travelers to France
"We think there are very good prospects for Airbnb in business travel and France is definitely a market we are looking at," Jon Liebtag, Airbnb's head of … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Don’t trust investors asking how you’ll exit to Apple, says Apple CEO
If you’re a budding entrepreneur and the VC you’re pitching switches gears and asks you about your exit strategy that’s your cue to get up and leave, says Apple CEO Tim Cook. Cool was speaking to an audience of students and would be entrepreneurs at […]
Amazon Finally Made a Waterproof Kindle
The comedian Brian Regan has a great bit about refrigerator shopping, in which he walks into a store and starts talking to a salesman. “What’s this guy supposed to say about refrigerators?” Regan wonders. “‘You’ve got this refrigerator, it keeps all your food cold for […]
Edible sensor can measure your gut from within
There, the sensor can measure atypical movement, like food slowdown potentially caused by gastrointestinal disorders. Or they could help doctors monitor food intake for patients treated for obesity. The team reported their research in the latest issue of the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering. The sensors […]
How to get a good iPad deal on Black Friday
Apple’s products are notoriously expensive, and nowhere is that more evident than the eye-watering $999 / £999 / AU$1,579 price of the iPhone X. We wouldn’t expect to see that discounted on Black Friday, but if you’re in the market for an iPad then you […]
Travel experiences marketplace Withlocals picks up $4.2M in Series A funding
Withlocals, the the Netherlands-based startup that operates a marketplace for personalised travel experiences, has raised $4.2 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Inkef Capital, the Amsterdam-headquartered VC firm. Pitching itself as an alternative to mass-market package holidays and tours, Withlocals says […]
Blue Apron competitor HelloFresh planning to raise up to $353 million in IPO
HelloFresh, the Berlin-based cooking kit delivery company, revealed that it’s planning to raise up to $353 million in an IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The move would value HelloFresh at up to 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in the public markets. This is below […]