Corporate News:
Microsoft is closing all of its retail stores for good
Facebook advertisers boycotts includes up to 90 companies to cease advertising: Unilever (Dove, Lipton and Hellmann’s) joins Patagonia, Coca-Cola, Verizon, The North Face, Ben & Jerry’s, The Hershey Company and more.
Startups Weekly:
TuSimple Trucking seeking $250 million in new funding to scale self-driving trucks
Agora starts life as a public company by more than doubling to $50 a share
Airvet, a telehealth veterinary platform, just clawed its way to a $14 million Series A round
YC to cut the size of its investment in future YC startups
Volcker Rule reforms expand options for raising VC funds
YC-backed Tango Builder wants to use aerospace engineering to build a house
Agora’s above-range pricing underscores a welcoming IPO market
Oscar’s health insurance platform nabs another $225 million
Automating payments for the corporate sales force leads to a $10 million windfall for Spiff
Karat launches a credit card for online creators
