#forerunner ventures

[pavel-nosok]

Topline Pro grabs $12M in new capital to help home service businesses get discovered

Homes are always in need of repair, providing home service businesses with no shortage of opportunity. However, managing inbound requests with actually doing the work and taking payments can be difficult. In recent years, startups have come online with technology solutions to help small home service businesses juggle all of that. Topline Pro is one of them, infusing generative AI into its…

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[lindortech]

Airbnb officially owns HotelTonight

Airbnb officially owns HotelTonight

Airbnb has completed its acquisition of the last-minute hotel booking application, HotelTonight, the company announced on Monday. The deal is Airbnb’s largest M&a transaction yet, and will speed the home-sharing giant’s growth as it gears up for an initial public gifting .

Airbnb reportedly began talks to acquire HotelTonight months ago, and finally confirmed its intent to acquire the businessi…

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[lindortech]

A look at Birdies, the popular slipper shoe startup that just raised $8 million more from investors

A look at Birdies, the popular slipper shoe startup that just raised $8 million more from investors

Bianca Gates is a first-generation American, her parents having immigrated to the U.S. from Latin America. As such, she says, after graduating from UC Irvine, she was expected to get a safe job with a 401(k) plan and to live with her parents until she was married.

Things haven’t gone exactlythat route, but one can imagine Gates’s parents feeling beautiful satisfied with their daughter’s…

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[kdnewman]

The big winners in e-commerce focus on the experience, says Forerunner’s Kirsten Green

Consider the customer.