DealMakers

Joshua Motta On Selling His First Business To Microsoft At 15 And Now Raising $50 Million To Keep Companies Safe From Cyber Crimes

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Motta is the co-founder and CEO of Coalition which protects the value of a business with Coalition's intelligence, risk management, and insuran...

Mike Cagney: His Previous Business Is Worth $4.2 Billion And His Latest Startup Just Reached $1.2 Billion Valuation

12 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Cagney is the co-founder and CEO of Figure which provides consumer financial solutions intended for home improvement, debt consolidation, and ret...

Oisin Hanrahan On Raising $100 Million To Help You Book Home Services

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Oisin Hanrahan is the cofounder of Handy which is an app through which users can book cleaners, plumbers, handymen, and other household service provid...

Rachel Drori On Raising $43 Million To Deliver To Your Door Healthy Plant-Based Meals

07 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Drori is the founder and CEO of Daily Harvest which delivers superfood eats delivered to your door, frozen and ready to enjoy on your schedule....

Aman Narang On Raising $400 Million To Change How You Order Your Drinks

05 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Aman Narang is the co-founder and President of Toast which is an all-in-one point-of-sale and restaurant management platform for businesses in the foo...

Paul Hedrick On Turning Rejection Into An 8 Figure Startup By Creating The Warby Parker Of Cowboy Boots

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Hedrick is the founder and CEO of Tecovas which designs and sells beautiful, handmade men's and women's western boots directly to their customers...

Amar Hanspal On Managing 10,000 Employees And Raising $200M To Help Drive The Future Of Manufacturing

29 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Amar Hanspal is the co-founder and CEO of Bright Machines which focuses on changing the speed, flexibility, and economics of manufacturing through int...

Alex Kazerani On Selling His Business For $400M And Raising $30M To Help You Unlock Your Office Door

22 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Kazerani is the co-founder and CEO of Openpath which offers a mobile and cloud-enabled access control system for businesses and landlords. The co...

Osama Elkady On Being 20 Years At Oracle And Then Raising $70M To Reinvent How Companies Analyze Their Data

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Osama Elkady is the co-founder and CEO of Incorta which is an analytics software platform that speeds up data ingestion. The company has raised nearly...

René Rechtman On Selling His Startup To AOL For $100M, His Next One To Disney For $675M, And Now Raising $145M

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

René Rechtman is the co-founder and CEO of Moonbug which is a universe of fun and safe digital IP for pre-schoolers. The company has raised $145 mill...

Peter Bailis On Becoming A Stanford Professor At 25 And Raising $66M To Help You Understand Your Data

15 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Bailis is the co-founder and CEO of Sisu which is a software that empowers people to make better decisions with data. The company has raised $66...

Jill Layfield: From Waitress To Raising $90 Million For Her Fashion Startup

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jill Layfield is co-founder and CEO of Tamara Mellon which offers apparel and accessories for women. The company has raised close to $90 million from ...

Poojan Kumar On Raising $200M Three Months After Launching His Cloud Data Startup

10 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Poojan Kumar is the co-founder and CEO of Clumio which is a data backup and recovery software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider. The company has raised clo...

Colleen Cutcliffe On Raising $57 Million To Heal Your Gut

08 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Colleen Cutcliffe is the cofounder and CEO of Pendulum Therapeutics which develops novel interventions that target the human microbiome to improve the...

Mauria Finley On Selling Her First Business For $50M And Now Reinventing The Personal Shopping Experience

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mauria Finley is the founder and CEO of Allume which is an on-demand personal shopping service that matches women with experienced stylists who help t...

Sean Harper and Lucas Ward On Raising Over $60 Million To Change How Homeowners Get Insured

01 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Haper and Lucas Ward are the cofounders of Kin Insurance which fixes home insurance through intuitive tech, affordable pricing, and world-class c...

Michelle Cordeiro Grant On Flipping Her Fashion Startup For $85 Million In Just 48 Months

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Michelle Cordeiro Grant is the co-founder and CEO of Lively which delivers bras and undies that blend high-style, comfort, and simplicity. The company...

