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Tech banker Frank Quattrone foresees lots of cross-industry mergers
Apple taught the tech world that going vertical — where a company owns many of the critical technology ingredients that it uses in its products — can result in big payoffs. Products like the iPhone and...
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Dylan’s Desk: Welcome to the age of integration
Sign up for our weekly newsletters, and you’ll get the latest insights from our Dylan's Desk and DeanBeat columns before they’re published on VentureBeat.Apple understands it. Amazon understands it....
View ArticleWhy HP needs to merge with SAP
GUEST: HP has had to face tough realities this week. Fortunately, there is a way for it to survive: Embrace the inevitable trend favoring “vertical” companies. In the first part of the 2000s, IBM and...
View ArticleDeal Decor delivers discounted furniture directly to your door
Deal Decor, an ecommerce site that allows consumers to buy quality furniture online at a reduced price, has announced $1.2 million in seed financing. Deal Decor sources its inventory directly from...
View ArticleAndreessen Horowitz gets a manicure, leads $10.3M investment in beauty...
Andreessen Horowitz is beautifying its portfolio. Today, the prestigious venture capital firm led a $10.3 million round of financing in Julep Beauty Incorporated. Julep is a fast-growing cosmetics...
View ArticleIndochino suits up with $13M for custom-made mens clothing
Getting a man to shop can be a difficult task. Indochino has raised $13 million to make it easier. Indochino is an online menswear store that makes shopping for stylish clothing as painless as...
View ArticleAshton Kutcher’s e-commerce startup debuts Spring line, reveals top-tier...
Venture capitalists are better known for sporting Oxford button-downs than for wearing T-shirts, but today, they are going casual. Pickwick & Weller is an e-commerce startup that designs,...
View ArticleMicrosoft is getting its ducks in a row — in the nick of time
Poor Microsoft. After sitting on top of the world for more than a decade, it has seen its business chipped away on all sides: Web-based email, cloud-based software, tablets, phones, databases, and even...
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