Startup Hippo Insurance launches in California with a tech-enabled home insurance

 Offering a more complete home insurance package for less money than traditional insurance sellers, startup insurance…

CommonBond now offers direct student loans alongside debt refinancing

 CommonBond, one of the biggest of the second generation of startups tackling online lending, has launched…

Machine intelligence is the future of monetization for Facebook

 That was effectively the only conversation missing from Facebook’s F8 conference — an event that even…

DrChrono raises $12 million in Series A to take on older EHR platforms like athenahealth

 A couple of early stage venture capital outfits have infused medical practice management platform drchrono with…

Samsung is aiming to widen access to contactless payments

 While Samsung’s most high profile contactless payment push is the eponymous Samsung Pay — aka its…

MuleSoft soars 46% on first day of trading

 It’s the first enterprise tech IPO of the year and it’s off to the races. MuleSoft, which…

500 Startups will keep investing in Latin America with new $10M fund

 500 Startups is increasing its commitment to global investing with a new Latin America fund, targeting $10…

Bill Maris’s next gig after GV is a $100 million health and biotech fund

 It was happening, then it wasn’t — but now it seems Bill Maris’s venture fund might actually be more than vaporware. Maris,…