“It was really unfair”: A Nigerian ex-Fast engineer shares his experience of the early days at the defunct startup Early product development at once promising one-click payments startup Fast was done by engineers in Nigeria. One of them told us what working for the company was like. Chidinma Divine Iwu 4.22.22 5:13 PM People
The ‘SaaSacre’ may be slowing, but what’s next for cloud companies in 2022? SaaS companies have slumped below the market in the past six months — is this merely a correction from their recent explosive growth, or a troubling sign for the future of the cloud? Zack Abrams 4.21.22 4:07 PM Markets
How the pandemic fueled Twilio’s surge and what’s in store for the future Work-from-home helped drive Twilio’s stock price into the stratosphere. Here’s how the SaaS company has grown, according to our data. Christie Smythe 4.21.22 3:12 PM Markets
Snowflake data turns into an avalanche as startup hits jumbo-unicorn status Salesforce is a big believer in Snowflake, the California cloud computing company - and alternative data reflects continued growth for the unicorn startup. Jon Marino 2.10.20 7:00 PM Innovation
Fast fashion is hot. It’s also making the world hotter. Clothing companies like Shein contribute 10% of global carbon emissions. Here’s why, and what brands are doing about it. Thomas Lee 4.20.22 9:51 PM Features
If your love language is memes, Schmooze is the dating app for you Schmooze’s humor-centric approach to matchmaking has amassed over 300,000 users since it was launched on a college campus in 2020. Sam Klebanov 4.20.22 7:22 PM Innovation
Why the co-founder of a $2.6 billion company says it's going to get "brutal" for SaaS Clari co-founder and CEO Andy Byrne shares his secrets for success, even in a down market, on the heels of his company’s recent $225 million Series F raise. Agatha Bordonaro 4.20.22 3:11 PM People
Cloudflare is going public - here is where the web infrastructure company is planning growth Web infrastructure company Cloudflare is heading to public markets - investors can check out the company's alternative data via Thinknum's data. Jon Marino 8.16.19 10:00 AM Markets