Arad Levertov On Raising $50M To Give You Better Access To Credit

26 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Arad Levertov is the cofounder and CEO of Sunbit which is a financial technology platform that helps retailers and customers split in-store purchases ...

Andrew Feldman On Generating Over $1B From Selling His Startups And Now Raising $200M To Accelerate Deep Learning

24 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Feldman is the co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems which is a computer systems company dedicated to accelerating deep learning. The company ...

Jeff White On Selling Two Startups For Millions And Now Raising $20M To Take On The $270B Big Data Industry

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff White is the co-founder and CEO of Gravy Analytics which is the leading provider of real-world location intelligence for marketers. The company h...

Sammy Dorf On Raising $100 Million In 48 Hours For His Cannabis Business

19 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sammy Dorf is the cofounder of Verano Holdings which is a vertically-integrated operator of licensed cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and retail fa...

Marco Zappacosta On Building A $1.7 Billion Business By Connecting Customers With Local Services

17 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Marco Zappacosta is the co-founder and CEO at Thumbtack which is an online marketplace that connects millions of people with local professionals for t...

Alex Friedman On Raising $35 Million To Disrupt Reproductive Health For Women

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Friedman is the co-founder and CEO of LOLA which is the first lifelong brand for a woman’s body, providing the transparency and candor women de...

Fred Kneip On Raising $9 Million With Just An Idea And A PowerPoint

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Fred Kneip is the co-founder and CEO of CyberGRX which provides the most comprehensive third-party cyber risk management platform to cost-effectively ...

Nathan McCauley: From Early Employee At Square To Raising $57 Million To Keep Institutional Investors Safe With Crypto Investments

10 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan McCauley is the co-founder and CEO of Anchorage which is a crypto-native digital asset custodian that uses modern security engineering to help ...

Reuven Moskowitz On Selling His First Business At 22 And Then Raising $50M To Take On The $450B Legal Tech Industry

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Reuven Moskowitz is the founder and CEO of Litify which provides technology solutions for law firms by providing a trusted, intelligent, user-friendly...

Valentin Stalf: After 298 Investor Rejections, He Built A $3.5 Billion Business That Is Disrupting Banks

03 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Valentin Stalf is the co-founder and CEO of N26 which provides mobile banking solutions. The company has raised more than $600 million from some of th...

Michael Wystrach On Raising Over $100M To Deliver Chef-Cooked Meals To Your Door

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Wystrach is the co-founder and CEO of Freshly which delivers gourmet ready-made meals, prepared and delivered to your door. The company so far...

Bhavin Turakhia: The Billionaire That Started His First Business At 17

27 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bhavin Turakhia is a serial entrepreneur that has found five companies. The first company he started at 17 got acquired for $160 million. He is presen...

Immad Akhund On Selling His Business For $45M And Then Raising Millions To Create A Bank For Startups

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Immad Akhund is the co-founder and CEO of Mercury which is a bank for startups, engineered in Silicon Valley for tech companies. The company has raise...

Austin Russell On Starting His Business At 16 And Raising $250M To Make Self-Driving Cars A Reality

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Austin Russell is the cofounder and CEO of Luminar which is an autonomous vehicle sensor and software company. The company has raised over $250 millio...

Rebecca Minkoff On Building A $100 Million Fashion Brand By Using Tech To Drive Sales Growth

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca Minkoff is the founder and creative force behind Rebecca Minkoff, which is a fashion brand distributed in 900 stores worldwide. The company is...

Eric Kinariwala On Raising $270 Million To Bring The $350 Billion Pharmacy Market Online

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Kinariwala is the founder and CEO of Capsule is a healthcare technology business rebuilding the pharmacy from the inside out. The company has rai...

Thejo Kote On Selling His Business For $100M And Raising $7M To Help Businesses Control Their Spending

13 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Thejo Kote is the co-founder and CEO of Airbase which is an all-in-one platform for spend management, giving companies unprecedented financial control...

