Later this year, the peer-to-peer student loan startup Social Finance (SoFi), will likely go public. If it does, the company – whose marketplace enables college alumni to provide student loans at better rates – will join a line of online lenders in the portfolio of Institutional Venture Partners with similar plans. (IVP’s other investments include […]
Indiegogo
The Partovi Brothers Keep It In the Family
Nationally, the Partovi twins don’t have the same name recognition as another pair of high-powered twins who will soon be appearing in StrictlyVC. But in the Bay Area, the 41-year-olds’ involvement in a startup – as both operators and investors – is a powerful signal that a company is probably on to something big. Ali […]
StrictlyVC: March 11, 2014
Happy Tuesday, everyone. Hey, that time change wasn’t so bad after all, was it? (We kid! Whose wretched idea was Daylight Savings anyway?) —– Top News in the A.M. It’s a contagion. Whisper, the 18-month-old anonymous sharing app, is raising “just shy” of $30 million at a post-money valuation of $200 million, reports Re/code. The deal comes just six months […]