One terrible day in November 2000, Julie Wainwright’s husband asked her for a divorce. That same day, Wainwright, then the CEO of Pets.com, determined she would have to shut down the […]
AMS taking ‘storage to new level’ with US$34m Series B investment
Business models used by Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS), including creating “Hybrid Electric Buildings” with energy storage, take the industry to a “new level”, VC investor Nancy Pfund has said. Investors including […]
Advanced Microgrid Solutions Raises $34M Series B From a Who’s Who of Strategic Investors
Energy Impact Partners, Southern Company, AGL and GE Ventures take stakes in California startup that’s linking batteries, buildings and the grid. Advanced Microgrid Solutions, the California startup with a fleet of […]
The RealReal ropes in $50 million in new funding
The RealReal, a six-year-old, San Francisco-based company focused on authenticated, high-end resale items for women, men, and the home, has landed $50 million in growth funding from the private equity […]
Siva Power Lands $25M to Chase Giga-Scale Domestic Thin-Film Solar Production
As silicon solar costs keep dropping, is there room for another American-made thin-film manufacturer? It’s extremely difficult to raise venture capital funding for solar hardware companies, but somehow Siva Power […]
UrbanSitter Founder Proves, Even In Silicon Valley, You Can Combine Motherhood And High Growth
Lynn Perkins started UrbanSitter—a platform for on demand childcare–in 2010 as an answer to the question, “Why is it harder to find a babysitter than it is to find a […]
