When I worked as an agency Technical Recruiter I had to learn all about different job titles and job responsibilities for tech workers in the Bay Area. Most startups have Sales, Engineering, Marketing and Product departments. When I first graduated from college I had no idea what most people working…

In this post we’ve curated a list of American companies FTX, FTX Ventures and Alameda Research have invested in. — This past week I’ve been on Twitter a lot watching the election coverage, Elon musk shenanigans and the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX and Alameda Research. In the course of my scrolling I happened upon a tweet examining the portfolio holdings of FTX, FTX Ventures and Alameda Research:

Venture Capital backed, Utah headquartered Cotopaxi looks to shut down their SF location after millions of dollars of theft losses. San Francisco plans to pay way too much to build a toilet. — In the news this week is the founder of Cotopaxi, an outdoorsy retail brand took to LinkedIn to announce they are shutting down their San Francisco store due to rampant, coordinated looting campaigns. The founder did an interview with The Atlantic that’s really quite shocking. The store was looted dozens…

Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon compete in some realms but also collude and finance each other. Apple versus Google. Microsoft versus Google. Google versus Facebook. Apple versus Facebook. Microsoft versus Apple. Amazon versus Microsoft. There are many popular narratives of tech companies competing with each other. …

Economic concentration has been the rule for the American economy for decades. In the past few weeks we’ve seen some pretty big developments in the tech market. Amazon bought One Medical and then immediately after the acquisition killed off their own offering that was called Amazon Care. It hard to…

Financial technology has been around for generations though interest in the term “fintech” has surged since 2015. This article looks at legacy fintech companies and a separate list of fintech companies founded more recently that have raised hundreds of millions of USD… $$$ what is fintech? On September 18, 1958 BankAmerica, a precursor…

This new feature on Employbl allows you to search for startup tech companies by funding round. Find Seed, Series A, Series B and Series C companies in your area for free. If you’re anything like me you’ve previously looked for early stage startups in…

In this post we’ll look at startups headquartered in Chicago. We look at the largest tech startups that have raised billions from investors as well as Series A, Series B and Seed startups in Chicago. Chicago is the third largest city in the United States by population, following New York…

These are startups headquartered in Boston, MA that have raised millions of dollars from Venture Capitalists and Private Equity firms. None have gone public yet and all are privately traded. These are the startups that have raised the most total money from financiers. Many thought Boston was going to be…