Startup News: Recent Episodes
Juan Acosta
Daily startup news by Juan Acosta. Every show is always under 5 minutes. If you are an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, investor, or love the tech space, this podcast is for you. Connect with me at @thejcad on all platforms.
In this episode of the Startup News podcast: Flow Kana, Bling Capital, and Rivian.
This episode was written and produced by Yma Tejeda, and Juan Acosta.
Juan Acosta is an early stage investor and director at Draper University.
In this episode of the Startup News podcast: Amazon's HQ2, Overtime, Drive Nets, Tesla
This episode was written and produced by Yma Tejeda, and Juan Acosta.
Juan Acosta is an early stage investor and director at Draper University.
In this episode of the Startup News podcast: Doordash to raise more, TuSimple, and Planable.
This episode was written and produced by Lisa Guerrera, Yma Tejeda, and Juan Acosta.
Juan Acosta is an early stage investor and director at Draper University.
In this episode of the Startup News podcast: Techstar's Starburst Space, PerimeterX, InVision and Trunk
This episode was written and produced by Lisa Guerrera, Ariel Cordenillo, and Juan Acosta.
Juan Acosta is an early stage investor and director at Draper University.
In this episode of Startup News:
- Nuro raises $940M from Softbank
- Amazon acquires eero
- Verishop launching soon to compete against Amazon
Juan Acosta is the director of Draper U and early stage investor with Draper U Ventures.
This week was very busy but we are back on track to produce daily content. In this episode of Startup News: Calm and Health Catalyst reach unicorn status, and Spotify acquires Anchor and Gimlet.
This episode was written and produced by Lisa Guerrera, Ariel Cordenillo, and Juan Acosta.
Juan Acosta is an early stage investor and director at Draper University.
In this episode of startup news, we cover Twilio and SendGrid, Clutter, and Wyze Labs.
Juan Acosta is an early stage investor with Draper U Ventures and Director at Draper University in San Mateo CA
In this episode of startup news, we talk about Kleiner Perkins' new fund, Uplift raising, Zingle raising, and Grin Scooters and Yellow merging.
Juan Acosta is an early stage investor with Draper U Ventures and Director at Draper University.
In this episode of Startup News, we cover Magnolia Medical, Wanna Kicks, and FabFitFun.
Juan Acosta is the Director at Draper U and early stage investor with Draper U Ventures.
In this episode of Startup News:
- Cato Networks raises
- Hims potentially raising
- Madison Reed raises
- Billie Raises
- Apple has a bug with FaceTime
Juan Acosta is the director of Draper U and early stage investor with Draper U Ventures.
In this episode of Startup News:
Dropbox acquires HelloSign, Sapphire Sports betting on sports startups, and Scribd reached 1M subscribers.
Juan Acosta is the Director at Draper University and investor with Draper U Ventures
In this episode of Startup News:
- Wheels, a last mile transportation company, raises $37M
- PlutoTV gets acquired
- Expensify launches dope campaign
You can listen to this episode in Spanish too. Juan Acosta is the Director at Draper University and investor with Draper U Ventures.
In this episode of Startup News (I was a bit sick so sorry about the voice and stuffiness):
- Desktop Metal raises $160M
- Mark Pincus to raise $700M fund
- NEXT trucking raises $97M
In this episode of Startup News, we cover: Munchery, the meal delivery service, shutting down, AVP raising a new fund, and Keyfactor raising $77M to secure data.
Let's connect at @thejcad
In this episode of Startup News:
- PetDesk raises from PeakSpan
- Birdies raises $8M
- T.I, the rapper, launches Tech Cypha
In this episode of Startup News: Niantic closes $245M, Pro.com raises $33m, and new VC funds announced
Juan Acosta is the Director at Draper University and investor with Draper U Ventures.
In this episode of Startup news:
- US Air Force will hold a pitch day and fund startups
- Techstars launches Techstars Studios
- DFJ rebrands to Threshold Ventures
- DoorDash is everywhere
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You can also listen to this episode in Spanish
In this episode of our daily Startup News:
- PayPal hires Allison Johnson as CMO
- The Farmer's Dog raises $39M
- Knock makes selling homes easy - raises $400M
- Maverick Ventures has $382M
- Rubrick raises $261M at a $3.3B valuation
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In this episode of Startup News:
- Chariot shuts down services
- Postmates raises more money
- Wiliot raises from AWS
In this episode of startup news:
- Boston Metal raises $20M
- CloudEndure gets acquired
- UNICEF looking for AI startups
- PeakSpan raises new fund
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This podcast is also available in Spanish.
On this episode of startup news:
- N26 raises
- OneLogin raises
- Plaid acquires Quovo
- Bird possibly raising again
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This episode is also available in spanish.
In this episode of Startup News:
- WeWork rebrands to The We Company
- Managed by Q raises $25M
- Clear Motion raises
- Aurora is said to start raising
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In this short episode:
- Softbank decreases amount being funded to WeWork
- Allos Ventures raises a new fund
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In this episode of startup news:
- Ledger releases Nano X
- ClassPass acquires GuavaPass
- Tidelift and EarlySense raise money
You can hear this podcast in spanish too. Follow @thejcad.
In this episode of Startup News:
- Niantic raises
- FloWater raises
- Boom Supersonic raises
Let's connect: @thejcad
Startup News in Spanish
In this episode:
- Google acquires Superpod
- 3 funds announce
- Bitcoin network 10 year anniversary
In this episode:
- Carta raises $80M
- Union Square Ventures raises new funds
- Lottery dot com moves to Austin Texas
Happy New Year!
In this episode:
- Dirty Lemon raise $15M from Coca Cola
- Cherry Homes helps the elderly
- Brian Armstrong gives his wealth to the world
In this episode: - Boosted raises money - JUUL is worth more than SpaceX - Open Node raises their seed
In this episode of Startup News: - The Wing raises more money - Zwift raises money - 500 Startups Vietnam launches accelerator
In this episode: Google expands to NY Bellhops raises over $30M Atari moves into blockchain First Round releases "State of Startups 2018"
Startup news for Monday, Dec 17, 2018. Heinz launches VC fund Apple Campus in Austin Colin Kroll dies Right Hand Robotics KHealth