Libra. The announcement of the new cryptocurrency network, spearheaded by Facebook, has caused the level of commotion that one would expect. Proponents and press releases argue that it will spur widespread adoption among consumers/merchants and open access to a large portion of the globally unbanked. Crypto purists hate the centralization inherent in the permissioned…
Recent employment statistics strengthen the case for Silicon Valley’s upcoming biotech equivalent in Boston The space of highly successful private companies in the recent decade has been dominated by Silicon Valley and information technology, almost to the point where IT and FAANG have become synonymous with the public conception of “tech.” Especially considering the…
StartU’s Penn Lead, Brittany Walker, captures notable founders’ and VCs’ predictions and goals for 2019, as published by Fred Wilson, Brad Feld, and others. She also surveys student founders previously featured by StartU regarding their ambitions for the New Year. The end of 2018 and beginning of 2019 saw venture capitalists taking to…
Dubbed “The Largest Startup Event on the Planet,” the Consumer Electronics Show (“CES”) took place in Las Vegas from January 8-11, 2019. StartU Midwest Scout Dan Eidell was in attendance, taking in the environment for exhibitors and attendees alike. A Global Powerhouse Each January, thousands of companies and almost 200,000 attendees descend…
Each year, the on-campus Stanford accelerator Cardinal Ventures hosts several startup teams for ten weeks in the fall and spring. The program culminates with a demo day where teams pitch their companies. Stanford StartU scouts Beixi Li and Brian Chan cover the event below. From School to Startup If you’re a…
On November 28, 2018, StartU’s Wharton Team attended the first-ever live recording session of Gimlet Media’s podcast, The Pitch, at the Wharton School. Three of Philadelphia’s most promising student and alumni-founded startups faced off in a live pitch competition for a chance at advancing to a future taping of the show. Gimlet Media’s The…
Stanford’s StartX Demo Day Review This story was co-authored by fellow Stanford Scout Daniel Levine. StartU’s Stanford Team attended this year’s StartX Campus Demo Day. Held at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the event featured pitches from their top portfolio companies and panels Q&As with founders and diverse members of the university startup…
The Stanford d.school presented Night Launch, a demo day for the Launchpad accelerator program’s most promising startups, on May 1, 2018. While these companies are still on campus and are early stage, they represent talented teams tackling beauty, healh, analytics, and more. Of the companies that presented at the event, below are snapshots of…
The 2018 Wharton E Summit brought together world class executives, panels of venture capitalists and start up founders, and a startup pitch competition filled with some of the most innovative MBA founded startups across the country. Growth, growth, growth! The first panel brought on growth executives Brian Rothenberg of Eventbrite, Casey…