Dimitri Sirota On Selling His Business For $200M And Now Raising $100M To Address Concerns With Data Security

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dimitri Sirota is the cofounder and CEO of BigID which develops a software that helps companies have a secure customer data and satisfy privacy regula...

Chuck Cohn On Starting His Business In College And Raising $110M To Give You Matrix Style Learning With Just A Click

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chuck Cohn is the co-founder and CEO of Varsity Tutors which is a live learning platform that connects students and professionals with personalized in...

Ben Sigelman On Building A Core Technology At Google And Now Raising $70M To Change The DNA Of Software Development

06 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Sigelman is a co-founder and CEO at LightStep, a company that makes complex microservice applications more transparent and reliable. The company h...

Shoaib Makani On Building A $1.4 Billion Business That Is Reinventing The $700 Billion Trucking Industry

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Shoaib Makani is the co-founder and CEO of KeepTruckin which is helping trucking companies manage their fleets and have their drivers legally log thei...

Shishir Mehrotra On Raising $60M To Create A Next-Generation Spreadsheet That Makes Excel A Thing Of The Past

01 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Shishir Mehrotra is the CEO and Co-Founder of Coda which creates online documents and the utility of applications into a single new canvas. The compan...

Lior Elazary On Selling His First Business For $20M, His Second For $400M, And Now Taking On The $8B Robotics Industry

29 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lior Elazary is the cofounder of inVia Robotics which provides next-generation robotics warehouse automation solutions for e-commerce distribution cen...

Sujai Hajela and Bob Friday On Selling Their AI-Powered Startup To Juniper Networks For $405 Million

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sujai Hajela and Bob Friday are the cofounders of Mist Systems which is leading the transition to AI-driven IT, making Wi-Fi predictable, reliable and...

Stuart Landesberg On Building A $1 Billion Business By Selling Natural Home Care Products

24 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Stuart Landesberg is the co-founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative which has an owned direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform for natural home and pers...

Sanjay Shah On Going From Zero To $250 Million In Revenue Without Taking Any Outside Investment

22 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sanjay Shah is the founder and CEO of Vistex which is an enterprise software company, providing solutions to drive customer growth and partner relatio...

Vivek Ravisankar On Raising $60 Million To Remove The Resume From Developer Hiring

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Vivek Ravisankar is the CEO and co-founder of HackerRank, a company that is on a mission to match every developer to the right job  based on skills,...

Ashish Thusoo On Building Facebook‘s Groundbreaking Data Infrastructure And Raising $87M To Deliver Deep Learning at Scale

17 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ashish Thusoo is the co-founder and CEO at Qubole which delivers a Self-Service Platform for Big Data Analytics built on Amazon, Microsoft, Google and...

Vijay Balasubramaniyan On Building A $600 Million Business By Preventing Fraud In Calls

15 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Vijay Balasubramaniyan is the co-founder and CEO of Pindrop which is a pioneer in voice security and authentication. The company has raised to date ov...

Jennifer Fitzgerald On Building A $130 Million Business That Is Taking On The $500 Billion Insurance Industry

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Fitzgerald is the co-founder and CEO of Policygenius which has developed an easier way to compare and buy insurance. Policygenius has raised ...

Saeju Jeong On Raising Over $100M For An App That Helps You Lose Weight And Overcome Psychological Barriers

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Saeju Jeong is the cofounder and CEO of Noom which provides mobile health coaching, focused on combating chronic and pre-chronic conditions such as ob...

Jonathan Cherki On Raising Over $100M To Track With AI How You Interact With Brands

08 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Cherki is the founder and CEO of Contentsquare which provides a solution for mobile & web customer experience optimization. Jonathan Cherki h...

Rajaie Batniji On Raising $430M To Disrupt The $1.2 Trillion Health Insurance Industry

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rajaie Batniji is the cofounder of Collective Health which is a company providing an alternative to traditional health insurance. The company has rais...

