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Are Uber alums the next PayPal Mafia? 

We dug into the numbers using CB Insights data. 

Here are some of the highlights: 

• Ex-Uber employees have founded 242 companies since 2011.

• They’ve raised a combined $4B in disclosed equity funding.

• 7 companies have been acquired, while 2 companies have announced plans to go public via SPAC mergers.

See the Uber Mafia’s top VC investors, unicorns, financing trends, and more in this analysis.  

Plus, we’ve used our founder scoring algorithm, Management Mosaic, to identify 15 early-stage Uber Mafia companies you should be tracking. Clients can check them out here.

RIP

The flow of retail bankruptcies has slowed but not stopped since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak. 

See which retailers have joined the retail apocalypse this year so far here. 

Now I know my (Series) ABCs

Edtech startups have raised over $8B in 2021 so far, with most activity coming from early-stage startups. 

Among other trends, these new startups are focusing on corporate training, upskilling, and making remote learning more seamless.

Check out 50+ early-stage edtech companies in this market map. 

Shocking news

Ford and South Korea-based manufacturer SK Innovation will spend $11.4B to build 3 battery factories and an electric truck plant in the US by 2025. 

As the race for electric vehicles heats up, we mapped out the EV landscape and what the future holds for the market here. 

The stars and stripes

Stripe, the most valuable unicorn in the US, has been forging relationships beyond its core offering of e-commerce payments processing.

Read about the 5 most important strategic priorities emerging from Stripe’s acquisitions, investments, and partnerships in our client-only analysis. 

Bloomberg. Saritha Rai (@SarithaRai) and Baiju Kalesh look at hotel-booking startup Oyo’s IPO plans and cite CB Insights valuation data.  

CO—. Barbara Thau (@bthau) chats with Talkspace’s president about the rise of telemedicine and references CB Insights research.

CNBC. Evelyn Cheng (@chengevelyn) discusses China’s edtech landscape and references CB Insights data.
 

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