Grocery shopping app Instacart raised a whopping $400 million yesterday, a financial round led by Sequoia Capital. According to research firm Zirra, which uses A.I and machine learning technology to analyze private companies, Instacart’s...
Read moreZirra is honored and excited to announce our newest member of the board of directors, Professor Dan Galai. Galai is a Professor of finance and banking, and the former Dean of the School of Management at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is...
Read moreSnap is finally on Wall Street, and it has settled on a final price, putting the company’s valuation at around $24 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. With the valuation, Snapchat is staying close to the original valuation it was...
Read moreBlue Apron, Plated, and HelloFresh are among the most growing players in the meal kit market; a new industry turned into a booming trend. It offers busy millennials the opportunity to cook the food themselves but without the hustle of spending...
Read moreSix years ago, 21 years old entrepreneur Catherine Cook sold her social network, MyYearBook.com, for $100 million. She founded the company when she was 15, together with her older brother, Jeff Cook. At her 16th birthday, she had already managed...
Read moreTech news outlets such as TechCrunch and The Verge have been reporting recently on a new trend of politically focused mobile apps, applications that help connect politicians with their electorate. In the wake of the election and the motivation to...
Read moreThe moment after the British parliament ratified Brexit, it seemed that the separation of the UK from Europe was a done deal. Fortunately, Great Britain has a thriving startup scene that still attracts immigrants from all over the world and is...
Read moreWritten by Assaf Gilad and Dan Schwarzman Minute Media (formerly FTBpro and 90Min) announced yesterday a new $15 million financial round. It is the third time the company raises a financial round at about the same size, but this time it adds a...
Read moreBy Assaf Gilad and Dan Schwarzman Snapchat’s users don’t easily buy the claim that it is a camera company. A new survey produced by Zirra, a research firm that analyzes private tech companies, finds out that only 15% of young adults...
Read more1.One of the biggest questions that arose after Snapchat’s S-1 filing is about the company’s ability to grow. As mentioned in the S-1 document, Snap’s growth in user base during the last quarter of 2016 was the lowest that year...
Read moreBy Assaf Gilad, Leah Meirovich and Grady Berk Slack is the best startup of the year, according to a TechCrunch board of tech editors, entrepreneurs, investors, and other notables. The work messaging app won the TechCrunch Crunchies award last...
Read moreThe most obvious reason for Snapchat’s decision to seek a successful IPO is the fantastic surge in revenues, which increased nearly %600 from 2015 to 2016 and reached more than $400 million. Projected expectations for 2017 are more than 1$...
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