Sarah Mcbride

The Google Maps icon is seen in June 2019 on the Google campus in California's Silicon Valley. Though some tech firms are leaving the state, venture capitalists may be bound to the Bay Area by the nature of startup culture.

Is Silicon Valley losing its shine? Tech companies are leaving California, but venture capitalists find no clear alternative.

December 16, 2020 at 4:59 p.m.

This year, the partners at Founders Fund — a prominent San Francisco venture capital firm that has backed Airbnb, Palantir Technologies and other leading companies — took an informal internal...

VCs eye big cloud software returns despite dwindling valuations

August 25, 2021 at 5:11 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A cloud software boom has nudged startups into unlikely realms such as dairy farms, yoga studios and back-of-the-building loading docks, leading venture capitalists to hope for...

Venture firm Atomico sues ex-employee, consultant for double-dipping

August 25, 2021 at 4:47 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Atomico Partners, a London-based venture firm founded by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, is suing a former employee and consultant for secretly diverting potential Atomico investments to...

NASA tries space kits to engage kids in science and space

August 25, 2021 at 4:17 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Making mini satellite dishes that collect signals or building remote-controlled mini Rovers such as the kind NASA has used on Mars are the types of activities...

NASA tries space kits to engage kids in science and space

May 14, 2019 at 5:56 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Making mini satellite dishes that collect signals or building remote-controlled mini Rovers such as the kind NASA has used on Mars are the types of activities...

Individuals targeted as San Francisco tech money protests intensify

August 25, 2021 at 3:55 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Demonstrations against the grip on San Francisco held by wealthy technology workers took a personal turn on Friday with protesters taking aim at a Google lawyer...

Venture capitalists invested $9.99 billion across 880 deals in the first quarter of 2014.

U.S. startups raise $9.99 billion, hit outsized valuations in first-quarter

June 17, 2018 at 9:16 p.m.

(SAN FRANCISCO) Venture capital funding for U.S. startups hit its highest mark since 2001 during the first three months of the year and 11 companies were valued at $1 billion...

Ride service Uber dials into courier business

August 25, 2021 at 3:48 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - App-based ride company Uber will start delivering on its promise of expanding its business into logistics on Tuesday when it launches a trial courier service, Uber...

Mozilla CEO resigns, opposition to gay marriage drew fire

August 25, 2021 at 3:38 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mozilla Chief Executive Brendan Eich has stepped down, the company said on Thursday, after an online dating service urged a boycott of the company's web browser...

Tiger Global leads Wall Street pack turning to Silicon Valley

August 25, 2021 at 3:25 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON (Reuters) - As increasing numbers of technology companies defer initial public offerings, one influential Wall Street investor has stepped up to the plate in Silicon Valley. Tiger Global...

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