Steve Loughlin On Selling His Business To Salesforce For $390M And Now Investing From A Billion-Dollar Fund In AI Startups

03 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Loughlin is a partner at Accel Partners where he focuses on AI, collaboration, and Sass startups at an early stage. Prior to Accel Partners, Ste...

Ara Mahdessian And Vahe Kuzoyan On Building A $1.6B Business By Helping Their Parents Address Their Biggest Struggle As Immigrant Plummers

01 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan are the cofounders of ServiceTitan which is a service management software that helps leading home services businesses ...

Michael Serbinis On Working With Elon Musk, Taking On Amazon And Selling A Company For $3B

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Serbinis is the co-founder and CEO of League which is a digital health platform that connects people to a comprehensive network of health serv...

Ali Ghodsi On Building A $28 Billion Business And Being Considered One Of The True Founders Of Artificial Intelligence

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ali Ghodsi is the cofounder and CEO of Databricks which accelerates innovation by unifying analytics across data science, data engineering, and the bu...

Daniel Cane On Selling His First Business For $1.6B And Now Raising $300M To Simplify How Medical Information Is Shared

25 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Cane is the cofounder of Modernizing Medicine which has created the Electronic Medical Assistant, a cloud-based, specialty-specific electronic ...

David Karandish On Selling Answers.com For $950M And Raising $23M For His AI Productivity Platform

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Karandish is the co-founder and CEO of Capacity which is an enterprise artificial intelligence SaaS company focused on helping teams do their be...

Ido Susan On Selling His Business For $475M To Cisco And Now Raising $120M To Disrupt Them

20 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ido Susan is the cofounder and CEO of DriveNets which is a fast-growing software company that is revolutionizing Communications service provider (CSP)...

Yuchun Lee On Being An MIT Blackjack Prodigy, Selling His Business For $500M, And Growing 140% Per Year With His New Startup

18 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Yuchun Lee is the founder and CEO of Allego which provides a mobile video-based sales learning and development platform. Prior to this, he was the fou...

Jay Chaudhry On Growing Up Without Electricity In The Himalayas And Building A $10B Business

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jay Chaudhry is the co-founder and CEO of Zscaler which is a global cloud-based information security company. He took Zscaler public and currently has...

Bill Clerico On Leaving His Corporate Job At 22 To Build A Business That JPMorgan Acquired For $400M

13 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Clerico is the co-founder and CEO of WePay which is a leading provider of integrated payments for software platforms. The company raised $75 mill...

Joe DeSimone On Building A $2.5B Business At Age 50 That Is Disrupting A 7,000 Year Old Industry

11 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joe DeSimone is the cofounder and CEO of Carbon which is reinventing how polymer products are designed, engineered, manufactured, and delivered, towar...

Tim Hwang: A Cold Email To Mark Cuban Led To Raise $230M To Predict Politics With AI

08 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Hwang is the co-founder and CEO of FiscalNote which uses artificial intelligence and big data to deliver predictive analytics of governmental acti...

Sanjay Beri On Building A $1B Business By Keeping Your Data Safe

06 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sanjay Beri is founder and CEO of Netskope which is a leading cloud access security broker. The company has raised $400 million at a $1B+ valuation. I...

Michael Cammarata: He Was Expected To Fail Due To Dyslexia And Then Made $1M At 13 And Over $100M By Age 20

04 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Cammarata is the CEO of Neptunes Wellness Solutions which is a publicly-traded company around health and wellness products with a valuation no...

Amit Sharma On Discovering Retail’s Biggest Weakness During His Time at Apple And Then Raising $64M To Address It

30 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Amit Sharma is the founder and CEO of Narvar, an intelligent customer experience platform that helps commerce companies simplify the everyday lives of...

Andy Ory On Selling His Business To Oracle For $1.2B And Now Raising $70M To Disrupt Networking

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Ory is the co-founder and CEO of 128 Technology which allows company networks to better facilitate the delivery of business services and applicat...

