Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including an in-depth look at Classpass.
Quote of the Day
"The most important company in 20 years (2037) has not even been formed yet."
(Howard Lindzon)
Profiles
- Renaud Laplance is back with a new lending startup, Upgrade. (nytimes.com)
- A talk with Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital. (thisweekinstartups.com)
- An interview with Steve Jurvetson of DFJ. (medium.com)
Sectors
- Does the world need more personal social networks? (fastcompany.com)
- Regenerative medicine is one of the hottest areas in biotech. (qz.com)
Food
- Inside Blue Apron's meal kit machine. (bloomberg.com)
- Picnic is doing food delivery right. (blog.spaceship.com.au)
Lyft
- Lyft is now valued at $7.5 billion (or so). (bloomberg.com)
- Look who invested in Lyft. (dealbreaker.com)
- Lyft is gaining on Uber. (qz.com)