Although not widely reported, only a day before Amazon’s epic announcement about the acquisition of Whole Foods Market, it was also suggested that Amazon was to make a bid for Slack for about $9 billion. On that day, Bloomberg assumed that if...
Read moreBy Assaf Gilad and Dan Schwartzman Is it a plane or a bird? Neither. It’s actually Airobotics autonomous drone – perhaps the most flexible autonomous drone today. Its ability to fulfill a multitude of missions and stay as long as possible...
Read morePrepped delivery meal kit Blue Apron has finally filed for an IPO. The financial results place Blue Apron as the worldwide market leader regarding revenue but also poses some serious questions regarding the company’s ability to grow. We’ve...
Read morePrivatEquity.biz, a peer-to-peer platform that directly connects shareholders in pre-IPO private tech companies with accredited investors, has secured total shares for sale of close to $30 million in senior employees or former employees’ stocks...
Read moreThe secondary market allows employees and former employees in private tech companies to sell their stocks, and at the same time provides investors with the ability to further diversify their investments and get access to equity pre-IPO startups...
Read moreBy Assaf Gilad and Aidan Dugan **Spoiler alert: This analysis contains spoilers from Season 4 Episode 1. Also, check out Zirra’s comprehensive Premium Insight report on Pied Piper** “Working for a startup is like riding a rollercoaster.”...
Read moreLast week Morgan Stanley published an equity research note on Snap, the company it helped take public, putting a $28 price target on the stock, only to correct it a few hours later. But surprisingly, the correction, which included some changes in...
Read moreZirra, a startup that has developed AI and machine learning technology to analyze the private tech market, is opening its Startups Spotlight Report database to the public, which includes a collection of data and insights on startups, free of...
Read moreGrocery 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 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 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...
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