Gene Berdichevsky On Being Employee Number 7 At Tesla And Building A $1B Business That Makes Your Phone Or Car Run Longer

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Gene Berdichevsky is the CEO of Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. which is a chemicals and materials company making next-generation Li-ion battery materials....

Ray Grainger On Raising $100M To Disrupt The $3 Trillion Services Economy

23 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ray Grainger is the co-founder and CEO at Mavenlink which provides a modern software platform for professional and marketing services organizations. T...

Sid Sijbrandij On Building A $1 Billion Dollar Business Where All 700 Employees Work Remotely

21 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sid Sijbrandij is the co-founder and CEO of GitLab which is a web-based open source Git repository manager with wiki and issue tracking features and b...

Sanjay Dastoor: This Stanford Dropout Raised Over $100M To Reinvent How We Commute In Cities

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sanjay Dastoor is the co-founder and CEO of Skip which operates shared electric scooters for reliable last-mile transportation. The company has raised...

Sanjay Govil On Taking The $1,000 He Had Left In Savings To Build A $1.8B Business With 7,400 Employees

16 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sanjay Govil is the founder and Chairman of Infinite Computer Solutions which provides technology-based business process solutions, next-gen mobility ...

Reza Merchant: This 30 Year Old Created A $850 Million Co-Living Empire To Take On WeWork

14 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Reza Merchant is the founder and CEO of The Collective which is a community of co-living, serviced living or co-working spaces. The company has raised...

Eyal Lifshitz On Investing $100M In Startups And Then Raising $500M For His Own Business

11 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Eyal Lifshitz is the co-founder and CEO of BlueVine which provides small and medium-sized businesses with access to fast and simple financial products...

Mark Dankberg On Building A $5 Billion Business By Delivering Connectivity From Satellites In Space

09 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Dankberg is the co-founder and CEO of Viasat which produces satellite and other digital communication products that enable fast, secure, and effi...

Rohit Arora On Funding 15,000 Companies With Over $2.2 Billion In Loans

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rohit Arora is the co-founder and CEO of Biz2Credit which is a hub connecting small business owners with lenders and service providers, and seek solut...

Assaf Wand On Selling His Business And Then Raising $100M To Disrupt A $100B Industry

04 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Assaf Wand is the CEO and co-founder of insurtech startup Hippo which offers intuitive and proactive home insurance by taking a smarter, tech-driven a...

David Steinberg: The Chances of Building A $1B Business Are .00006% And He Has Done It Twice

02 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Steinberg is the co-founder and CEO of Zeta Global which offers technology and marketing services to help brands acquire, engage, and retain cus...

Kristo Käärmann: One Mistake Led This Entrepreneur To Build A $3.5 Billion Business

30 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Kristo Käärmann is the co-founder and CEO of TransferWise which is a money transfer service allowing private individuals and businesses to send mone...

David Gurle On Identifying The Gap Left By Bloomberg And Building A $1.4 Billion Business

27 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Gurle is the co-founder and CEO of Symphony which is a secure team collaboration platform. The company has raised so far $460 million at a $1.4 ...

Don Brown On Selling His First Startup To GM, His Second One To IBM, And His Third One For $1.4B

25 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Don Brown is a serial entrepreneur. The first company he co-founded was Dealership Programming which computed finance payments for customers of car de...

Andrew Dudum On Doing $1M In Sales In The First Week Of Business And Building A $1B Company

23 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Dudum is the co-founder and CEO of Hims & Hers which offers a modern approach to health and wellness by eliminating stigmas and making it easie...

Vishal Garg: At 26 Years Old He Brought His First Company Public And Now Built A $550M Business

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Vishal Garg is the co-founder and CEO of Better.com which is a direct lender that provides a fast, transparent digital mortgage experience backed by s...

Tim Chen On Being Laid Off And Taking $800 To Build A $500 Million Business

18 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Chen is the co-founder and CEO of NerdWallet which is a personal finance website and app, that provides unbiased advice. From finding the best cre...

