-
How Atlassian's Dual-CEO Structure Has Helped the Australian Software Company Thrive
Atlassian’s market cap has soared since the company’s 2015 IPO, led by the co-CEOs who started the company two decades ago.
-
These Are the 2013 CNBC Disruptor 50 Companies
The inaugural CNBC Disruptor 50 list included many start-ups that went on to become household names and billion-dollar businesses, from Uber to Airbnb.
-
Grocery Start-Up Gopuff Partners With UK Retail Giant Morrisons for Speedy Deliveries
Grocery delivery start-up Gopuff has partnered with Morrisons in the U.K. to deliver goods from the retail giant in a matter of minutes.
-
The Space-Linked Internet Investing Idea Bill Gates Has Backed Since 1990s
Bill Gates has been a believer in new technology for satellite internet since the 1990s and failed Teledesic. A recent investment in Kymeta is his longest bet.
-
The HP Cybersecurity Acquisition Made for a World of Increasing Malware Threats
HP’s 2019 deal for cybersecurity start-up Bromium came as malware threats were becoming more advanced and cybersecurity deals have accelerated since.
-
Microsoft and Jeff Bezos Are Backing This Start-Up That Aims to Retrofit Millions of Old Buildings With ‘Green' Energy
BlocPower is ‘greening’ buildings across America and promising big returns for major investors.
-
BuzzFeed Is Now a Public Stock, But Can It Build a Long-Term Digital Media Winner?
BuzzFeed’s next act will require turning its tech start-up roots into a large media company on a landscape that continues to be disrupted.
-
Original Mobile Pay Disruptor Boku on the Past and Future of Fintech
Boku was early in the mobile payments space and it expects the market to continue to grow with trends like web3 and despite threats from cryptocurrency.
-
Fanatics Hits $27 Billion Valuation, Adds BlackRock, Michael Dell as Investors
Fanatics raises $1.5 billion in a funding round with Michael Dell and BlackRock that values the sports merchandise company at $27 billion.
-
How Square Grew From a Scrappy Hardware Start-Up to Payments Powerhouse in a Just Over Decade
Square is now called Block, and in the thirteen years since launching, Jack Dorsey’s company has grown into a $50 billion-plus financial powerhouse.
-
Where One of UnitedHealth's First Tech Start-Up Acquisitions Is Today
Years ago, UnitedHealth acquired Audax Health, a start-up focused on consumer health tools. Audax no longer exists, but it’s part of a bigger idea today.
-
The Fall of Peloton's John Foley and the Stock Market's Big Founder Problem
The departure of Peloton founder John Foley as the company’s CEO raises a question the market has struggled to answer: when should a founder step aside?
-
The Future of Digital Health Is Being Consolidated, and That Could Be Good for You
Digital health start-ups are seeing record levels of VC investing and exits, but there’s been a major shift in how the market thinks about the space.
-
Freight Forwarding Firm Flexport Raises Nearly $1 Billion in Funding, Adds Shopify, Michael Dell as Investors
Flexport raises $935 million in a funding round with Andreessen Horowitz and Michael Dell that values the logistics company at $8 billion.
-
Airbnb Survived Covid, But the Crisis Mode in “Sharing” Economy Stays
Airbnb survived Covid and completed an IPO amid pandemic that was doubted, but its success is linked to a sharing economy model with as many critics as fans.
-
Microsoft and Shell Are Betting on a Company Making Greener Jet Fuel
Chicago-based start-up LanzaJet, which builds on the decade of research at LanzaTech, is scaling a potential solution to clean up the airline industry.
-
SoftBank-Backed Cybereason Reportedly Files Confidential Paperwork to Go Public
Cybereason, a cybersecurity company backed by SoftBank and Alphabet, has confidentially filed for a stock market listing in the U.S., according to Reuters.
-
A 2014 Supreme Court Decision That Changed the Future of Television, and Maybe the Internet
Web-based TV subscription service Aereo faced a challenge few other Disruptor 50 companies face — a 2014 Supreme Court ruling against it that led to bankruptcy.
-
One of Google's Earliest Genetic Experiments, 23andMe, Paid Off — Here's What Will Make Or Break Its Future
Genetic testing company 23andMe now has another thing in common with many Disruptor 50 companies – it has to convince investors to believe in the next act.
-
A Larry Page-Backed Drone Guru Expects You to Be a Future Passenger. Here's Why
Kittyhawk sees the future of autonomous flight as one that makes you a drone passenger, and former 3D Robotics CEO Chris Anderson is a big part of this vision.