Hi there, 

Still need a date for Valentine’s Day but sick of swiping on the same old dating apps? 

Enter Amazon Dating — with free one-hour delivery and everything. Prices for eligible dates start at an affordable $6.99.

The Everything Store, indeed.

(Disclaimer: this is a joke produced by Ani Acopian and Suzy Shinn — but maybe food for thought as Amazon considers the next big industries it will disrupt.)

What's the deal?
 

Healthcare startups closed a record 4,900+ rounds in 2019, while funding dropped to $54B. 

Check out more investment and sector trends in our latest State Of Healthcare report.

This cut deep
 

With 630,000+ newsletter subscribers, we get some folks sending colorful unsubscribe emails (instead of just hitting the unsub link).   

Here’s 1 from last week:

If you have friends or enemies who want to receive unwanted, discourteous, or cold emails, let them know to sign up here.

Let's show them we are better

Paris remained the center of French tech investments in 2019, raking in $2.9B in funding across 316 deals.

Mythical status
 

There are 39 healthcare unicorns globally, cumulatively valued at $92.8B. 

See all of them in our new State Of Healthcare report.

More, more, more

It's only February and we've already announced over 50 speakers for the Future of Fintech (June 14-16). 

Here are 5 of the latest to join the lineup:

1. CEO, Gusto ($3.8B valuation)

2. CEO and co-founder, Tala (offering lending and financial access for the underbanked)

3. Chief Strategy Officer, Automation Anywhere ($6.5B valuation)

4. Co-founder, Rapyd ($1.2B valuation)

5. President and CEO, BBVA USA (NYSE: BBVA)

Check out the entire lineup to-date here. Prices go up on February 15. Save $500 with code 5more.

Wall Street Journal. Angus Loten (@angusloten) reports on the slowdown in enterprise-software tech deals and quotes CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal (@asanwal). 

Reuters. Anna Irrera (@annairrera) covers the challenges of European fintechs entering the US and cites CB Insights data.

Fast Company. Camilo La Cruz (@akajuansmith) writes about biodata ownership and references CB Insights research.

P.S. We’re looking for account executives. See the role here.

Buckle up. Think your commute is bad? Try a 2:30 AM bus to Silicon Valley.

Protocol

I’m going ghost. Citizens wearing face masks amid the outbreak are foiling China’s facial recognition cameras. 

Quartz

We need a plan bee. Bumblebees could face a mass extinction due to climate change.

The Verge

Me? I’m betting on avocado toast. Betting on real estate vs. stocks may highlight the wealth gap.

Fortune
 

Pause for laughter. A roboticist taught a robot to do stand-up comedy.

IEEE Spectrum