Ian Siegel: The Business He Started At His Kitchen Table Is Now Worth Over $1 Billion

16 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Siegel is the co-founder and CEO of ZipRecruiter which is an online employment marketplace that connects millions of employers and job seekers thr...

Craig Walker Sold His First Startup To Yahoo, His Second To Google And Now His Third Is Worth $500M

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Craig Walker is the co-founder and CEO of Dialpad which offers a cloud-based business phone solution simplified for every business. The company has ra...

Brian Liu On Building A $2B Business With 1,000 Employees By Disrupting The Legal Industry

11 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Liu is the co-founder and founding CEO of LegalZoom which is a technology platform giving access to professional legal advice. The company has a...

Daniel Saks: From Zero Customers To A $1B Business By Learning One Simple Lesson

09 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Saks is the co-founder and co-CEO of AppDirect which provides an end-to-end cloud commerce platform for succeeding in the digital economy. The ...

Philippe Von Borries: Building A $500M Business By Seeing Women As More Than A ‘Niche’ Market

06 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Philippe Von Borries is the co-founder and CEO of Refinery29 which is a leading digital media and entertainment company dedicated to inspiring young w...

Christopher Ahlberg On Selling His First Business For $190M And His Second One For $780M

04 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Ahlberg is the co-founder and CEO of Recorded Future which is a technology company specializing in threat intelligence powered by machine ...

Al Goldstein On Raising $600 Million To Disrupt A $13 Trillion Industry

02 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Al is the co-founder and CEO of Avant which is an online lending platform that offers alternatives to its clients with safer, faster, better financial...

David Hauser: Building His First Startup At 17 And Selling His Next Bootstrapped Business For $176M

30 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Hauser is a serial entrepreneur. He is best known for being the co-founder and CEO of Grasshopper, a virtual telephone service that was acquired...

Emil Eifrem: From Having $2,000 Left In The Bank To Building A Billion Dollar Business

28 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Emil Eifrem is the CEO and Co-Founder of Neo4j which provides a graph platform that helps organizations make sense of their data by revealing how peop...

Adam Pritzker On Selling His First Business For $400 Million And Reinventing How Brands Are Built

26 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Pritzker is the co-founder of Assembled Brands which is a modern holding company providing a new way to finance consumer brands. Prior to Assembl...

Steve Newman On Creating Google Docs in 100 days Giving Microsoft A Run For Its Money

24 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Newman is the Founder of Scalyr which offers a cloud platform for high-speed log management and server monitoring. The company has raised over $...

Lori Torres On Selling Her Startup For $100 Million Just 5 Years After Quitting Corporate America

21 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lori Torres is the founder and CEO of Parcel Pending which provides innovative package management solutions. The company raised over $15 million from ...

Derek Wall: This High School Dropout Went From $0 To $200 Million In Revenue In 12 Months

19 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Derek Wall is the cofounder of HUBX which is a marketplace platform democratizing and disrupting the trillion dollar secondary distribution industry b...

Dave Girouard On Raising $160 Million After Pivoting His Business Model

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Girouard is the co-founder and CEO of Upstart which leverages machine learning to price credit and automate the borrowing process. The company h...

Lidia Yan On Raising $125 Million To Take On The $800 Billion Trucking Industry

14 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lidia Yan is the CEO and Co-Founder of NEXT which is the world’s first trucker-centric, tech-enabled marketplace that efficiently matches freight w...

Ajeet Singh On Building A $7B Business And Raising $300M For His Next Startup Valued Now At $1B

12 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ajeet Singh has built two multibillion-dollar technology companies from the ground up - ThoughtSpot and Nutanix. ThoughtSpot is a company revolutioni...

Frida Polli: Single Mom Scientist That Raised $58M To Make Hiring Less Biased Despite Rejection

09 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Frida Polli is the co-founder and CEO of pymetrics which improves the efficiency and diversity of hiring through neuroscience games and AI. The compa...