Food delivery startup DoorDash has just gobbled down a gargantuan $ 535 million round of funding, spoonfed by Japan’s SoftBank, with participation from Sequoia Capital, GIC, and Wellcome Trust. DoorDash operates alongside a number of other tech-infused delivery and logistics startups in the U.S., which include the heavily funded Uber (Uber Eats) and Postmates. San Francisco-based […]
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A Sequoia Capital partner explains why he’s not scared of blockchain startups and how it’s changing the VC business
Sequoia Venture capitalists are supposed to be on the front lines of new technology. But when it comes to cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups, VCs have been gun shy. The wariness is understandable to Matt Huang, a partner at Sequoia Capital. After all, investing in blockchain startups means betting on complex, new technology and putting your faith, […]
An Idaho hospital is paying $300,000 to move an 800,000-pound giant sequoia tree
Rebecca Boone/AP BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A massive Idaho tree that grew over more than a century from a seedling sent by a noted naturalist has been uprooted and is poised to travel about two blocks Sunday to a new location. David Cox of tree-moving company Environmental Design said Saturday the 10-story sequoia is doing […]
